Marlies Glaus-Oberholzer
Marlies Glaus-Oberholzer | |||||||||||
nation | Switzerland | ||||||||||
birthday | April 25, 1958 | ||||||||||
place of birth | Goldingen , Switzerland | ||||||||||
size | 171 cm | ||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg | ||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||
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discipline |
Downhill , combined giant slalom |
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society | Goldingen ski club | ||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||
End of career | 1978 | ||||||||||
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Marlies Glaus-Oberholzer (born April 25, 1958 in Goldingen , Canton St. Gallen as Marlies Oberholzer ) is a former Swiss ski racer who took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck .
biography
Marlies Oberholzer grew up in Goldingen SG, practically next to the mountain railways on Atzmännig . Her father was operations manager there for 30 years. At a young age she joined the Goldingen Ski Club . She later moved to Wangen.
Sports career
Marlies Oberholzer drove for the Goldingen ski club . In 1973 she achieved her national breakthrough. At the JO championships in Bulle , she won silver in slalom and bronze in giant slalom. Then she drove various European cups and was accepted into the national team. Oberholzer drove her first World Cup in 1975.
At the age of 17 she was already at the start of the Olympic downhill run from Innsbruck on February 12, 1976 . In this descent, she landed in 8th place, making her the second best Swiss woman - just six hundredths behind the experienced Valaisian Bernadette Zurbriggen. Because of ten hundredths of a second, she missed sixth place and thus the Olympic diploma.
In 1978 she ended her skiing career.
Private life
In 1984 Marlies Oberholzer married her husband Kari Glaus. At that time she took his name and is now called Marlies Glaus-Oberholzer. They have two children, Michèle and André.
Results
- Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck : 8th descent
- Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck : 26th giant slalom
- Alpine Ski World Cup 1977: 8th descent
- Crans-Montana : 10th departure
- Alpine Ski World Cup Bad Gastein: 8th descent
Web links
- Marlies Glaus-Oberholzer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ OBERHOLZER Marlies - Athlete information. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ The name of SC Goldingen carried out into the world. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ The name of SC Goldingen carried out into the world. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ The name of SC Goldingen carried out into the world. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck (AUT). Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck (AUT). Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ World Cup Schruns (AUT). Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ World Cup Crans-Montana (SUI). Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ^ World Cup Bad Gastein (AUT). Accessed April 30, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Glaus-Oberholzer, Marlies |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oberholzer, Marlies (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss skier |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goldingen SG |