Grete Digruber
Grete Digruber 
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| nation |
 Austria
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| birthday | February 19, 1945 |
| place of birth |
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| date of death | July 28, 2010 |
| Career | |
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| discipline |
Slalom , giant slalom , downhill , combination |
| society | SC Mariazell |
| End of career | 1966 |
Grete Digruber (born February 19, 1945 in Mariazell ; † July 28, 2010 ) was an Austrian ski racer . She won several international races in the 1960s and became a two-time Austrian champion . Her strongest disciplines were the slalom and the giant slalom . Her older brother Franz Digruber was also a ski racer.
Career
After success in school and junior races , Digruber started in international FIS races for the first time in the winter of 1960/61 and was placed in the top five several times. The best result was third place in the Villeneuve slalom. Due to an injury, she was unable to take part in any races for the entire next season.
In the winter of 1962/63 Digruber celebrated her first victory in the slalom on Mount Etna . Her next two victories came in the 1963/64 season in the slalom and giant slalom of Zakopane . She achieved further podium places in the giant slalom in Lenzerheide and in the slalom in Davos . In St. Johann im Pongau she became the Austrian slalom champion. In the winter of 1964/65, the Styrian won the slalom in Haus and took second place in the combination there. She also came second in the giant slalom in her home town of Mariazell. In Axams she became Austrian champion for the second time, this time in the giant slalom.
In the 1965/66 season Digruber remained without a win, but she reached several podium places, for example in the slaloms of Maribor , Cavalese and Oberstaufen , which she secured a starting place for the world championship in August 1966. In Chile Portillo she won as best Austrian was 12th in the slalom. After the World Cup, Digruber ended her career at the age of only 21 and retired into private life.
Sporting successes
World championships
- Portillo 1966 : 12th slalom
Austrian championships
- Austrian champion in slalom 1964 and giant slalom 1965
literature
- Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z , Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , p. 47f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grete Digruber . Kleine Zeitung , July 30, 2010, accessed on January 18, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Digruber, Grete |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mariazell , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 2010 |