Erika Netzer

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Erika Netzer Alpine skiing
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday June 23, 1937
place of birth St. Gallenkirch
date of death November 30, 1977
Place of death St. Gallen, Switzerland
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
downhill , combination
society WSV St. Gallenkirch
End of career 1963
Medal table
World championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
silver Chamonix 1962 Giant slalom
bronze Chamonix 1962 slalom
bronze Chamonix 1962 combination
 

Erika Netzer (born June 23, 1937 in St. Gallenkirch , Vorarlberg ; † November 30, 1977 in St. Gallen , Switzerland ) was an Austrian ski racer . She celebrated numerous victories in international races in the 1950s and 1960s and became a four-time Austrian champion . At the World Ski Championships in 1962 , she won the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in both slalom and combined .

Career

Netzer started skiing at the age of five, and in the mid-1950s she was accepted into the ÖSV youth team. In 1956 she won the Austrian junior downhill championship, a year later she celebrated her first victory in the general class in the giant slalom in Semmering and was promoted to the A-team.

In the winter of 1958, the Montafon native won the runs from St. Moritz and the Gornergrat derby in Zermatt and the Gamperney derby in Grabs . In Arosa , however, she had a hard fall and broke both legs. In the 1958/59 season Netzer was the outstanding runner and was able to win a total of nine races: At the Arlberg-Kandahar races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , despite a plaster cast on her hand, she won the relatively high starting number 27 on February 6th Descent with a lead of 0.5 seconds over the Swiss Madeleine Berthod , who has already been celebrated as the winner . She achieved further downhill successes in Cortina d'Ampezzo and Chamonix , where she also won the combination. She was successful in giant slalom in Innsbruck and Hochsölden, among others, and at the Austrian championships in Kitzbühel she won three titles in downhill, slalom and combined. In the winter of 1959/60 Netzer could not continue their winning streak. Two second places in the giant slalom in Kitzbühel and Hochsölden were her best results of the season. She came third in the Arlberg-Kandahar run in Sestriere . The 1960 Olympic Games in Squaw Valley were also disappointing . In the downhill she only finished eighth, in the giant slalom she was out.

In the 1960/61 season Netzer again celebrated several victories: She won downhill and combined in the silver jug ​​races in Bad Gastein (3rd to 5th February), the combined in the world championship test in Chamonix (23/24 February), slalom and combined the Gornergrat derby in Zermatt (March 17-19) and the giant slalom in Crans-Montana (March 22, 1961) and Tschagguns . According to a world rankings published on March 16, she led the giant slalom ranking. Next winter, she won the giant slalom at the Zettersfeld in Lienz (17 December 1961) and again the exit of Bad Gastein (17 January 1962) The hugely successful for Austria World Cup 1962 in Chamonix had Netzer significant share of the total of seven medals Austrian ski ladies. In the giant slalom she won the silver medal just behind Marianne Jahn and in the slalom she took the bronze medal behind Jahn and Goitschel . Only in the downhill did she only come in tenth place, whereby she awarded a possible world title in the combination, but still won the bronze medal.

In the winter of 1963 Netzer decided the combination of the first gold key race (January 14th to 17th) with second places in downhill and slalom , further podium places (2nd place in slalom and combined) were her in Oberstaufen on 4th / 5th . January succeeded. However, she contracted severe pleurisy in the gold key race, which is why she had to end the season early. In December 1963, she announced that she was leaving the Olympic squad rather unexpectedly, citing that she did not feel up to the health problems and that there were family considerations.

Netzer succumbed to liver disease at the age of 40. Since 1996 the St. Gallenkirch winter sports club has organized the "Erika Netzer Memorial Run" every year.

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

Austrian championships

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Kurt Jeschko : Piste artists. A short story of alpine skiing. E. Hunna Verlag, Vienna 1963, p. 92.
  2. ↑ Victory through class and intelligence . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1961, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. ↑ Erika, Marianne and ... In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 7, 1961, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ^ A triumph for the Austrians . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1961, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ↑ Records at the Gornergrat Derby . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 18, 1961, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ↑ Erika Netzer and Hias Leitner won ... In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 23, 1961, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. ↑ Guy Perillat and Heidi Biebl at the helm . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1961, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ↑ Nobody fought like Karl Schranz . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1961, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. ↑ As in the previous year: The Triumph of Wisdom . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1962, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  10. ↑ Marianne is back . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 15, 1963, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  11. ↑ With a waving braid through the goal . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 18, 1963, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  12. ↑ World champion Christl Haas injured . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 5, 1963, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  13. ↑ Marianne Jahn two-time winner . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 6, 1963, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  14. ↑ Saubert beats France's elite - subtitle: Netzer-Bickel waived . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 14, 1963, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
personal data
SURNAME Netzer, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallenkirch , Austria
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1977
Place of death St. Gallen , Switzerland