Pamela Behr

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Pamela Behr
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Personal information
Born (1956-09-21) 21 September 1956 (age 68)
Hindelang, West Germany
Occupation Alpine skier
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) [1]
Skiing career
Disciplines Slalom, giant slalom,
Downhill, Combined
World Cup debut 1971 (age 14) [2]
Retired 1980 (age 23)
Olympics
Teams3 – (1972, 1976, 1980)
Medals0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams2 – (1974, 1978)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons10 - (1971-1980)
Wins1
Podiums5
Overall titles0
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Garmisch Slalom

Pamela Behr (born 21 September 1956 in Hindelang, West Germany) is a retired German alpine ski racer. She is the second youngest person ever to win an FIS Alpine Ski World Cup race, winning a slalom in Val d'Isere, France, in December 1972 at the age of 16 years, 79 days. [2] [3] It would be the only World Cup race win of her ten-year career. She won the silver medal in slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

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Skiing career

Behr made her debut on the World Cup circuit at the age of 14 in the 1971 season [2] and scored her first World Cup points the next year, with three top-ten results during the 1972 season. These included second place in a slalom in Pra-Loup, France, in March 1972 at the age of 15 years, 178 days, the youngest ever to finish on a World Cup podium (top three). [3]

She competed in three Winter Olympics, racing in all alpine skiing events during her Olympic debut in 1972 at age 15, finishing 6th in slalom, 25th in giant slalom, and 36th in downhill. [1] She would place 5th in slalom at the 1976 Olympics, but failed to finish the slalom in her final Olympics in 1980.

Behr won the West German national championships a total of seven times between 1971 and 1979, six times in slalom and once in giant slalom.

World Cup podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlaceAge
1972 17 March 1972 Flag of France.svg Pra-Loup Slalom 2nd15 years, 178 days
1973 9 December 1972 Flag of France.svg Val d'Isere Slalom1st16 years, 79 days
2 January 1973 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Maribor Slalom2nd16 years, 103 days
1976 17 December 1975 Flag of Italy.svg Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom2nd19 years, 87 days
1977 19 January 1977 Flag of Austria.svg Schruns Slalom3rd20 years, 120 days

World Championships medals

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlaceAge
1978 3 February 1978 Flag of Germany.svg Garmisch-Partenkirchen SlalomSilver21 years, 135 days

Personal life

Pamela Behr is the daughter of Sepp Behr, an alpine ski racer who also won seven West German national championships titles in slalom, giant slalom, and combined from 1954 to 1962. She is married to Christian Knauth, the marketing and communications director of the FIS (International Ski Federation).

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