Klammer, Franz

Klammer, Franz

▪ Austrian skier
born Dec. 3, 1953, Mooswald, Austria

      Austrian Alpine skier who specialized in the downhill event, winning 25 World Cup downhill races in his career. He won the gold medal in the downhill event at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

      Winner of eight of the nine downhill races on the World Cup tour in 1975, Klammer was the favourite at the 1976 Olympics but faced stiff competition from defending Olympic champion Bernhard Russi of Switzerland. Skiing close to last, Klammer gave one of the most thrilling performances in the history of the Olympic Games. Partway down the run he trailed Russi by a fraction of a second, but he skied with such wild abandon over the final 1,000 m that he seemed always on the verge of a dangerous fall. When he crossed the finish line he had won the gold by only one-third of a second. Holder of the World Cup downhill title from 1975 to 1978 and again in 1983, Klammer also won a gold medal in the Alpine combination and a silver medal in the downhill at the 1974 world championships.

      Austrian sportsman of the year in 1981, Klammer's long career brought him fame for being one of the most flamboyant and exciting Alpine skiers of his generation.

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