 Gertrud Gabl c. 1968 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1948-08-26)26 August 1948 |
| Died | 18 January 1976(1976-01-18) (aged 27) St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Sport | |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill,giant slalom,slalom |
| World Cup debut | January1967 (age 18) inaugural season |
| Retired | March1972 (age 23) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 6 –(1967-1972) |
| Wins | 7 – (2GS, 5SL) |
| Podiums | 17 – (7GS, 10SL) |
| Overall titles | 1 –(1969) |
| Discipline titles | 1 – (1SL) |
Gertrud Gabl (26 August 1948 – 18 January 1976) was an alpineskier fromAustria. She competed in several events at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best result of 9th place in the giant slalom in 1968.[1][2]
Her best season was 1968/69, when she won theAlpine Skiing World Cup.[3] Her uncleFranz Gabl was also an Olympic alpine skier.[1]
In the1968 Winter Olympics she was 9th in the giant slalom and 12th in the downhill; she didn't finish the slalom.In theFIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1970 she was 4th in the slalom and 5th in the giant slalom.
In the World Cup she scored her first world cup points on 19 January 1967, when she finished fifth in the slalom atSchruns. Later she went on to win five slaloms and two giant slaloms.
Her father Josef was also an excellent ski racer.
She won the Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1969, the same year asKarl Schranz did it for the men. Both of them came from the same village,St. Anton am Arlberg, and that is the only time that the women's and men's overall champions hailed from the same village.
On 18 January 1976 Gabl was skiing with two friends on the northern slope of Mount Gampberg at the ski resort ofSt. Anton am Arlberg in Austria, when anavalanche buried the three, and she was killed. Her two companions were rescued alive.[4]
| Season | |
| Discipline | |
| 1969 | Overall |
|---|---|
| Slalom |
| Season | |||||||
| Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 1967 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 19 | not run | — | not run |
| 1968 | 19 | 7 |  | 4 | — | ||
| 1969 | 20 |  | |  | 19 | ||
| 1970 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 13 | — | ||
| 1971 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 4 | — | ||
| 1972 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 19 | — |
| Season | |||
| Date | Location | Discipline | |
| 1968 3 victories (2 SL, 1 GS) | 11 January 1968 |  Grindelwald, Switzerland | Slalom |
| 5 April 1968 |  Heavenly Valley, USA | Giant slalom | |
| 6 April 1968 | Slalom | ||
| 1969 4 victories (3 SL, 1 GS) | 4 January 1969 |  Oberstaufen, West Germany | Slalom |
| 7 January 1969 | Grindelwald, Switzerland | Slalom | |
| 16 February 1969 |  Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia | Slalom | |
| 17 February 1969 | Giant slalom |
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 1968 | 19 | DNF | 9 | not run | 12 | — |
| 1970 | 21 | 4 | 5 | — | — |
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 1968 | 19 | DNF | 9 | not run | 12 | — |
| 1972 | 23 | DNF | DNF | — | — |
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