Karl Fahrner

Karl Fahrner
nation	Austria
birthday	October 5, 1929
place of birth	St. Anton am Arlberg
date of death	December 7, 1996
Place of death	Parlors
Career
discipline	Downhill , slalom , giant slalom , combination
society	Arlberg Ski Club

Karl Fahrner (born October 5, 1929 in St. Anton am Arlberg , † December 7, 1996 in Stuben ) was an Austrian ski racer . He achieved several victories and podiums in international races, worked for a long time as a ski instructor and ski school director and was the coach of the Japanese national team.

biography

From the winter of 1946/1947, Fahrner devoted himself intensively to ski racing. In 1948 he won three medals at the Austrian championships in the junior class and achieved his first significant result on an international level with fifth place in the Arlberg-Kandahar downhill run in Chamonix . In the winter of 1949 Fahrner again won three medals at the Austrian junior championships, where he secured the title in the downhill. At the Hahnenkamm downhill run in Kitzbühel he finished fifth in the same year. Fahrner achieved several podium places in the winter of 1949/1950: He came second in the downhill run of the “White Ribbon” in St. Moritz , also second in the giant slalom from Sestriere and third in the downhill runs from St. Anton and Davos as well as the combination of St. Moritz. He achieved third place in slalom and combination at the Austrian championships in 1950 . However, his results were not enough for a nomination for the 1950 World Cup in Aspen , which is why he ended his career for the time being.

Fahrner went to the USA in 1950 with Pepi Gabl , who was also from St. Anton, and worked as a ski instructor at the Mount Mansfield Ski Club in Stowe ( Vermont ). In Stowe he also took part in races again and, in addition to other podium places, achieved victory in downhill and combined in 1954 before he retired from active ski racing a few years later and began working as a trainer. He initially worked as a consultant for the Canadian Ski Association for two years and in 1959 took over the training of the Japanese national team, which he led to the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . He then worked again as a ski instructor and ski school director, first in Broadmoor ( Colorado ) and later for nine years on Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid . In 1972 he was also the technical director of the Alpine competitions at the Winter Universiade . 1974 Fahrner returned from Lake Placid to St. Anton and continued to work as a ski instructor and supervisor. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he was again technical director and slope manager for the alpine competitions.

literature

• Austrian Ski Association (Ed.): Austrian Ski Stars from A – Z. Ablinger & Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 , p. 71.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Karl Fahrner wins medals at Austrian championships in the junior class. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ÖSV winner board, accessed on July 13, 2012. 
2. ^ ^{A b} Final Report of the XIII Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1980. p. 24.