Hannes Schneider
The career of Hannes Schneider – one of the greatest athletes of 1920s and 1930s ski racing – began when he was given his first pair of skis at the age of thirteen. He developed a new downhill technique and…
The career of Hannes Schneider – one of the greatest athletes of 1920s and 1930s ski racing – began when he was given his first pair of skis at the age of thirteen. He developed a new downhill technique and…
At the 1948 Winter Olympics, this young ace from Lech am Arlberg won the gold medal in the combined and the silver medal in the downhill competition. She was the first female athlete to win to medals at the same…
Othmar Schneider was amongst the brightest stars of the 1952 Olympic Winter Games in Oslo. There he became the Austrian alpine skier to win a gold medal at Olympic level. In addition to this historical accomplishment, he also finished second…
Egon Zimmermann from Lech won two medals at the 1962 World Championships in Chamonix, a gold in giant slalom and a bronze in downhill. He was named the "Skier of the Year" in 1963 by European journalists. However, his biggest…
A native of St. Anton, Karl Schranz had a lengthy ski career, from 1957 to 1972. He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms. His many triumphs include three world championship titles and two…
Patrick Ortlieb won the respective downhill events at the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville and the 1996 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in the Sierra Nevada. Thus, he is only one of five racers to ever win the Olympic and…
At the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2001 in St. Anton am Arlberg, a local hero and Ski-Arlberg Club member excelled at the then-new carving technique and won the title in the slalom and a silver medal in the combined…