Trude Klecker (born 7 February 1926) is an Austrian

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and world champion. She is from Semmering and later lived in

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in Italy. Klecker received a gold medal at the 1954 World Championships in

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, winning the slalom event, and a silver medal in the

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.Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
– ''FIS-ski.com'' - (Retrieved on 20 November 2008)

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* 1926 births Living people Austrian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian women 21st-century Austrian women {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub