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Annemarie Moser-Proll

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Annemarie Moser-Proll is an Austrian former alpine ski racer born in 1953 in Kleinarl, Salzburg, who specialized in downhill, giant slalom and combined events. She won Olympic gold in the downhill at the 1980 Lake Placid Games and two silver medals at the 1972 Sapporo Games, in downhill and giant slalom. She holds the all-time women's record of six overall World Cup titles, five of them consecutive from 1971 to 1975, along with 62 individual World Cup victories and five World Championship titles, three in downhill and two in combined. She holds the record for most races won in a single discipline in a row among female skiers, eleven consecutive downhill wins, and retired in 1980 after her Olympic gold medal.

Facts
Birth Year
1953 1
Birth Date
1953-03-27 1
Nationality
Austrian 1
Career Highlight
Was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all time women's record of six overall World Cup titles, including five consecutively. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
FAQs

Why did Annemarie Moser-Pröll miss the 1976 Winter Olympics?

She took the 1975-76 season off and returned to win Olympic downhill gold in 1980.

She took the 1975-76 season off from ski racing, which meant she missed the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck. She came back and won the Olympic downhill at Lake Placid in 1980, then retired from ski racing later that season.
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Competed In

Olympic Games, Competitions
Source Wikipedia, Annemarie Moser-Proll

Plays

Alpine Skiing, Sports
Source Wikipedia, Annemarie Moser-Proll
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Nationality

Austria

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Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
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  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Annemarie Moser-Proll, birth date
    she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Annemarie Moser-Proll, birth year
    she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Annemarie Moser-Proll, nationality
    she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively.
  • Lead paragraph, Wikipedia article on Annemarie Moser-Proll, career summary
    she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
  • Plays: Alpine Skiing, Lead sentence
    is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
  • Competed In: Olympic Games, Lead paragraph (competition)
    In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic medal (and first gold) at Lake Placid and won five World Cup races.
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