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Alpine Skiing At The 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's Slalom
The Women's slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum, Austria. The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria. French sisters Christine Goitschel (gold) and Marielle Goitschel (silver) became the first sisters to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event. They would repeat the double-sibling podium, switching their gold-silver order, in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in Slalom skiing, slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant sl ... two days later. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom Women's giant slalom Alp Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Piste, Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, heliskiing, helicopters or Snowcat, snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back country skiing, Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' Ski skins, skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine ski racing has been held at the Alpine skiing at the Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Riva
Pia Riva (born 4 April 1935) is an Italian skier. She competed in Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1935 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Italian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi
Lidia Barbieri Sacconaghi (1 January 1945 – 11 April 2002) was an Italian alpine skier. She competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1945 births 2002 deaths Italian female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Italy Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers from Milan 20th-century Italian sportswomen {{Italy-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Heald
Tania Heald (born 28 May 1943) is a British alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1943 births Living people British female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics People from Virginia Water {{UK-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Sidorova
Galina Sidorova (6 March 1945 – September 2022) was a Soviet alpine skier. She competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time .... References External links * 1945 births 2022 deaths Soviet female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the Soviet Union Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Skiers from Moscow {{USSR-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Hannah
Joan Hannah (born April 27, 1939) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a former member of the United States Ski Team. She competed at the Winter Olympics in 1960 and 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria .... Olympic results References External links * 1939 births Living people Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics American female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the United States Place of birth missing (living people) Skiers from Boston 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalina Demidova-Korzukhina
Stalina Sergeyevna Demidova-Korzukhina (, born 10 February 1938) is a retired Russian alpine skier. She competed in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, with the best achievement of seventh place in the slalom in 1960. Between 1960 and 1963 she won 11 national titles in alpine events. Demidova-Korzukhina graduated from the Siberian Academy of Physical Culture in Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ..., and after retiring from competition coached alpine events in Saint Petersburg. References 1938 births Living people Soviet female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for the Soviet Union Alpine skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{USSR-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Gissing
The Gissing family of Great Britain included several noted writers, Olympic competitors, and teachers. George Gissing George Robert Gissing (1857–1903) was an English novelist, some of whose work has appeared in many editions, including ''The Nether World'' (1889), ''New Grub Street'' (1891) and ''The Odd Women'' (1893). Algernon Gissing Algernon Fred Gissing (1860–1937) was an English novelist and the younger brother of George Robert Gissing. Alfred Charles Gissing Alfred Charles Gissing (20 January 1896 (Epsom, Surrey) – 27 November 1975 (Valais, Switzerland), was an English writer and headmaster, the youngest son of George. After the early death of their father on 28 December 1903, Walter Leonard (born at Exeter on 10 December 1891) and Alfred Charles, benefited from a small government pension. The following report was published in The Times newspaper for 24 June 1904: At the time, Walter was a boarder at school in Norfolk, and Alfred had moved in 1902 to live wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock (born 3 April 1942) is a Canadian former alpine skier and luger who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics and in the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time .... References 1942 births Living people Canadian female alpine skiers Canadian female lugers Olympic alpine skiers for Canada Olympic lugers for Canada Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Lugers at the 1968 Winter Olympics 20th-century Canadian sportswomen {{canada-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Greene
Nancy Catherine Greene Raine (born May 11, 1943) is a former Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympic alpine champion voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Greene Raine won the giant slalom in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. After being appointed to the Senate in 2009, Greene Raine retired on May 11, 2018, when she reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. She is the mother of retired alpine skier Willy Raine. Biography Greene was born on May 11, 1943, in Ottawa, Ontario. She moved with her family to Rossland, British Columbia, before she was three years of age. Rossland is a mountainous area and the site of the first ski competition ever held in Canada in 1897. Greene began schussing at a young age and while in high school she competed in the Canadian Junior Championships. She would go on to win 14 World Cup victories by 1968. Career Nicknamed "Tiger" because of her "go for it" attitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Obrecht
Heidi Obrecht (born 6 May 1942) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References 1942 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Bern FISU World University Games gold medalists for Switzerland FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Switzerland Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1966 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1968 Winter Universiade 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Gay
Françoise Gay (born 27 January 1945) is a Swiss alpine skier. She competed in two events at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a .... References External links * 1945 births Living people Swiss female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Switzerland Alpine skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Skiers from Valais 20th-century Swiss sportswomen {{Switzerland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
