The Women's
slalom competition of the
Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at
Axamer Lizum
Axamer Lizum is a village and ski resort in Tyrol, Austria, located southwest of the state capital Innsbruck. Known for its high-altitude terrain and long-lasting seasonal snow, Axamer Lizum features a variety of pistes and freeriding areas. ...
, Austria.
The defending
world champion
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
was
Marianne Jahn of Austria.
French sisters
Christine Goitschel
Christine Béranger-Goitschel (born 9 June 1944) is a former French alpine skier. She is the elder sister of fellow champion skier Marielle Goitschel and the aunt of the former speed skier Philippe Goitschel. Her sister Patricia was a national ...
(gold) and
Marielle Goitschel
Micheline Françoise Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945) is a French former alpine skier. Marielle is the younger sister of Christine Goitschel, another champion skier of the time, and the aunt of speed skier Philippe Goitschel.
Aft ...
(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
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