Barbara Henneberger

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Barbara-Maria "Barbi" Henneberger (born October 4, 1940 in Oberstaufen ; † April 12, 1964 near St. Moritz , Switzerland ) was a German ski racer and Olympic bronze medalist in slalom in the 1960s .

Life

Even at a young age, the talent for alpine winter sports was enthusiastic. Despite the objection of the youth officer of the BSV , she took part in the German slalom championships on the Laber near Oberammergau in 1957 as the reigning German youth champion in the senior class. In the giant slalom , she immediately took third place in the overall ranking, while she was disqualified in the combined competition. Henneberger was appointed to the greatly rejuvenated national team and took part in the first training course on the Zugspitze in October 1957 under coach Engelbert Haider .

In 1962 and 1963 she was German champion in downhill skiing and giant slalom , in 1960 and 1962 in combined and 1964 in slalom. There were also ten runner-up championships and she was third five times. In 1962 she became the student world champion.

She celebrated her greatest triumph at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley as a bronze medalist in slalom. In the combination that only counted for the world championships, she also achieved the bronze medal. The Federal Republic of Germany honored her with the silver bay leaf . In 1963 she won the SDS races in Grindelwald in downhill, slalom and combined. With her and Heidi Biebl , there were two medalists in skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics , who were born in the small town of Oberstaufen in the Allgäu (at that time approx. 4,500 inhabitants). Henneberger announced her resignation for the time after the Olympic Games in Innsbruck , since she would then be 23 years old and devote herself entirely to her American studies .

The grave of Barbara "Barbi" Henneberger

Barbara Henneberger came during the filming of the ski film ski fascination of Willy Bogner together with the US racer Buddy Werner by a slab avalanche killed. She was buried in the old part of the Munich forest cemetery. About 5000 people attended the funeral, including many representatives of the European ski elite and the almost complete German Olympic team from Innsbruck. Willi Daume paid tribute to her at the funeral service with the words: “She was beautiful, bold and courageous. The gods only showed them to us and took them back ”.

Willy Bogner was sentenced to a two-month conditional prison sentence for negligent homicide by the Cantonal Court Committee of Graubünden on March 31, 1965 .

In the election for Sportswoman of the Year 1964 held in December 1964, Henneberger was posthumously awarded 31 points (10th place).

In Kirchheim near Munich , Barbi-Henneberger-Strasse is a reminder of the skier.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Hannelore Basler and Sepp Behr fastest in the first race" in: Pforzheimer Zeitung of March 2, 1957, p. 9
  2. ^ "Hannelore Basler became two-time German champion" in Schwäbische Zeitung of March 4, 1957, p. 5
  3. ↑ "Training course on the Zugspitze" in Pforzheimer Zeitung of October 31, 1957, p. 4
  4. ↑ “'After the Olympic winter is over!'” In sports magazine No. 10 of March 6, 1963, p. 10
  5. ↑ spiegel.de: Avalanche accident - death in the morning article from April 22, 1964
  6. ^ "Thousands followed the coffin of Barbara Henneberger" in Schwäbische Zeitung of April 17, 1964, p. 9
  7. ↑ Sports magazine No. 16 of April 20, 1964, p. 32
personal data
SURNAME Henneberger, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henneberger, Barbi; Henneberger, Barbara-Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberstaufen
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1964
Place of death St. Moritz , Switzerland