| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's alpine skiing | ||
 | 1988 Calgary | Alpine combined |
Bernhard Gstrein (born 19 September 1965) is a former alpine skier from Austria. Born in Vent, he competed from 1984 to 1996 and won one World Cup slalom competition. At the 1988 Winter Olympics, he won a silver medal in the men's alpine combined. He is a relative of current Austrian ski racer Fabio Gstrein.
Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He nearly duplicated the feat at the 1958 World Championships with two golds and a silver. He also won world titles both years in the combined, then a "paper" race, but awarded with medals by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Hermann Maier is an Austrian former World Cup champion alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist. Nicknamed the "Herminator", Maier ranks among the greatest alpine ski racers in history, with four overall World Cup titles, two Olympic gold medals, and three World Championship titles. His 54 World Cup race victories – 24 super-G, 15 downhills, 14 giant slaloms, and 1 combined – rank third on the men's all-time list behind Ingemar Stenmark's 86 victories and Marcel Hirscher's 67 victories. Until 2023 he held the record for the most points in one season by a male alpine skier, with 2000 points from the 2000 season. From 2000–2013 he also held the title of most points in one season by any alpine skier, until Tina Maze scored 2414 points in the 2013 season.
Franz Klammer is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. He dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. Klammer won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He also holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.
Stephan "Steff" Eberharter is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Marc Girardelli is an Austrian–Luxembourgish former alpine ski racer, a five-time World Cup overall champion who excelled in all five alpine disciplines.
Klaus Sulzenbacher is a former Nordic combined skier.
Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Rudolf "Rudi" Nierlich was an Austrian alpine skier. Born in Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, he won a total of eight races in the Alpine Skiing World Cup, and was three times World Champion, in Slalom and giant slalom.
Patrick Ortlieb is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. A specialist in the speed events, he was also a world champion in the downhill event.
Günther Mader is a former alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Austria. Born in Matrei am Brenner, Tyrol, he is one of only five men to have won World Cup races in all five alpine disciplines.
Elisabeth Görgl is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held in Canada at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, north of Vancouver. The ten events were scheduled for 13–27 February; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, 15 February.
Josef "Josl" Gstrein was an Austrian cross-country and Nordic combined skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Gstrein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Marcel Hirscher is an Austrian-born Dutch World Cup alpine ski racer. Hirscher made his World Cup debut in March 2007. He competed primarily in slalom and giant slalom, as well as combined and occasionally in super G. Winner of a record eight consecutive World Cup titles, Hirscher has also won 11 medals at the Alpine Skiing World Championships, seven of them gold, a silver medal in slalom at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two gold medals in the combined and giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Due to his record number of overall titles and many years of extreme dominance of both slalom and giant slalom, he is considered by many, including his former rivals Henrik Kristoffersen, Kjetil Jansrud and Alexis Pinturault, to be the best alpine skier in history. He won a total of 67 World Cup races, ranking second on the male all-time list.
The 1984 Austrian Alpine Ski Championships took place from 22 to 25 February in the District of Kitzbühel. The downhill events were held in Oberndorf, the giant slalom runs in Kirchberg and the slalom competition in Jochberg.
Matthias Mayer is an Austrian retired World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic champion.
Vincent Kriechmayr is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in the speed events of super-G and downhill.
Fabio Gstrein is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and specializes in slalom.
Johannes Strolz is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He won the gold medal in the combined at the 2022 Olympics. He specializes in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. He is the son of Hubert Strolz, the gold medalist in Combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He and his father became the first father-son duo to win gold in Alpine skiing at the Olympics.
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