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  2. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 - Wikipedia

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    The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 were held 1–9 February in Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria. [1]Austrian Toni Sailer, 22, won three gold medals and a silver.The triple gold medalist from the 1956 Winter Olympics successfully defended three of his four world titles.

  3. List of alpine skiing world champions - Wikipedia

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    [1] Following the war, the championships were connected with the Olympics for several decades. From 1948 through 1982 , the competition was held in even-numbered years, with the Winter Olympics acting as the World Championships through 1980 , and a separate competition held in even-numbered non-Olympic years.

  4. FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Wikipedia

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    14th Alpine World Ski Championships: 6 1958: Badgastein Austria: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958: 15th Alpine World Ski Championships: 6 1960: Squaw Valley, California United States: 1960 Winter Olympics: 16th Alpine World Ski Championships: 6 1962: Chamonix France: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1962: 17th Alpine World Ski ...

  5. Lauberhorn ski races - Wikipedia

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    The highest speed ever measured in a World Cup race was reached at this section in 2013 by Johan Clarey of France at 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph). Top speeds vary from year to year, depending upon snow conditions. The average grade of the downhill race course is 25.3 percent (14.2 degrees).

  6. Toni Sailer - Wikipedia

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    Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport. At age 20, he won all three gold medals in alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics. [2] [3] He nearly duplicated the feat at the 1958 World Championships with two golds and a silver. [4]

  7. Franz Klammer - Wikipedia

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    The second speed event, the super-G, was not a World Cup event until December 1982, at the twilight of Klammer's World Cup career. At the end of the 1975 season, despite having won 8 of 9 downhills, he finished third for the overall World Cup title. The final event was a parallel slalom and Klammer lost in the first round.

  8. Serge Lang (skiing) - Wikipedia

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    Serge Lang (6 June 1920 – 21 November 1999) was a French journalist, alpine skier and the founder of the alpine skiing World Cup. As a journalist he covered alpine skiing, cycling, and other sports for five major publications. In the mid-1960s, he envisioned a season-long series of ski races, which became the World Cup skiing circuit.

  9. Alpine Rally - Wikipedia

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    The rally was first held in 1932 under the name Rallye des Alpes Françaises.After World War II, it continued as the Rallye International des Alpes in 1946. Although the event still started and finished in France, the route became international in 1948 and until 1965 featured famous mountain passes in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. [1]