Heidi Bibl

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Heidi Bibl
Heidi Biebl 1960.jpg
Heidi Biebl (1960)
nation Germany Germany
birthday February 17, 1941
place of birth Oberstaufen ,  German Empire
size 159 cm
Weight 56kg
date of death January 20, 2022
place of death Immenstadt im Allgau ,  Germany
Career
discipline Downhill , giant slalom , slalom
society SC Oberstaufen
career end 1966
medal table
Olympic games 1×gold medal 0×silver medal 0×bronze medal
World Championships 1×gold medal 0×silver medal 0×bronze medal
 winter Olympics
gold Squaw Valley 1960 Departure
 Alpine World Ski Championships
gold Squaw Valley 1960 Departure
 

Heidi Biebl ( February 17, 1941 in Oberstaufen , † January 20, 2022 in Immenstadt im Allgäu ) was a German alpine skier and gold medalist in downhill skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , USA .

Life

From a young age, Heidi Biebl was enthusiastic about alpine winter sports. After completing secondary school in Immenstadt , she did an apprenticeship in a ski factory in Erbach near Ulm. Her first racing successes as a teenager had long since been behind her. She worked her way up in the women's team of the German Ski Association (DSV) .

She celebrated her greatest triumph in 1960 in Squaw Valley as Olympic champion in downhill skiing. At 19, she was the youngest gold medalist at these competitions. Although sporting experts had believed that Heidi Biebl would be able to place in the medals because of her convincing performance in the pre-Olympic competitions, the fact that she even came first caused great joy, not only in the all-German team. With her and Barbara Henneberger there were two medal winners in skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics , who were born in the small town of Oberstaufen in the Allgäu (around 4,500 inhabitants at the time).

At her second Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , the woman from the Allgäu finished fourth in both the downhill and slalom . In the SDS races in Grindelwald , she celebrated a total of five victories from 1961 to 1965 (1 × downhill, 1 × slalom and 3 × combination). From 1959 to 1965, Biebl won 15 German championship titles .

After disagreements with the DSV, it was not set up for the Alpine World Ski Championships in Portillo in 1966 ; Sports director Fritz Wagnerberger explained that she "didn't reach the required standard of performance" during the last few weeks of training. As a result, the woman from Oberstaufen ended her sporting career. Heidi Biebl trained as a ski instructor and then opened her own ski school, with courses especially for children and young people. A hotel in the Schroth spa town of Oberstaufen became a further mainstay for them . After her sports career, she worked on television as a co-commentator on broadcasts.

honors

  • In 1965 she was honored with the Great Bambi – the highest award given in SDS races – for her three combination wins. Apart from her, only Madeleine Berthod and Christl Cranz managed to win three combinations in the SDS races and thus win this award.
  • Her home town of Oberstaufen named the Heidi-Biebl-Weg after her, and all her medals are on display in the local history museum.

literature

  • Heidi Biebl: Golden ski tracks. Limpert-Verlag, Frankfurt/Main 1961.

web links

itemizations

  1. ↑ Anna Dreher: Death of Heidi Biebl: She drove out of nowhere to gold. In: sueddeutsche.de . January 24, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022 .
  2. ↑ Viktoria Wagensommer, Bernd Schmelzer: Mourning for the Olympic champion: Heidi Biebl is dead. In : br.de. 23 January 2022, retrieved 23 January 2022 .
  3. ↑ A proclaimed Olympic victory. In: weltcup-ofterschwang.de. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007 ; retrieved January 24, 2022 .
  4. ^ "Karl Schranz first Portillo victim", subtitle: "Without Heidi Biebl" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna, July 3, 1966, p. 13 ( The website of the Arbeiterzeitung is currently being redesigned. The linked pages are therefore not accessible. - Digital copy).
  5. ↑ Report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag – Printed Paper 7/1040, p. 78.
  6. ↑ Four ÖSV victories in the Bernese Oberland. In: Austria Ski Sport. ÖSV magazine. Issue 1/1965. p. 16.
  7. ↑ Heidi Biebl: About me. In: Heidi-Biebl.de. Retrieved January 24, 2022 .
personal data
SURNAME Bibl, Heidi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ski racer and Olympic champion
BIRTH DATE February 17, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH oberstaufen
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH Immenstadt in the Allgaeu