Othmar Schneider

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Othmar Schneider Alpine skiing
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday August 27, 1928
place of birth Lech , Austria
date of death December 25, 2012
Career
discipline Slalom , giant slalom ,
downhill , combination
society Arlberg Ski Club
End of career 1956
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Oslo 1952 slalom
silver Oslo 1952 Departure
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
gold Oslo 1952 slalom
silver Oslo 1952 Departure
 

Othmar Schneider (born August 27, 1928 in Lech ; † December 25, 2012 ) was an Austrian ski racer and marksman . He celebrated numerous victories in international ski races in the first half of the 1950s and won the gold medal in slalom and the silver medal in downhill at the 1952 Winter Olympics . As a sports shooter, he won bronze medals at both world and European championships and a total of 34 Austrian national championship titles.

biography

Schneider attended the Bregenz Commercial Academy and in 1949 began studying pharmacy at the University of Innsbruck . At the end of the 1940s he had his first successes in skiing. In the winter of 1950 he celebrated his first victories in international FIS races : he won the slalom and the combination of Chamonix as well as the runs from St. Moritz and Davos . He achieved numerous other victories in the next season: He won the slalom, the downhill and the combined (January 6/7, 1951) in Lech, and won on January 13/14. January 1951 at the Lauberhorn races in Wengen the downhill and the combination (slalom: 9th place) won the slalom of Chamonix and that of the Arlberg-Kandahar races in Sestriere . In the winter of 1951/52 he was able to repeat the victories in Lech and Wengen.

Schneider celebrated his greatest successes at the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 . In the downhill he won the silver medal behind the Italian Zeno Colò and in the slalom he became Olympic champion and world champion after the disqualification of his compatriot Hans Senger in front of the two Norwegians Stein Eriksen and Guttorm Berge . In the further course of the season, the Vorarlberg won the slalom and the combination in Stowe . In 1952 he was named Austria's Sportsman of the Year by Austrian sports journalists .

Schneider dropped out of his studies in 1953 and this season only took part in races in North America, where he celebrated numerous victories. From 1953 he was also involved in setting up a ski school in Boyne Mountain in the US state of Michigan , which he directed for several years. In the winter of 1954 Schneider started again in Europe. He won the giant slalom and the combination of Arosa and achieved several other podium places, including at the Arlberg-Kandahar races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . At the 1954 World Cup in Åre , Sweden , he finished fourth in the giant slalom.

In the winter of 1955, Schneider was only among the top three in the downhill from Sestriere . Also at the beginning of the next season he only achieved third place in the downhill from Wengen (January 7, 1956; in slalom and in the combination it was both ranked 5). At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , he was only used in slalom and finished twelfth. He then took part in a few less important races, celebrated his last victory at the »Eisgrabenrennen« in the downhill from Kaltenleutßen on February 25, 1956 (and one day later he was third in slalom and second in combination), at the »Czechoslovakian Grand Prix «In Tatranska Lomnica he finished second in slalom, downhill and giant slalom and ended his career for the time being after the winter. In the early 1960s, he took part in two professional world championships. In addition to his work as a ski instructor in the USA , from 1963 he also ran a ski school in Portillo in Chile , where he was the slope manager and course setter at the 1966 World Cup . After returning home in 1968, he built the luxury hotel Kristiania in Lech.

Second career as a marksman

After the ski race, Schneider achieved a second career in sport shooting . He was 34 times Austrian national champion (17 individual and team titles each) and took part in two world championships and three European championships. However, due to his previous work as a professional ski professional, he was unable to participate in the Olympics as a marksman. At the 1974 World Championships in Thun , Schneider won the bronze medal in the team with the free pistol , and a year later he also won bronze in the team at the European Championships in Bucharest , this time with the center fire pistol. Then Schneider became the trainer of the Austrian sport shooters. He led her to the 1976 Summer Olympics , where Rudolf Dollinger won the bronze medal with the free pistol.

successes

winter Olympics

World Ski Championships

World championships in shooting sports

  • Phoenix 1970: 4th Air Pistol Team, 6th Center Fire Pistol, 9th Air Pistol
  • Thun 1974: 3rd Free Pistol Team, 6th Center Fire Pistol Team, 9th Free Pistol, 11th Center Fire Pistol

European championships in shooting sports

  • 1965: 25th Free Pistol
  • 1971: 23rd Free Pistol
  • 1975: 3rd center fire pistol team, 10th center fire pistol

Austrian championships in shooting sports

  • 34-time Austrian national champion (17 individual and 17 team titles each)

Awards

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice Othmar Schneider. Vorarlberger Nachrichten website , January 2, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2013.
  2. ^ Olympic champion Othmar Schneider has died. Austrian Olympic Committee , January 2, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ «A record race is expected» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 6, 1951, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ↑ «You have to succeed with the first jump»; Subtitle: “Arlberger Triumph in Lech” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 9, 1951, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ↑ "Schneider also won the combination" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 16, 1951, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ^ "Three times victory for the Austrians in Wengen" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 8, 1956, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. ^ "Austria's skiers in a class of their own" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 10, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. ^ "Schneider and Hochleitner win" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 26, 1956, p. 24 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. ↑ «Molterer once without a fall - already a winner» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 28, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  10. ^ «Oberaigner won in Tatranska Lomnica» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 3, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  11. ↑ "The daily Skisiege the Austrians" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1956, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  12. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Othmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ski racer and marksman
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lech (Vorarlberg)
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2012