Gerhard Nenning (29 September 1940 in

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– 22 June 1995 in

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) was an

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n former

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who competed in the

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(6th in the giant slalom, 7th in the downhill and 7th in the slalom) and

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(8th in the giant slalom, 9th in the slalom).

Biography

He could win the silver medal in the Alpine Combined in that 1964 Winter Olympics, but that medal did only count for the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships. In another FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships he could achieve a silver medal in the Alpine Combined and bronze medal in the slalom (and placed 5th in the downhill and 8th in the giant slalom) in 1962, and place 7th in the downhill and 13th in the slalom in 1966 (he didn't finish the second leg in the giant slalom). Before establishing the World Cup, he did win several relevant races like the slalom at

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in 1961, die Alpine Combined at Kitzbühel in 1962, the giant slalom at

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in 1963, the Alpine Combined at

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in 1964, the slalom and Alpine Combined at St. Anton am Arlberg in 1965, the slalom at

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and the slalom at Banff (all in 1966). He could win another downhill race on February 12, 1967, in the so-called "Alpen Cup" at

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(a race outside of the World Cup). He became an Austrian Champion in the Combined 1963 and in the downhill 1967. In the World Cup he could gain his first points when he was placed 8th in the downhill at Wengen on January 14, 1967. He won three downhill races and became 4th in the downhill World Cup 1967 but won the downhill World Cup in the next year (and became 4th in the overall World Cup). For he did win the high-class downhill races at Wengen (January 13, 1968) and at Kitzbühel (January 20th, 1968), the previous downhill races of the Olympic downhill race, he was a cofavorite but he couldn't show his performance at

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and had to be content with the disappointing ninth place. Because winning the finish downhill race of the season, on March 15, at

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he could achieve the Downhill World Cup 1967-68. He did retire after the season 1969-70.

References

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* 1940 births 1995 deaths Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions People from Bludenz District Sportspeople from Vorarlberg {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub