Benedikt Obermüller
Benedikt Obermüller 
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 Germany
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| birthday | April 11, 1930 |
| place of birth | Rottach-Egern , Germany |
| date of death | May 10, 2005 |
| Place of death | Rottach-Egern |
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| discipline | Slalom, giant slalom |
Benedikt "Beni" Obermüller (born April 11, 1930 in Rottach-Egern ; † May 10, 2005 there ) was a German ski racer . In the 1950s he was considered the strongest slalom skier of the German Ski Association (DSV).
Obermüller was the first German slalom champion in 1952 . Five further championship titles followed by 1959: 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959 in slalom, and in 1959, in addition, in giant slalom. Also in the winter of 1952, he first took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo . In his favorite discipline, the slalom, he reached 13th place, in the downhill he came in 17th place, in the giant slalom in 28th place.
The high point of his career was the 1954 World Ski Championships in Åre , Sweden , where he won the silver medal in slalom behind the Norwegian Stein Eriksen . It was the first medal for the alpine men of the DSV after the end of the Second World War . Although he was in the top positions in almost all races the year before, he was injured in Kitzbühel and started in Åre for the first time after that. Two years later, Obermüller took part again in the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo and finished ninth in the slalom.
Web links
- Benedikt Obermüller in the database of Ski-DB (English)
- Benedikt Obermüller in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics at www.sport-komplett.de
- ^ "Arbeiterzeitung Wien" of March 2, 1954, page 8, column 2, 2nd paragraph
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Obermüller, Benedikt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obermüller, Beni (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottach-Egern |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 2005 |
| Place of death | Rottach-Egern |