Winter sports club Schladming

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The Schladming winter sports club ( WSV Schladming for short ) was founded on November 29, 1908 in Schladming and is one of the oldest sports clubs in Styria . It is divided into the sections alpine , nordic , short carving , snowboard , curling and mountain biking . In May 2009 the association had exactly 1,731 members.

history

The first WSV ski race was held on February 13, 1910 from the Austriahütte to Schladming train station, four years later the first cross-country skiing competition took place. In 1948, 1950 and 1953 the Austrian Academic Ski Championships were held in Schladming and from 1949 to 1964 the Dachstein Cup Jumping took place regularly .

After completion of the FIS downhill run on the Planai in 1966, Schladming became a well-known venue for international ski races from the 1970s. The first European Cup races took place in December 1971 and two years later the first World Cup races were held on the Planai. The first highlight was the hosting of the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1982 together with the neighboring house in Ennstal . In 1993, the Special Olympics competitions took place in Schladming and in 1997 the location hosted the Alpine Junior Ski World Championships . A night slalom has been held on the Planai every year since 1997, and with up to 50,000 spectators it is one of the best-attended in the Ski World Cup, and since 2004 the Mountain Bike World Cup has also been held in Schladming. In February 2013, Schladming hosted the Alpine World Ski Championships for the second time .

The WSV Schladming was also often entrusted with the implementation of national championships. In 1970 , 1978 , 1987 and 1994 the Austrian Alpine Ski Championships took place in Schladming. Austrian championships in skibob , firn gliding and disabled skiing were also held.

athlete

The most famous and successful athletes of the WSV Schladming include:

  • Alpine skiing:
    • Bernhard Knauß (* 1965), six-time professional world champion on the US Pro-Ski Tour
    • Hans Knauß (* 1971), Olympic silver in Super-G 1998, World Cup silver in giant slalom 2003, World Cup bronze in Super-G 1999, 7 World Cup victories
    • Christiane Mitterwallner (* 1974), 1 World Cup victory
    • Michael Tritscher (* 1965), Olympic bronze in slalom 1992, 3 World Cup victories
    • Reinhard Tritscher (1946–2018), 4 World Cup victories
    • Sepp Walcher (1954–1984), Downhill World Champion in 1978, 5 World Cup victories
  • Snowboard:
  • Further:
    • Charly Kahr (* 1932), head coach of the Alpine men's team in the ÖSV from 1976 to 1985
    • Andreas Ringhofer (* 1970), ski mountaineer, cross-country skier, cyclist, mountain runner and marathon runner.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WSV newspaper June 2009 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF, 3.8 MB, page 8)