Burgl Färbinger (born 10 October 1945) is a German former

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 ...

who competed in the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

. She was born in

Oberau Oberau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Oberau is located at the Loisach in the so-called "Zugspitzland". The distance between the village center and Garmisch-Partenkirchen ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, Germany. She had been married to the luger

Max Leo Max Leo (1941 — July 20, 2012) was a West German luger who competed during the early 1960s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL World Luge Championships in Krynica, Poland.United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was a combined team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany that competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games. In 1956, the team also included athletes f ...

: * Women's downhill – 12th place * Women's giant slalom – 18th place * Women's slalom – disqualified 1968 Winter Olympics, competing for

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

: * Women's downhill – 14th place * Women's giant slalom – 10th place * Women's slalom – 6th place

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1945 births Living people German female alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for the United Team of Germany Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for West Germany Skiers from Upper Bavaria People from Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub