Karl Schranz

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Olympic medal record
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

  • 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

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