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Born | Lienz, Austria | 20 September 1958||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Speed events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anton "Jimmy" Steiner (born 20 September 1958) is an Austrian former alpine skier. [1]
He was born in Lienz, Osttirol. [2] He had 2 World Cup race victories at Downhill in 1986 when he finished eighth in the 1986 Downhill World Cup [1] and 3 World Cup victories at Combined. [1]
1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid:
1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo:
1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary:
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen:
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982 in Schladming:
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1987 in Crans-Montana:
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