Olivia Ausoni

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Olivia Ausoni Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday April 20, 1923
place of birth Villars-sur-Ollon
date of death May 15, 2010
Place of death Chesières
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
downhill , combination
society Villars
 

Olivia Ausoni (born April 20, 1923 in Villars-sur-Ollon , † May 15, 2010 in Chesières ) was a Swiss ski racer . She became a three-time Swiss champion , achieved several victories and podiums in international races and took part in the Winter Olympics in 1948 and 1952 and the 1950 World Cup.

biography

Ausoni took second place in the junior women's downhill at the 1942 Swiss championships in Grindelwald . Shortly thereafter, she took part in the Switzerland II team in the France-Switzerland national ski competition in Wengen , where she finished seventh in downhill, slalom and combined and with her team came second and third among the two Swiss and one French teams . In January 1943, she started at the Swedish-Swiss friendship meeting in Engelberg , where the Swiss women were among themselves, as, unlike the men, no Swedes had made the trip. Ausoni won the downhill and came third in the slalom. From 1943 to 1946 Ausoni drove in the Swiss championships - now starting in the elite class - several times among the fastest three. Among other things, she achieved second place in the combination behind Antoinette Meyer in 1945 .

In January 1947 Ausoni achieved second place in slalom and third place in combination at the SDS races held in Grindelwald for the first time in eight years . From the beginning of February to the beginning of April of the same year, she and five other Swiss skiers took part in a trip to the United States under the direction of team captain Arnold Glatthard , where the group took part in several competitions. Here Ausoni enter their strongest discipline, slalom, three wins: She was in Snowbasin at Salt Lake City , Utah , US champion in the slalom (in combination they finished second) and won the slalom of the Silver Dollar Derby in Reno , Nevada , and the Far West Kandahar on Mount Hood near Portland , Oregon .

In February 1948 Ausoni was one of seven Swiss ski racers at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . With 17th place in the slalom, 24th place in the downhill and 26th place in the combination, she was the worst placed Swiss participant. Ausoni proved that she still belonged to the national top three weeks later at the Swiss championships in the same location when she became Swiss champion in slalom and also took second place in the downhill and third place in the combination. The following year she was third in downhill and combined at the Swiss championships in Gstaad .

In 1950 Ausoni was part of the Swiss team at the 1950 World Cup in Aspen . As 11th of the slalom and 15th of the giant slalom, she finished in midfield, but she did not finish the descent. At the subsequent Harriman Cup in Sun Valley , she was ninth in downhill, slalom and combined. In 1951 Ausoni celebrated her next big successes at the Swiss championships when she became champion in slalom and in combination and second in giant slalom and downhill in the women's elite class in Adelboden . At the SDS races, she achieved a podium again in the same year as third in the giant slalom. At her last major event, the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , Ausoni was tenth in the slalom. She did not start in the other disciplines.

Ausoni, suffering from Alzheimer's disease , was reported missing on May 15, 2010 at her home in Arveyes and was found dead three days later in neighboring Chesières .

successes

winter Olympics

(also counted as world championships)

World championships

Swiss championships

More Achievements

  • Friendship meeting between Sweden and Switzerland in Engelberg 1943: 1st descent, 3rd slalom
  • SDS race in Grindelwald 1947: 2nd slalom, 3rd giant slalom
  • American Championships in Snowbasin 1947: 1st slalom
  • Silver Dollar Derby in Reno 1947: 1st slalom
  • SDS race in Grindelwald 1951: 3rd giant slalom

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 36th Swiss ski race in Grindelwald. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XXXVIII, 1942. pp. 38–50.
  2. ↑ Country ski competition France-Switzerland. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XXXVIII, 1942. Pp. 60-64.
  3. ↑ Hans Feldmann: Friendship meeting Sweden-Switzerland in Engelberg. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XXXIX / XL, 1943/1944. Pp. 107-108.
  4. ↑ See the reports on the Swiss Ski Championships in the SSV yearbooks 1943 and 1947.
  5. ↑ 39th Swiss ski race in Engelberg. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLI, 1947. pp. 66–71.
  6. ↑ Hermann Gurtner : Cheerful Ambassadors. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLI, 1947. pp. 4–33.
  7. ^ Arnold Kaech : Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz 1948. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLII, 1948. P. 6–34 and 65–70.
  8. ↑ 42nd Swiss Ski Race St. Moritz. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLII, 1948. P. 72–79.
  9. ↑ 43rd Swiss Ski Race Gstaad. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLIII, 1949. pp. 55–61.
  10. ^ Marc Hodler : The Alpine World Championships in Aspen. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLIV, 1950. pp. 22–31.
  11. ^ Ski championships for the Harriman Cup in Sun Valley (Idaho). In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLIV, 1950. pp. 31–32.
  12. ↑ 1st Swiss Ski Championship Week Adelboden. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XLV, 1951. pp. 67–74.
  13. ^ Villars-sur-Ollon VD: missing report. polizei-schweiz.ch, May 17, 2010, accessed on May 4, 2012.
  14. ↑ Villars-sur-Ollon VD: missing persons found. polizei-schweiz.ch, May 19, 2010, accessed on May 4, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Ausoni, Olivia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Villars-sur-Ollon , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 2010
Place of death Chesières , Switzerland