Josl Rieder
![]() Rieder lighting the Olympic cauldron in 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Lermoos, Austria[1] | 3 December 1932|||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 June 2019 | (aged 86)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Lermoos | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josef "Josl" Rieder (3 December 1932 – 15 June 2019)[2] was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom.[1] He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[3] At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.[4]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Josl Rieder.
- ^ a b Josl Rieder. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Aktuelle Traueranzeigen | Tiroler Tageszeitung".
- ^ 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games. sports-reference.com
- ^ Josl Rieder at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
External links
[edit]- Josef Rieder at FIS (alpine)
- Josef Rieder at Olympedia