Hansi Hinterseer

Johann Ernst " Hansi" Hinterseer ( born February 2, 1954 in Kitzbühel) is an Austrian pop singer, actor, presenter and former alpine skier.

2.1 Olympic Winter Games
2.2 World Championships
2.3 World Cup
2.4 Austrian Championships
2.5 Pro Tour

3.1 albums
3.2 Singles
3.3 Miscellaneous

Career

Athlete

Hansi Hinterseer came very early to skiing, also because he often had to face down on skis in the winter and from school by the Seidlalm where he grew up to Kitzbühel. His father, Ernst, slalom Olympic champion in 1960, promoted to the athletic career of his son from the start and looked after him in the Kitzbühel Ski Club. Hansi's younger brothers Ernst jun. and Guido were also skier.

Hinterseer 1968 Austrian student champion in slalom, giant slalom and combined. A year later, he was inducted into the national team of the Austrian Ski Federation. In the 1971/72 season the specialist in the technical disciplines took part in the first World Cup races and took in the slalom in Berchtesgaden on January 9, 1972 with his first points in ninth.

As early as next winter, the 1972/73 season, he achieved a breakthrough with the world leaders. On March 8, 1973, the 19 -year-old celebrated in the giant slalom in Anchorage his first victory, securing superior to other four second places, winning the giant slalom standings. In the World Cup he came equal points with the German Christian Neureuther fourth. In this year he also became Austrian champion in giant slalom.

At the beginning of the 1973/74 season won Hinterseer on 8 December in Val d'Isere his second Giant Slalom, on January 27, he was in his hometown for the first time in Kitzbühel slalom at the top of the podium. At the season's peak, the 1974 World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, he won behind the superior Italians Gustav Thöni the silver medal in the giant slalom, slalom, he was disqualified lying in third place. In the World Cup he achieved two victories and six other podium finishes in third place in the giant slalom and he finished second in the slalom fifth.

In the season 1974/75 Hinterseer came four times in the top three and celebrated on February 21 in the slalom Naeba his only win of the season. He finished sixth in the World Cup and was in the giant slalom and slalom rating each fifth. In the 1975/76 season he celebrated in the slalom in Schladming on December 21, another victory, but suffered a crushing disappointment at the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1976. In the giant slalom, he was nearly seven seconds behind just 14, he fell in the slalom during the first passage out. In the overall World Cup in the Tyrolean came out with a win and two further podium finishes at fifth place in the slalom he reached equal points with Gustav Thöni third place. In 1976 he was Austrian Champion in slalom.

The 1976/77 season began not with the hoped-for results, only on 25 February, he won the giant slalom in Furano in Japan. This was his last World Cup success. In the overall classification he fell back to 14th place this season, even in the discipline votes he received only the seventh place in the giant slalom and the tenth place in the slalom. In the season 1977/78 his results broke completely. To Hinterseer placed only twice in the top ten for the World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he could not qualify within the Austrian team.

Hinterseer then finished with only 24 years of his World Cup career and launched henceforth among professional skiers in the U.S. Pro Ski Tour. There he had from the beginning, remarkably, also in the downhill big success. He finished in 1980 and 1981 behind his compatriot Andre Arnold finished second overall and was in the years 1982 and 1983 professional world champion in downhill. Then he ended his active career in sports and was from 1984 co-commentator of live ski transfers of ORF, mostly in the disciplines of slalom and giant slalom. In 1986 he married and later became the father of two daughters.

Entertainer

In 1993 he was discovered by music producer Jack White on his birthday party as a singer and was (now Sony BMG Music Entertainment) taken shortly after the record label Bertelsmann Group under contract. 1994 Hansi Hinterseer began a successful career as a singer in the field of folk music. After production of the first longplayer Hinterseer entered first time in 1994 with his debut single " You got me today ' not kissed yet " in Karl Moiks folk music show " Musikantenstadl " on. Shortly after this song was recorded on the compilation " The golden years of popular music ."

His first album " When one has love " reached number 29 in the Austrian charts. After further public appearances in entertainment programs he presented his second album. " Dream with me " exceeded the expectations of its predecessor and could in Germany and Switzerland place. The end of 2005 he reached the top position of the Austrian album charts for the first time. Meanwhile Hinterseer was awarded a total of 30 times with the golden or platinum record from the Austrian, Swiss and German IFPI. For his achievements as a show master in the folk music genre he won in 1998 a Golden Romy. He is also known as an actor in light entertainment associated television productions. In the years 2001, 2003 and 2006, he was nominated for an Amadeus Austrian Music Award. In the years 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 he was awarded a crown of each folk music.

With two CDs The Danish Collection succeeded in April 2010, to reach the top of the album charts in Denmark and Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas to displace from the top. Even with his next album I 'm just fond of you, he managed the jump to number one of the Danish charts.

Since 28 June 2006, the Hansi Hinterseer mark is registered in the German trade mark register.

On February 3, 2013 it was announced that the ARD said the collaboration with Hinterseer after 18 years as over, despite good odds. According to BILD, ORF wanted to continue the mission, but the ARD have cross found. Also a shot in the fall of 2012 TV film entitled "Call of the Horses" and Hinterseer as the main character will not radiate ARD.

In January 2014 it was announced that a wax figure of Hansi Hinterseer is exhibited in the future at the waxworks of Madame Tussauds in Vienna. The artist presented the completed work on January 22, 2014 in Kitzbuehel.

Sporting successes

Olympic Winter Games

Innsbruck 1976: 14 Giant Slalom

World Championships

St. Moritz 1974: 2 Giant Slalom
Innsbruck 1976: 14 Giant Slalom

World Cup

1972/73 season: 4th overall, 1st Giant Slalom
1973/ 74: 3rd overall, 2nd Giant Slalom, Slalom 5
Season 1974/75: 6th overall, 5th Giant Slalom, Slalom 5
1975/76 season: 5th overall, 8 Giant Slalom, Slalom 3
1976/ 77: 7 Giant Slalom, Slalom 10
A total of 21 podiums, including 6 victories:

Austrian Championships

Two-time Austrian champion ( giant slalom 1973 slalom 1976)

Pro Tour

Downhill world champion in 1982 and 1983
Second overall in 1980 and 1981

Musical Works

Albums

Singles

Others

2006: Best of - His best songs (DVD, gold in Germany )

Actor

Between 1996 and 2012, played Hinterseer in so far eleven home movies starring:

Awards (excerpt)

Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
Medal of Merit of the State of Tyrol (2004)
Decoration of the Land Tirol (2014)

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