| SCHRANZ Karl (AUT) |
17.Nov.1938. St Anton
1972/retired
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Grenoble OWG68 SL Podium
Karl Schranz, The gold medal of the vision |
Val d'Isere '72 DH 1st |
| Photo: Fueda Produktion |
Photo: Hiro Yakushi |
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World Cup Ranking
General
1967/7th, 1968/8th, 1969/1st, 1970/1st, 1972/8th.
Special
1968 DH/3rd, 1969 DH/1st, GS/1st, 1970 DH/1st, GS/4th,
1971 DH/8th, 1972 DH/2nd.
World Championships
1962 Chamonix SL/4th, GS/2nd, DH/1st, K/1st.
1966 Portillo GS/3rd,
1970 Val Gardena GS/1st, DH/4th.
Olympic Games
1964 Innsbruck GS/2nd, K/6th.
1968 Grenoble GS/6th, DH/5th.
1972 Sappolo proscription,
World Cup: 1st 1969 & 1970 - 12 w. (8 DH, 4 GS)
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DH: |
Wengen 69, Kitzbuhel 69, St.Anton 69, Megeve
70, Garmisch 70,
Val d'Isere 72, Kitzbuhel 72-I+II. |
| GS : |
Val d'Isere 69, Mt.Ste.Anne 69, Adelboden 70, Val gardena 70. |
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Karl Schranz, the first Austrian to clinch the Overall World Cup trophy
in 1970 and 1971, is one of the most intriguing racers in the history of
the sport. His ski racing career lasted over fifteen years. The impressive
number of victories and his personality made him a very popular athlete
all around the world. Karli was racing on wooden skis in 1957 when he won
his first major race, the Arlberg Kandahar downhill in Chamonix. He continued
to win in metal skis in the early 1960's and finished near the top of skiing
on his newer fiberglass Kneissl skis in 1972.
Schranz won 20 prestigious downhill races,
three gold medals at FIS World Championships
and two Crystal World Cups. A very tough
athlete who liked to train by himself, Karl
competed with legendary stars such as Toni
Sailer, Anderl Molterer, Guy Perillat, Jean
Claude Killy, Gustavo Thoeni or Bernhard
Russi. While a courageous downhiller, Schranz
also dominated the technical events. He was
31 when he won the GS title in Val Gardena
in 1970. At 33, he celebrated an impressive
double victory on the demanding Hahnenkamm
downhill course at Kitzbuhel. Unfortunately,
the I.O.C. ruled him a professional for taking
sponsor money, and kicked him out of the
Winter Games in Japan. Yet, over half a million
of Austrians welcomed him at home in Vienna.
Married and father of two daughters, Schranz
runs his own hotel in St Anton . He is also
one of the Directors of the Organizing Committee
of the 2001 FIS World Championships there.
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