Josl Rieder
Austrian alpine skier (1932–2019)
![]() Rieder lighting the Olympic cauldron in 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1932-12-03)3 December 1932 Lermoos, Austria[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 June 2019(2019-06-15) (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Lermoos | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josef "Josl" Rieder (3 December 1932 – 15 June 2019)[2] was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom.[1] He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[3] At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Josl Rieder. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Aktuelle Traueranzeigen | Tiroler Tageszeitung".
- ^ 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games. sports-reference.com
- ^ Josl Rieder at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
External links
- Josef Rieder at FIS (alpine)
- Josef Rieder at Olympedia
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Preceded by Giancarlo Peris | Final Olympic torchbearer Innsbruck 1964 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Ken Henry | Final Winter Olympic torchbearer Innsbruck 1964 | Succeeded by |
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- 1931:
David Zogg
- 1932:
Friedl Däuber
- 1933:
Toni Seelos
- 1934:
Franz Pfnür
- 1935:
Toni Seelos
- 1936:
Rudolph Matt
- 1937:
Émile Allais
- 1938:
Rudolf Rominger
- 1939:
Rudolf Rominger
- 1948:
Edy Reinalter
- 1950:
Georges Schneider
- 1952:
Othmar Schneider
- 1954:
Stein Eriksen
- 1956:
Toni Sailer
- 1958:
Josl Rieder
- 1960:
Ernst Hinterseer
- 1962:
Charles Bozon
- 1964:
Josef Stiegler
- 1966:
Carlo Senoner
- 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy
- 1970:
Jean-Noël Augert
- 1972:
Francisco Fernández Ochoa
- 1974:
Gustav Thöni
- 1976:
Piero Gros
- 1978:
Ingemar Stenmark
- 1980:
Ingemar Stenmark
- 1982:
Ingemar Stenmark
- 1985:
Jonas Nilsson
- 1987:
Frank Wörndl
- 1989:
Rudolf Nierlich
- 1991:
Marc Girardelli
- 1993:
Kjetil André Aamodt
- 1996:
Alberto Tomba
- 1997:
Tom Stiansen
- 1999:
Kalle Palander
- 2001:
Mario Matt
- 2003:
Ivica Kostelić
- 2005:
Benjamin Raich
- 2007:
Mario Matt
- 2009:
Manfred Pranger
- 2011:
Jean-Baptiste Grange
- 2013:
Marcel Hirscher
- 2015:
Jean-Baptiste Grange
- 2017:
Marcel Hirscher
- 2019:
Marcel Hirscher
- 2021:
Sebastian Foss-Solevåg
- 2023:
Henrik Kristoffersen
Men's World Champions: Downhill • Super-G • Giant Slalom • Slalom • Combined • Parallel Giant Slalom • Mixed Team
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