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Giant slalom. Karl Schranz (born 18 November 1938) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s. Born and raised in St. Anton, Tyrol, Schranz had a lengthy ski career, from 1957 to 1972. He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms.
- 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
- February 1972 (age 33)
Karl Schranz ist ein ehemaliger österreichischer Skirennläufer. Er zählt zu den erfolgreichsten und bekanntesten Rennläufern und wurde dreimal Weltmeister, gewann zweimal den Gesamtweltcup sowie den Disziplinenweltcup zweimal in der Abfahrt und einmal im Riesenslalom.
- 18. November 1938 (84 Jahre)
- 1. (1969, 1970)
- 175 cm
- St. Anton am Arlberg
…vote to ban Austrian skier Karl Schranz. An outspoken critic of Brundage, Schranz had obtained every international honour bestowed on an Alpine skier except an Olympic gold medal. Schranz, who was 33 years old, delayed his retirement to make his final Olympic appearance at Sapporo.
Learn about Karl Schranz, the four-time Olympic champion and four-time World champion in downhill skiing who overcame the ban from the 1972 Winter Olympics and became one of the greatest ski racers of all time. Find out his biography, results, awards, and achievements in this comprehensive profile.
The best skier in the world was Austrian Karl Schranz, overall World Cup champion in 1969 and 1970, and a World Champion twice as far back as 1962. But in the days of under-the-table payments and pseudo-amateurism, Schranz was also the most highly paid skier in the world, and that was a problem.
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Karl Schranz was a four-time Olympic champion in alpine skiing, winning gold in the downhill and the giant slalom in 1964 and 1968, and silver in the slalom in 1960 and 1968. He also won 12 World Cup races and 11 Austrian national titles. He was banned from the 1972 Winter Olympics for professional contracts, but later received honors and awards for his achievements.
Jan 31, 1972 · SAPPORO, Japan, Monday, Jan. 31 (UPI)—The International Olympic Committee today declared the Austrian skiing star, Karl Schranz, ineligible to compete in the Winter Olympics because of his ...
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