Evi Mittermaier (born 16 February 1953 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

and

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

. She won two World Cup races and attained 7 podiums.

Biography

She is the younger sister of double Olympic Champion, World Champion and World Cup winning alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier, sister in law of slalom specialist Christian Neureuther and aunt of world gold medalist

Felix Neureuther Felix Neureuther (; born 26 March 1984) is a German retired World Cup alpine ski racer and former World champion. Early life Born in Munich-Pasing, Neureuther is the son of former World and Olympic champion Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neur ...

. According to David Coleman who was commentating her sister Rosi's entry in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, she used to live in a hotel.

Career

Evi was a speed specialist and won two World Cup downhill races, one on 16. December 1975 in

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and one on 18. January 1978 in Bad Gastein. She also had finished seven times on the podium.

Music career

The sisters recorded two albums of Bavarian folk music together.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mittermaier, Evi 1953 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers for West Germany Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Skiers from Munich German female alpine skiers 20th-century German women