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Encyclopedia > Karl Schranz

Karl Schranz (* 18 November 1938 in St. Anton, Tyrol) is a former is a former alpine skier from Austria. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar with 43 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... St. ... The Tyrol is a historical region in Western Central Europe, which includes the Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East Tyrol) and the Italian regions known as the South Tyrol and Trentino. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ...


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. Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. ...


Results

  • 1969 World Cup winner
  • 1970 World Cup winner

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1964 in Innsbruck, Austria. ... The alpine skiing World Cup is a circuit of alpine skiing competitions regulated by the FIS. Held at ski resorts across Europe, the continental US, and Canada, competitors compete to achieve the best time in four disciplines: Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, and Downhill. ...

Literature

Karl Schranz, Mein „Olympiasieg“. Aufgezeichnet von Stefan König und Gerhard Zimmer. Herbig Verlag, München 2002. ISBN 3-7766-2308-X


External links

  • Works of and about Karl Schranz in the DDB catalogue

  Results from FactBites:
 
Olympic highlights - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage (979 words)
After winning the downhill and giant slalom, Killy appeared to have the slalom won after medal-contender Karl Schranz of Austria stopped abruptly during the second of his two runs on the fog-shrouded course, claiming a "mysterious man in fl" had crossed in front of him.
Schranz was given a re-run and appeared to have won the slalom gold.
And at the 1972 Sapporo Games, Brundage used Austria's Karl Schranz — a dominating World Cup skier who had been a critic of the IOC president's tactics — as an example to others.
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