 Drexel in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 August 1950 Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | SC Warth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Wiltrud Drexel (born 16 August 1950) is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. She received a bronze medal in the giant slalom at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. [1]
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the XI Olympic Winter Games [dai dʑɯitɕi-kai oɾinpikɯ tokikʲogi taikai] and commonly known as Sapporo 1972, were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe and North America.
Annemarie Moser-Pröll is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively. She had most success in downhill, giant slalom and combined races. In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic medal at Lake Placid and won five World Cup races. Her younger sister Cornelia Pröll is also a former alpine Olympian.
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