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Hildesuse Gaertner (10 February 1923 – 10 February 2016) was a German
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 ...
, born in
Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...
. Between 1949 and 1952, she became a sevenfold German champion in alpine skiing. She retired to work as a journalist and became later a writer of
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. She died in Freiburg on 10 February 2016 at the age of 93.


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German female alpine skiers 1923 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Freiburg im Breisgau Skiers from Freiburg (region) 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub