Rosi Mittermaier biography
Rosi Mittermaier, married title Rosi Neurather, (born Aug. 5, 1950, Reit-im-Winkel, W.Ger.), German Alpine skier who gained two gold medals and one silver medal on the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her efficiency was, at the moment, one of the best ever by a girl Alpine skier on the Olympics.
Mittermaier first confirmed promise of being a world-class skier as a teen. She was simply 17 years previous when she certified for the West German staff that competed on the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, however she failed to interrupt the highest 20 in any of the Alpine occasions. Afterward she loved average success in worldwide snowboarding, profitable 10 particular person World Cup races between 1969 and 1976. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Sapporo, Japan, she improved on her first Olympic efficiency however nonetheless didn't earn a medal. After the Games that yr, a change started to happen as she rededicated herself to the game and renewed her ardour for competitors. In the 1976 World Cup tour she completed first within the slalom race standings, second within the large slalom, and was topped general World Cup champion.
At the 1976 Winter Olympics Mittermaier, then 25 years previous, was the oldest skier within the competitors and was generally known as Omi (German: "Grandma") by the opposite skiers. Nevertheless, she took command of the slopes, profitable the downhill for the primary time in her worldwide profession and, three days later, edging out Italian Claudia Giordani by 0.33 second to win the slalom. Mittermaier’s likelihood to be the primary girl to brush the Alpine races was misplaced in the course of the large slalom race when she had issue with one of many decrease gates and misplaced time. She got here in second to Canadian Kathy Kreiner, who was quicker by solely one-eighth of a second.
Mittermaier retired quickly after the 1976 Games. She went on to publish an autobiography and file an album of folks songs, and she or he turned a spokesperson for skiing-equipment producers.