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Hannelore (Hanni) Wenzel is a retired Liechtensteiner alpine ski racer. Weirather is a former Olympic, World Cup, and world champion. She won Liechtenstein's first-ever Olympic medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, and its first two Olympic gold medals four years later in Lake Placid, New York.
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lake Placid, New York, United States, from February 13 to February 24. A total of 1,072 athletes from 37 nations participated in 38 events from 10 different sports.
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 4 to 15 February 1976. A total of 1,123 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated in 37 events from 10 different sports and disciplines. Two events were contested for the first time: the figure skating discipline of ice dancing, and the men's 1,000 metres in speed skating.
Alpine Skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics consisted of six alpine skiing events. The races were held February 14–23 at Whiteface Mountain in Wilmington, New York, northeast of host Lake Placid.
Michèle Jacot is a French former alpine skier.
Andreas Wenzel is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Liechtenstein, active from 1976 to 1988. Born in Planken, he was the overall World Cup champion in 1980, the same season in which his older sister Hanni won the women's overall title. He also won two season titles in the combined event, in 1984 and 1985.
Paul Frommelt is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein and young brother of Willi Frommelt.
Liechtenstein competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Joan Elizabeth Hansen is a retired long-distance runner from the United States, who represented her native country in the women's 3,000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, finishing in eighth place. Her twin, Joy Hansen Leutner, is a triathlete.
Joan Arlene Spillane is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Joan Cynthia Harrison is a retired South African swimmer who won the 100 m backstroke event at the 1952 Olympics.
Christine Wenzel is a German skeet shooter. A four-time world champion, she started shooting in 2000 and is competing for German club SSC Schale under the guidance of Wilhelm Metelmann. She won the bronze in the women's skeet at the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2012 Games, she again reached the final, finishing in 6th place.
Hartmut Wenzel was a German coxswain. He defected from East Germany during his rowing career in 1971, later winning Olympic bronze for West Germany.
Kirsten Wenzel is a rowing cox who represented East Germany.
Tino Wenzel is a German sport shooter. He won a gold medal for the men's skeet shooting at the 2006 ISSF World Cup in Suhl, and bronze at the 2003 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India, accumulating scores of 145 and 147 targets, respectively. Wenzel is also the husband of Olympic bronze medalist Christine Brinker.
Peter Wenzel is a retired East German weightlifter who won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Between 1973 and 1979 he won a medal at every world championship, including a gold in 1975.
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Lake Placid 1980 Olympics was held at Whiteface Mountain on February 20–21.
The Women's slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum.
Osvaldo Wenzel was a Chilean athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Clemens Wenzel is a German rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joan Wenzel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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