Christian Pravda (8 March 1927 – 11 November 1994) was an Austrian alpine ski racer. He was born in

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. At age 20, he participated in the

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in the slalom, but was disqualified. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in

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, Pravda won two medals: silver in giant slalom and a bronze medal in the

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. Pravda won the prestigious Hahnenkamm downhill twice, in 1951 and 1954. He also won the

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downhill in 1954, the first of only ten racers to win both of these classic downhills in the same year.

External links

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- Christian Pravda - profile
1927 births 1994 deaths Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria People from Kufstein Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian people {{Austria-alpine-skiing-bio-stub