Anderl Molterer

Andreas " Anderl " Molterer (born 8 October 1931 in Kitzbühel, Tyrol) is a former Austrian alpine skier. In the 1950s he was able to celebrate over 50 victories in FIS races, winning several medals at the Olympics and World Championships and was nine times Austrian Champion.

Career

The qualified carpenter came in 1948 Kitzbühel Ski Club and in 1950 was admitted to the National team of the Austrian Ski Federation. In winter 1950/51 him his first podium arrive at important international races. A year later, he celebrated the first victory in the combination of Zermatt. Three other season successes reach him in the departure of the Gornergrat derbies and the giant slalom in Arosa and Zürs.

A true " overmolding " reached Molterer in the 1952 season / 53rd This winter, he won a total of 19 competitions (6 combinations, 5 Slalom, Giant Slalom and 5 3 departures ) for themselves. Among other things, he won the slalom and the combination at the Arlberg - Kandahar race and the important combinations in Wengen, Kitzbühel and Zermatt.

At the beginning of the following winter he initially could not connect to these results, even in the 1954 World Cup in Åre, Sweden he won only a bronze medal in the giant slalom. Only in the further course of the season he could win races again and repeated his combination among other victories at the Arlberg - Kandahar race and Zermatt. A total of eight victories brought the 1954 season / 55th The most important were probably the successes in Downhill and combination of Kitzbühel, but also in the overseas races he celebrated several victories and won the slalom, the giant slalom and the combination in Stowe and the combination of the Harriman Cup at Sun Valley.

The Olympia 1955/56 season began with victory in Molterer Lauberhorn Slalom. At the Olympic Winter Games 1956 in Cortina d' Ampezzo, he won the silver medal in the giant slalom and the bronze medal in the downhill, slalom, he failed. But He was always in the shadow of dominant Toni Sailer, who won all alpine competitions at the games. In the rest of the season Molterer celebrated a triple success in slalom, downhill and combined at the Arlberg - Kandahar race, won the downhill of Zermatt, the giant slalom in Arosa and Zürs and some other competitions.

The superiority Sailers, especially on the descents was also given in the season 1956/57. Molterer therefore had to make do with three slalom victories. At the beginning of the following winter he celebrated his victories in the next Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel, at the World Cup 1958 in Bad Gastein Tyrolean remained without a medal.

In winter 1958/59 Molterer won for the fourth time, the combination of Kitzbühel and thus to the total ninth time a competition at the Hahnenkamm race. Apart from some other race, he won end of the season the giant slalom at the Patscherkofel near Innsbruck. In the 1959/60 season Molterer reached no more top rankings. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley, he came only to 12th place in the giant slalom and 19th in the downhill, slalom allowed him no longer start.

After the games Molterer ended his career in the amateurs and switched to the pros, where he celebrated some more success. After that, he worked successfully in the International Professional Ski Racing Association ( IPSRA ) in the United States where he was successful as a ski instructor for celebrities and model for ski equipment. In the summer of 1966, he founded with Pepi Gramshammer and Erich Sailer the Red Lodge International Summer Ski Racing Camp at Red Lodge (Montana). Here in Alpine skiing American teenagers are taught to this day. In 1970 he opened Molterer Sports in Aspen (Colorado), which he led for 17 years.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Cortina d' Ampezzo in 1956: 2 Giant Slalom, 3rd exit
  • Squaw Valley 1960: 12 Giant Slalom, Downhill 19

World Championships

  • Åre 1954: 3 Giant Slalom, 5 Slalom, 7 combination, exit 34
  • Cortina d' Ampezzo in 1956: 2 Giant Slalom, 3rd exit
  • Bad Gastein 1958: 5th exit, 5 combination, 6 Giant Slalom, Slalom 8
  • Squaw Valley 1960: 12 Giant Slalom, Downhill 19

Austrian Championships

Andreas Molterer won nine Austrian championship:

  • Slalom: 1954, 1955, 1959,
  • Giant Slalom: 1955, 1956, 1960
  • Departure: 1952, 1956
  • Combination: 1955
Slalom skiing Alpine skiing combined Winter Olympic Games FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954 Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics October 8 Stowe (Vermont) Sun Valley (Idaho) FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958 1960 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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