It was the most sincere congratulations of all'. According to Klammer, 'the best moment was when Bernhard came running up to me and gave me a big hug.

He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. The fifteenth starter, Klammer fell one-fifth of a second off Russi's pace, but fought back wildly over the last 1,000m of the course and won by one-third of a second. Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from. Defending champion Bernhard Russi exerted further pressure by speeding down the Olympic hill in 1:46.06. Klammer vant 26 enkeltrenn i verdenscupen, og vant utforcupen hele fem ganger (197578 og 1983), noe ingen har greid kopiere. Innsbruck Winter Olympics - Mens Downhill Gold Medal winner Franz Klammer of. When the Olympics came to Innsbruck the following year, there was great pressure on Klammer as an Austrian favorite competing in Austria. Under OL 1976 i Innsbruck vant han gull i utfor.To r tidligere tok han slv i samme disiplin under VM i St. Find the editorial stock photo of Skiing 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics. In 1975 Franz Klammer won eight of nine World Cup downhill races. Austrian skiier Franz KLAMMER shows off his new design of ski which is said to save up to 0.5 of a second for every minute of descent.

Innsbruck, 4 February 1976, XII Olympic Winter Games.

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