Sophie Nogler
Sophie Nogler (born April 25, 1924 in St. Christina in Gröden , South Tyrol ; † October 12, 2015 in Lienz , East Tyrol ) was an Austrian ski racer. Her brother was the ski racer Hans Nogler .
Nogler grew up in Selva in Val Gardena , where her father ran a wood carving workshop. In the year the Nogler family was forced by the Italians to emigrate from South Tyrol. They found a new home in Lienz . Sophie was a member of the Lienz Ski Club and won the Hahnenkamm race (the downhill on the Streif , the slalom and the combination) as the “Hahnenkamm winner” in 1948 . One of the gondolas of the Hahnenkammbergbahn bears her name. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 , she finished 26th in the downhill. As a slalom specialist, she had to jump in for an injured colleague, after which she was no longer allowed to start in the special slalom.
After her racing career, Nogler worked in tourism, as a wood carver in Val Gardena and as an entertainment singer (folk music: yodelling and singing to guitar and accordion , in Munich , touring in Canada ) and as a ski instructor.
Web links
- Sophie Nogler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sophie Nogler passed away ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.hahnenkamm.com, accessed on October 13, 2015
- ↑ The winners of the Hahnenkamm races at www.sport-komplett.de, accessed on October 13, 2015
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| SURNAME | Nogler, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Christina in Val Gardena |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 2015 |
| Place of death | Lienz |