Johann Ernst "Hansi" Hinterseer (born 2 February 1954) is an

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singer, actor, entertainer and former

alpine skier Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

Sports career

Hinterseer is the son of

Ernst Hinterseer Ernst Hinterseer (born 27 February 1932) is a retired alpine skier from Austria. He participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, placing sixth in the giant slalom. At the 1960 Winter Olympics he won a gold medal in the slalom, an ...

, who won a gold medal in

slalom skiing Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating ...

at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

. Hans Hinterseer also became a member of the Austrian ski team. He won six

alpine skiing World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...

races in the

slalom To slalom is to zigzag between obstacles. It may refer to: Sports ;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding * Slalom skiing, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Giant slalom, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline * Super-G ...

and

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 the overall giant slalom contest at the

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. He also won the silver medal at the world championship in 1974, and participated at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

.Ski race results
Rocky Mountain News.com, (12 March 1990). Since the early 1980s, he has been a technical

sports commentator In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time commentary of a game or event, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. Radio was ...

for the National Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, usually commenting on slalom and giant slalom live broadcasts. ;Individual races

Music and acting career

In 1994, he started a career as a singer, and is currently prominent as a performer in the schlager genre. He has also acted in several films, also following a

Heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...

theme.

Discography

Charting albums Charting singles Others * ''Wenn man sich lieb hat'' ("If you are in love") * ''Ich warte auf Dich ''("I am waiting for you") * ''Mein Geschenk für Dich ''("My present for you") * ''Danke für deine Liebe'' ("Thank you for your love") * ''Dann nehm ich dich in meine Arme ''("Then I take you in my arms") * ''Träum´mit mir'' ("Dream with me") * ''Du bist alles ''("You are everything") * ''Weihnachten mit Hansi'' ("Christmas with Hansi") * ''Vater, dein Wille geschehe'' ("Father, thy will be done") * ''Meine Lieder, Deine Träume'' ("My songs, your dreams") * ''Goldene Weihnacht'' ("Golden Christmas") * ''Komm mit mir'' ("Come with Me") (2009,

Ariola Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international media conglomerat ...

)

DVDs

* 2010: ''Ich hab dich einfach lieb! Kitzbühel Open Air 2010''

TV / Filmography

* 1997: "Hochwürdens Ärger mit dem Paradies" (TV film comedy) * 2000: "Da wo die Berge sind" * 2002: "Da wo die Liebe wohnt" * 2003: "Da wo die Heimat ist" * 2004: "Da wo die Herzen schlagen" * 2005: "Da wo das Glück wartet"

References

External links

Official homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hinterseer, Hansi 1954 births Living people Austrian male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers of Austria Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Austrian male musicians Schlager musicians Austrian male television actors Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions Austrian male film actors Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria