Andreas "Anderl" Molterer (born 8 October 1931) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n former alpine skier. He was born in

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühel ...

. At the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

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he won silver in the

giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...

, and bronze in the

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competition. In 1953, 1955, 1958, and 1959 he won the Hahnenkamm Race in

. There was no skiing world cup in these times, but Molterer would have won it 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1958. Molterer later emigrated to the United States. After running ski schools in Montana and Colorado, he settled in Tennessee.Friends of Radnor Lake celebrate conservation victories
Green Hills News, 2015-09-23.

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Ski Club * 1931 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub