Website rosi-mittermaier.de Role Olympic athlete Teams 3 – (1968, 1972, 1976) Height 1.59 m | Seasons 10 – (1967–76) Weight 55 kg Name Rosi Mittermaier Retired May 31, 1976 | |
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Disciplines Downhill, Giant Slalom,Slalom, Combined World Cup debut 1 February 1967 (age 16) Teams 5 – (1968–76)includes 3 Olympics Children Felix Neureuther, Ameli Neureuther Similar People Died 4 January 2023 (aged 72) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany | ||
Rosemarie "Rosi" Mittermaier-Neureuther (5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
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- Ehemalige Skirennluferin Rosi Mittermaier gestorben
- Racing career
- After racing
- Personal life
- Season standings
- Race victories
- World championship results
- Video
- Death
- References
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Racing career
Born in Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Mittermaier won two gold medals (downhill and slalom) and one silver (giant slalom) at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her victory in the Olympic downhill was the only downhill win in her international career. Mittermaier was the most successful athlete at those games, along with cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina of the Soviet Union, earning her the nickname of Gold-Rosi within Germany (then West Germany).
Mittermaier made her World Cup debut in the inaugural season of 1967 at age 16, and won her first World Cup race two seasons later. She retired from international competition at age 25, following the very successful 1976 season. In addition to the overall World Cup title, she also won the season title in slalom and combined in 1976. After winning both races at Copper Mountain in Colorado to wrap up the overall and slalom titles, the four-year-old resort immediately named the race course run after her.
In addition to her success in international competition, she also won 16 German national titles during her career.
After racing
After her career in sports, Mittermaier joined Mark McCormack's International Management Group as the only German alongside Jean-Claude Killy, Jackie Stewart, and Björn Borg. During her three-year contract, she designed a collection of winter sports clothing and made international appearances for various skiing products. She wrote non-fiction books, often together with her husband. She worked for several charities and occasionally as a commentator for German television for major sporting events. She established a charitable foundation to aid children with rheumatism in 2000.
Personal life
Mittermaier's father was a ski school operator in her home town of Reit-im-Winkl. She was born with a twin sister who died at birth. Her younger sister Evi Mittermaier also competed as an alpine skier. Rosi and Evi also recorded two albums of Bavarian folk songs together.
She was married to Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slalom races. They were wed in 1980 and are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b. 1984), a World Cup ski racer for Germany.
Season standings
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).
Race victories
World championship results
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
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Death
Mittermaier died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 4 January 2023, at the age of 72.