Josef Gabl
Josef "Pepi" Gabl (born October 27, 1920 in St. Anton am Arlberg ; † August 13, 1992 there ) was an Austrian ski racer and trainer.
biography
Gabl was a member of the Arlberg Ski Club . Like his brother Franz , he started skiing at an early age. In order to be able to practice the sport, he worked as a trainer at an early age and, for example, looked after the English ski team at the 1938 World Cup in Engelberg . As a racer, he celebrated several international successes. He won the Feldberg race in 1941 and was third in the combination at the winter sports week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .
During the Second World War , Gabl and his Arlberg ski club colleague Josef Jennewein were used in the same season as lavender . On July 1, 1943, both of them flew an enemy flight in two planes in the area of the city of Oryol . After Jennewein shot down a Russian plane, the latter reported an engine failure to Gabl and went down behind the front. Since that day Jennewein is considered missing.
After the war, Gabl achieved several podium places in international races. In Seegrube -Riesenslalom 1946 he finished second, just in Zürser Lake -Riesenslalom in 1947 and in the downhill and combined in 1948 in Soelden . But Gabl has never competed in major events, and when he failed to qualify for the 1948 Winter Olympics , he ended his career.
After that, Gabl temporarily worked as a painter in his learned profession and took over the painting business from his parents. In 1950 he was invited to Stowe in the US state of Vermont to run a ski school. He stayed there for another twenty winters. From October 1955 he offered the first international summer racing school at the Timberline Lodge . In between, he worked as a ski instructor in Australia for eight summers . He also remained connected to top-class sport, including overseeing the American women's selection for the 1958 World Cup in Bad Gastein. In the early 1970s he returned to his home town of St. Anton, where he died on August 13, 1992.
His daughter Gertrud , born in 1948, became the first Austrian overall World Cup winner in 1969 .
literature
- Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z , Innsbruck 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , p. 87.
Web links
- ↑ The aviator Pepi Jennewein. Salzburger Zeitung, September 27, 1943, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Josef Jennewein. Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge , accessed on June 12, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gabl, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gabl, Pepi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Anton am Arlberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1992 |
| Place of death | St. Anton am Arlberg |