Josef Walcher

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Josef Walcher
Medal record

Men’s Alpine Skiing
World Championships
Gold	1978 Garmisch	Downhill

Josef "Sepp" Walcher (December 8, 1954 - January 22, 1984) was an Austrian alpine skier.

Born in Schladming, Styria, he concluded his career in 1982 with five World Cup victories and a World Championships gold medal. He was killed in a skiing accident in a benefit race in 1984 at his hometown of Schladming.

Achievements

Date	Location	Race
31 January 1977	Morzine	Downhill
12 March 1977	Heavenly Valley	Downhill
20 January 1978	Kitzbühel	Downhill
21 January 1978	Kitzbühel	Downhill^[1]
16 December 1978	Gröden-Val Gardena	Downhill

Footnotes

↑ Shared win with Josef Ferstl

World champions in men's downhill

1931: Walter Prager
1932: Gustav Lantschner
1933: Walter Prager
1934: David Zogg
1935: Franz Zingerle
1936: Rudolf Rominger
1937: Émile Allais
1938: James Couttet
1939: Hellmut Lantschner
1948: Henri Oreiller
1950: Zeno Colò
1952: Zeno Colò
1954: Christian Pravda
1956: Anton Sailer
1958: Anton Sailer
1960: Jean Vuarnet
1962: Karl Schranz
1964: Egon Zimmermann
1966: Jean-Claude Killy
1968: Jean-Claude Killy
1970: Bernhard Russi
1972: Bernhard Russi
1974: David Zwilling
1976: Franz Klammer
1978: Josef Walcher
1980: Leonhard Stock
1982: Harti Weirather
1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen
1987: Peter Müller
1989: Hans-Jörg Tauscher
1991: Franz Heinzer
1993: Urs Lehmann
1996: Patrick Ortlieb
1997: Bruno Kernen
1999: Hermann Maier
2001: Hannes Trinkl
2003: Michael Walchhofer
2005: Bode Miller
2007: Aksel Lund Svindal
2009: John Kucera
2011: Erik Guay
2013: Aksel Lund Svindal

Persondata
Name	Walcher, Josef
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian alpine skier
Date of birth	8 December 1954
Place of birth
Date of death	22 January 1984
Place of death

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