Karl Schranz
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Men's Alpine skiing | |||
Silver | 1964 Innsbruck | Giant Slalom | |
World Championships | |||
Gold | 1962 Chamonix | Downhill | |
Gold | 1962 Chamonix | Combined | |
Gold | 1970 Val Gardena | Giant Slalom | |
Bronze | 1966 Portillo | Giant Slalom |
Karl Schranz (born 18 November 1938 in St. Anton, Tyrol) is a former is a former alpine skier from Austria.
Schranz was one of the best giant slalom skiers in the 1960s, but rather unlucky in the Olympics. He was sick in 1960, and scored a silver in 1964. In 1968, at Grenoble, he was disqualified, and French Jean-Claude Killy won. In the foggy run, also a track worker was allegedly on the track. For 1972, the got disqualified for being not an amateur.
[edit] Results
- 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck
- Silver in giant slalom
- 1969 World Cup winner
- 1970 World Cup winner
[edit] References
- Karl Schranz, Mein „Olympiasieg“. Aufgezeichnet von Stefan König und Gerhard Zimmer. Herbig Verlag, München 2002. ISBN 3-7766-2308-X
[edit] External links
- Works by and about Karl Schranz in the German National Library catalogue
Men's Alpine skiing World Cup winners (overall) |
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1967: Jean-Claude Killy | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1969: Karl Schranz | 1970: Karl Schranz | 1971: Gustav Thöni | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1973: Gustav Thöni | 1974: Piero Gros | 1975: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Ingemar Stenmark | 1977: Ingemar Stenmark | 1978: Ingemar Stenmark | 1979: Peter Lüscher | 1980: Andreas Wenzel | 1981: Phil Mahre | 1982: Phil Mahre | 1983: Phil Mahre | 1984: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1985: Marc Girardelli | 1986: Marc Girardelli | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1988: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Marc Girardelli | 1990: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1991: Marc Girardelli | 1992: Paul Accola | 1993: Marc Girardelli | 1994: Kjetil André Aamodt | 1995: Alberto Tomba | 1996: Lasse Kjus | 1997: Luc Alphand | 1998: Hermann Maier | 1999: Lasse Kjus | 2000: Hermann Maier | 2001: Hermann Maier | 2002: Stephan Eberharter | 2003: Stephan Eberharter | 2004: Hermann Maier | 2005: Bode Miller | 2006: Benjamin Raich |
World champions in men's giant slalom |
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1950: Zeno Colò | 1952: Stein Eriksen | 1954: Stein Eriksen | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1958: Toni Sailer | 1960: Roger Staub | 1962: Egon Zimmermann | 1964: François Bonlieu | 1966: Guy Perillat | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1970: Karl Schranz | 1972: Gustav Thöni | 1974: Gustav Thöni | 1976: Heini Hemmi | 1978: Ingemar Stenmark | 1980: Ingemar Stenmark | 1982: Steve Mahre | 1985: Markus Wasmeier | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989: Rudolf Nierlich | 1991: Rudolf Nierlich | 1993: Kjetil André Aamodt | 1996: Alberto Tomba | 1997: Michael von Grünigen | 1999: Lasse Kjus | 2001: Michael von Grünigen | 2003: Bode Miller | 2005: Hermann Maier |