Trude Beiser

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Trude Beiser

— Alpine ski racer —

Disciplines

Downhill, Giant Slalom,
Slalom, Combined

Born

September 2, 1927
Lech am Arlberg, Vorarlberg, Austria

Olympics

Teams

2 – (1948, 1952)

Medals

3 (2 gold)

World Championships

Teams

3 – (1948, 1950, 1952)
includes two Olympics

Medals

5 (3 gold)

Medal record

Women’s Alpine Skiing
Competitor for Austria
Olympic Games
Gold	1948 St. Moritz	Combined
Gold	1952 Oslo	Downhill
Silver	1948 St. Moritz	Downhill
World Championships
Gold	1950 Aspen	Downhill
Silver	1950 Aspen	Giant Slalom

Trude Beiser (after her marriage Trude Jochum-Beiser) (born September 2, 1927) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg, she won two Olympic gold medals and a world championship.

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, Beiser won the gold medal in the combined and the silver medal in the downhill competition. In 1952 she became Olympic downhill champion.

Between these two Olympics, Beiser won two medals at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen, Colorado; a gold in the downhill and a silver in the giant slalom.^[1] Four months earlier, she had given birth to her first child.^[2]

After her racing career, Beiser worked as skiing trainer and opened a café in her home town.

References

↑ Claasen, Harold (February 14, 1950). "21-year-old Austrian co-ed wins giant slalom race at Aspen". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. 12.
↑ "Young mother wins ski title". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. February 18, 1950. p. 3-part 2.

External links

Trude Beiser at the International Ski Federation
Sports Reference.com - Olympic results - Trude Beiser

v t e Olympic Champions in Women's Downhill

1948: Hedy Schlunegger 1952: Trude Beiser-Jochum 1956: Madeleine Berthod 1960: Heidi Biebl 1964: Christl Haas 1968: Olga Pall 1972: Marie-Theres Nadig 1976: Rosi Mittermaier 1980: Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1984: Michela Figini 1988: Marina Kiehl 1992: Kerrin Lee-Gartner 1994: Katja Seizinger 1998: Katja Seizinger 2002: Carole Montillet 2006: Michaela Dorfmeister 2010: Lindsey Vonn

v t e Olympic Champions in Women's Alpine Combined

1936: Christl Cranz 1948: Trude Beiser 1988: Anita Wachter 1992: Petra Kronberger 1994: Pernilla Wiberg 1998: Katja Seizinger 2002: Janica Kostelić 2006: Janica Kostelić 2010: Maria Riesch 2014: Maria Höfl-Riesch

World Champions in Women's Downhill

Awards
Preceded by Erika Mahringer	Austrian Sportswoman of the Year 1952	Succeeded by Trude Klecker

Persondata
Name	Beiser, Trude
Alternative names
Short description	Alpine skier
Date of birth	2 September 1927
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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