Anton "Toni" Seelos (4 March 1911 – 1 June 2006) was an

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alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

and world champion. In the 1930s, Seelos invented the

parallel turn The parallel turn in alpine skiing is a method for turning which rolls the ski onto one edge, allowing it to bend into an arc. Thus bent, the ski follows the turn without sliding. It contrasts with earlier techniques such as the stem Christie, w ...

Nick Howe
''The Blitz Form Kitz''
Skiing Heritage 1/1997 p.17. and became a world champion in the slalom and alpine combination in 1933, and again in slalom and in combination in 1935.
– ''FIS-ski.com'' – (Retrieved on July 17, 2008) Seelos worked as professional ski instructor, and was therefore not allowed to participate in the

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. He was also trainer and instructor for

Christl Cranz Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers (1 July 1914 – 28 September 2004) was a German alpine ski racer. Cranz dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winte ...

and the French ski team with

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. The

Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze is a ski jumping hill in Seefeld, Tirol, Seefeld outside of Innsbruck, Austria. It is a part of the Seefeld Nordic Competence Centre consists of two hills, a normal hill with a hill size of HS109 (construction point, K- ...

Seefeld in Tirol Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of Inn ...

is named after him.

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* 1911 births 2006 deaths Austrian male alpine skiers Seefeld in Tirol {{Austria-sport-bio-stub