European Grass Ski Championships
The European Grass Ski Championship was a sporting event in which the European champions in the grass ski disciplines were determined in various races . The first European championship took place in 1976. It was held annually until 1978, after which it took place every two years, alternating with the grass ski world championship , until from 1997 only the world championship was held. From the beginning, the European champions were chosen in the disciplines of slalom, giant slalom and combined, from 1988 also those in the super-G.
Medalist
The following tables provide an overview of all medal winners at the European Grass Ski Championships:
Men's
slalom
Giant slalom
Super G
combination
Ladies
slalom
Giant slalom
Super G
combination
statistics
Eternal medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Germany
|
30th | 27 | 28 | 85 |
| 2 |
 Austria
|
28 | 29 | 22nd | 79 |
| 3 |
 Switzerland
|
13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 4th |
 Italy
|
9 | 12 | 14th | 35 |
| 5 |
 France
|
2 | 3 | 6th | 11 |
| 6th |
 Czech Republic
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
The European champions
By far the most successful grass skier of the twelve European championships was Ingrid Hirschhofer from Austria. She won 16 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze medals over a period of 20 years. In second place in the medal table is the German Katja Krey , who won 4 gold and 4 silver medals at two European championships in 1988 and 1990.
Among the men, the Swiss Richi Christen was the most successful. From 1980 to 1988 he won 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. Marcus Peschek from Austria is just behind . From 1988 to 1994 he also won 6 gold and 4 silver medals, but no bronze medal.
The following tables show all grass skiers who have achieved at least one European title:
Men's
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richi Christians |
Switzerland
|
1980 | 1988 | 6th | 4th | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Marcus Peschek |
Austria
|
1988 | 1994 | 6th | 4th | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Rainer Grossmann |
Germany
|
1982 | 1990 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8th |
| 4th | Erwin Gansner |
Switzerland
|
1976 | 1988 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Herfried Langer |
Germany
|
1977 | 1978 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4th |
| 6th | Christian Balek |
Austria
|
1994 | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6th | Fausto Cerentin |
Italy
|
1996 | 1996 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8th | Hans Auer |
Switzerland
|
1976 | 1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Walter Zimmer |
Germany
|
1977 | 1982 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
| 10 | Martin Messner |
Italy
|
1990 | 1990 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th |
| 11 | Rainer Lux |
Germany
|
1976 | 1977 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Franz Kaiser |
Italy
|
1976 | 1978 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Werner Fagerer |
Austria
|
1988 | 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 14th | Vincent Riewe |
Germany
|
1977 | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14th | Götz Scheffler |
Germany
|
1992 | 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Bruno Länzlinger |
Switzerland
|
1982 | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Hermann Ellemunt |
Italy
|
1984 | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Uwe Kalliwoda |
Germany
|
1986 | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ladies
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrid Hirschhofer |
Austria
|
1976 | 1996 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 30th |
| 2 | Katja Krey |
Germany
|
1988 | 1990 | 4th | 4th | 0 | 8th |
| 3 | Karin Winter |
Germany
|
1976 | 1978 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th | Cinzia Valt |
Italy
|
1984 | 1986 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4th |
| 5 | Bettina Kastl |
Germany
|
1982 | 1984 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Bettina Schweighofer |
Austria
|
1994 | 1996 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7th | Françoise Marchand |
France
|
1976 | 1976 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7th | Martina Bauknecht |
Germany
|
1986 | 1988 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Bettina Dongus |
Germany
|
1977 | 1982 | 1 | 3 | 6th | 10 |
| 10 | Sandra Pohl |
Germany
|
1990 | 1992 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Christine Frey |
Germany
|
1976 | 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Daniela Wappes |
Germany
|
1977 | 1977 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Brigitte single |
Germany
|
1978 | 1978 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Giselle Pedimina |
Switzerland
|
1980 | 1980 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Heike Kempter |
Germany
|
1982 | 1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
supporting documents
- Overviews of all medal winners on sports123.com, last accessed on May 15, 2011 (web links no longer available).