Ingrid Gfölner

Ingrid Gfölner (* September 13, 1952 in Schruns ), married Gutzwiller - Gfölner, is a former Austrian alpine skier. Your strongest discipline was the descent. She was two-time Austrian Champion and scored five podiums in the Ski World Cup. In addition, it was three times Austrian Champion in Firngleiten.

Career

Gfölner began as a child with the skiing and denied at the age of nine years, her first race. She was Austrian Junior Champion in downhill in 1968. Your first missions in the World Cup they had as a 16- year-old in the 1968 season / 69th This winter she reached several placings in the top 25 as early as next winter Gfölner managed connection to the top. In the second season downhill in Bad Gastein they finished sixth, which they qualified for the 1970 World Cup in Val Gardena. There, the 17-year old from Vorarlberg, finished fifth in the downhill. But the giant slalom, she finished only 16th position. In the 1970/71 season they missed in the departures several times just to score points, but they came in the giant slalom three times into the top ten. Her best result was fifth place in Abetone. For the Austrian Championships, she won the downhill and the combined. In the fall of 1971, Gfölner seriously injured and could therefore throughout winter 1971/72 deny any race.

In the 1972/73 season the Vorarlberg achieved an impressive comeback. On 10 January 1973 she took third place in the second departure from Pfronten first time on the podium. Also Third, it was on February 1 in the departure of Schruns and nine days later, they reached St. Moritz in second place behind the superior Annemarie Pröll. Result, it obtained in the downhill World Cup fourth place. Even in the giant slalom you get more good results. The fourth place in Mont Sainte -Anne on March 2, was ever her best World Cup result in this discipline. The 1973/74 season began Gfölner with a second place in the downhill in Val d'Isere, taking only the dominant Annemarie Moser -Pröll was defeated again. Two other results in the top six get her in Zell am See in Bad Gastein, which she finished fifth in the downhill World Cup. However, at the 1974 World Cup they could not participate, as they plunged into the team 's internal training and thus their opportunity awarded to a starting place. In the Giant Slalom their best result of the season was the sixth place in Vysoke Tatry.

After her marriage, she started from the season 1974/75 under the name Schmid- Gfölner. In Schruns she went on 15 January 1975 for the third time in second place in a World Cup downhill, this time behind the Swiss Bernadette Zurbriggen. Otherwise, they came on the descents but only twice in ninth. In the giant slalom, she took two seventh places and in parallel competition end of the season in Val Gardena was eighth. The following winter Schmid- Gfölner reach the exit no top places more and they went in any race in the top ten. In the giant slalom, she came three times just in the top ten. For a part in the Olympics, these results but not enough. Before the start of the 1976/77 season hurt his Vorarlberg. As a result it reached in any race more the points. In February 1977, she finally ended her career.

Besides her career in ski racing Gfölner was also active as Firngleiterin and they won from 1973 to 1975 three times in succession the Austrian Championships.

Achievements

World Championships

• Gardena 1970: 5 exit 16 Giant Slalom

World Cup

• Season 1969/70: 9 Departure
• 1972/73 season: 9 Overall World Cup, 4th exit
• 1973/ 74: 5 Departure
• Five podium finishes, another five finishes in the top five and 18 times more in the top ten

Austrian Championships

• Austrian Champion in the downhill and the combined 1971
• Austrian Champion in Firngleiten 1973, 1974 and 1975