Marlies Oberholzer (born 25 April 1958 in
Goldingen
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) is a retired
Swiss
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alpine skier
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who competed in the
1976 Winter Olympics
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.
Marlies Oberholzer grew up in Goldingen SG, practically next to the mountain railroads at
Atzmännig. Her father was operations manager there for 30 years. At a young age she joined the Goldingen ski club. Later she moved to Wangen.
Career
Marlies Oberholzer stood on the podium of a
World Cup
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race at the age of 17 on January 21, 1976. In the downhill race in Bad
Gastein
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, Austria, which was plagued by fog and fresh snow, she finished second behind her compatriot Doris de Agostini. Three weeks later, she participated in the Olympic Games in Innsbruck, where she finished 8th in the downhill and 26th in the giant slalom. She placed 26th overall in the 1975-76 World Cup, 35th in 1976-77 and 36th in 1977-73.
External links
sports-reference.com
1958 births
Living people
Swiss female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland
Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from the canton of St. Gallen
20th-century Swiss women
References
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