Nini from Arx-Zogg

Nini von Arx-Zogg (* uncertain: March 18, 1907 as Nini Zogg ; † before February 5, 1988 ) was a Swiss ski racer from Arosa .

In 1933, David Zogg's sister took part in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Innsbruck under her maiden name . In the downhill race, she won the silver medal behind Inge Wersin-Lantschner and took fifth place in the combination. At the 1936 World Championships in Innsbruck, von Arx-Zogg, now married, won bronze in the downhill behind Evelyn Pinching and Elvira Osirnig . In the combination, she took fourth place.

In the downhill race and the combined competition at the 1937 World Championships in Chamonix , von Arx-Zogg won the silver medal behind Christl Cranz , and she finished fifth in the slalom. She finished the slalom race at the 1938 World Championships in Engelberg again behind Christl Cranz in second place, making Arx-Zogg runner-up in her career for the fourth time. She also reached fourth place in the downhill and in the combination.

In 1933 Nini von Arx-Zogg took part in the Arlberg-Kandahar race in Mürren . She won the downhill race, in slalom and the combination she came in second behind Esmé MacKinnon . In the women's competition of the Gamperney Derby , which was held for the first time in 1933, she won the downhill race, the slalom and the combination. Von Arx-Zogg also won five Swiss championships , in 1936 in all three disciplines and in 1940 in slalom and combined.

The combination victories earned her the title of Swiss Ski Champion . At the SDS races in Grindelwald between 1934 and 1937 she achieved a total of twice first, five times second and twice third.

From February 5, 1988 there was a report of the death of 81-year-old Nini von Arx-Zogg.

Successes at world championships

Alpine World Ski Championships 1933

2nd descent, 5th combination

Alpine World Ski Championships 1936

3rd descent, 4th combination

Alpine World Ski Championships 1937

2nd descent, 2nd combination, 5th slalom

Alpine World Ski Championships 1938

2nd slalom, 4th descent, 4th combination

literature

• Hans Danuser / SC Arosa (ed.): 100 Years of Arosa Ski Club 1903-2003 , self-published by SC Arosa, Arosa 2003, pp. 31–43, 118.
• Swiss Ski School Arosa (Ed.): 60 Years of the Swiss Ski School Arosa , Jona 1993 (new, expanded cover), pp. 14, 67, 70.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nini von Arx - Zogg SUI , in: ski-db.com , accessed on February 15, 2014.
2. ↑ Arlberg Kandahar Results 1928-55 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 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. , in: kandahar.org.uk , accessed February 15, 2014. 
3. ↑ NB-Biokat-Arx-Zogg_Nini von-1 Arx-Zogg, Nini von, 1988 (document) , in: helveticarchives.ch , accessed on February 15, 2014. The obituary is said to be in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of February 5, 1988 , P. 66.

Web links

• Nini von Arx-Zogg in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nini von Arx-Zogg in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nini von Arx-Zogg, photography , in: autogrammgalerie.ch , accessed on February 15, 2014.
• David Zogg and Nini von Arx-Zogg, photography , in: bildarchivaustria.at , accessed on February 22, 2014.