Christl Staffner

Christl Staffner
nation	Austria
birthday	April 26, 1940
place of birth	Kitzbühel
Career
discipline	Downhill , giant slalom , slalom , combination
society	TS Innsbruck Kitzbühel Ski Club
status	resigned
End of career	1964

Christl Staffner , married Herbert , (born April 26, 1940 in Kitzbühel ) is a former Austrian ski racer . She achieved several victories and podiums in international races in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

biography

From the beginning of the 1950s, Staffner took part in junior races and regional competitions. She celebrated her first major success in 1957 when she won the giant slalom on the Stilfserjoch , which she repeated in 1959. Also in 1959 she won a giant slalom in Obergurgl . She was accepted into the Austrian national team and achieved numerous podium places in the next few years. In 1960 she achieved a second place in the Parsenn Derby in Davos and in the giant slalom in Innsbruck , in 1961 a second place in the slalom in Méribel and third place in the slalom in San Martino di Castrozza and in the giant slalom in Lenggries . At the Hahnenkamm races, held for the last time for women in her hometown of Kitzbühel , she finished sixth in slalom and combined in 1961.

In the winter of 1962, Staffner's best results were second places in the slalom and combination of Val Gardena . In addition, she achieved only a few top 10 results, which is why she was not used at the 1962 World Cup . In the 1962/1963 season, Staffner took third places in the slalom from Spittal an der Drau and in the departure of the Olympic dress rehearsal in the Axamer Lizum , but because the next winter in the run-up to the 1964 Winter Olympics she was largely unable to achieve top placings once again failed to qualify for a major event in the then strong Austrian women's team. Staffner, however, was given the honor of carrying the Olympic flame to the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck at the opening ceremony , where she presented the torch to Josef Rieder .

Staffner ended her career at the end of the 1963/1964 season. She went to the United States and worked there as a ski instructor. In 1964 or 1965 (both dates are given) she set a new speed record for women on skis in Cervinia . After returning to Austria in the late 1960s, she married a lawyer. The couple have a son and a daughter. The daughter Birgit Herbert (* 1975) was a successful snowboarder in the 1990s and early 2000s . Christl Herbert-Staffner took part successfully in Masters ski races for some time, but also practiced cross-country skiing and started, among other things, in the Koasalauf .

Successes in FIS races

• Victories
  • Giant slalom on the Stilfserjoch in 1957 and 1959
  • Giant slalom in Obergurgl 1959
• Second places
  • Departure of the Parsenn Derby in Davos in 1960
  • Slalom in Méribel 1961
  • Slalom and combination in Val Gardena 1962
  • Combination in Poiana Brașov 1963
• Third places
  • Giant slalom in Seefeld 1958
  • Giant slalom in Sulden 1959
  • 2 giant slaloms in Seefeld in 1960
  • Giant slalom in Innsbruck 1960
  • Giant slalom on the Stilfserjoch in 1960
  • Slalom in San Martina di Castrozza 1961
  • Giant slalom in Lenggries 1961
  • Giant slalom in Spittal 1962
  • Departure on the Axamer Lizum in 1963
  • Departure from Poiana Brașov in 1963
  • Slalom in Spittal 1963

literature

• Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , pp. 425-426.

References and comments

1. ↑ Kurt Jeschko: Silver slopes, golden laurel. (IX. Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1964). Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna 1964, p. 14.
2. ↑ 1964 for example in: Walter Amstutz : The Kilometer Lancé on Skis - Speed ​​Skiing. In: The mountain hare. 34th yearbook of the Swiss Academic Ski Club 1986–1990. Pp. 87–96 as well as on the website of the Fédération Suisse de Ski de Vitesse ( Memento of the original dated December 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; 1965, however, in: Peter Miller: How Fast Can I Go? In: Skiing Heritage. September 1999, pp. 11-20.