Willi Frommelt (born 18 November 1952) is a former

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from

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who won a bronze medal in the slalom at the 1976 Olympics. Curiously during his career, Frommelt had only one podium finish in the World Cup events but four at the

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and in four different discilines.

Biography

Frommelt is a son of

Christof Frommelt Christof Frommelt (29 June 1918 – 16 March 1987) was a Liechtensteiner cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He was the father of the Alpine skiers Willi Frommelt and Paul Frommelt ...

, a cross-country skier and the Olympic flag bearer for Liechtenstein at the 1948 Games. At his first Olympics, in 1972, he competed in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom, but with little success. Two years later he won the first alpine skiing medal for Liechtenstein at world championships, a bronze in the downhill, and in 1978 he won another bronze, in the giant slalom. In 1976, he received a world championships silver for his combined results in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom at the 1976 Olympics – world championships were then combined with Olympics in the Olympic years, but the combined results did not count for the Olympics. He also became third in the slalom race (awarded with an Olympic bronze, and a bronze in the World Championships) - therefore he could gain four medals in four different disciplines. In the slalom (stated above) he was in lead after the first leg. - His capturing the bronze in the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1974 was a great surprise, he did start with bib number 17. After retiring from competitions Frommelt graduated in business management and worked as a financial planner for the National Bank of Liechtenstein. He was also active in politics with the centre-right

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and served a term as a municipal councillor. His brother

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won another Olympic bronze medal for Liechtenstein, in 1988. His other brother, Peter, was international table tennis competitor.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Frommelt, Willi 1952 births Living people Liechtenstein male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Liechtenstein Olympic bronze medalists for Liechtenstein Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics