Gerhard Nenning

Gerhard Nenning ( born September 29, 1940 in Lech, † June 22, 1995 in Bregenz ) was an Austrian alpine skier. He was in the 1960s, to the best ski racers and celebrated victories in all disciplines. In 1967 he introduced the World Cup was especially successful in the downhill, in 1968, he won with three wins the Downhill World Cup. At Olympic Games twice the Austrian champions remained without a medal at the World Championships, he won two silver and one bronze.

Career

Gerhard Nenning, of the Ski Club Arlberg joined as a child, developed in the second half of the 1950s, one of the strongest young Austrian driver. In 1956, he was Austrian Junior Champion in the combination - in downhill and slalom he won second place respectively - and in 1957 he won three titles in slalom, giant slalom and combined. In 1958, another title in the giant slalom. Nenning was often hampered by injury in his career, in 1959, he suffered a broken leg. At the beginning of the 1960s was the Lecher connection to the international elite. As early as 1960 he was in the Austrian squad for the Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, but arrived there as a substitute only as a precursor in the second slalom passage used.

1961 Nenning celebrated his first major victory when he won the slalom of the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel. By finishing fourth in the downhill, he was also second in the combination. In the descent of the Lauberhorn race in Wengen, he was also runner-up, also he celebrated more victories in Zell am Ziller, where he won the slalom, downhill and combined, and in two giant slaloms in Maurienne and the Zürsersee. In the winter of 1962 Nenning won third place in the downhill, the Hahnenkamm in Kitzbühel combination. He also won two giant slalom in Lenggries and at the Puerto de Navacerrada. At the World Cup 1962 in Chamonix, he won the bronze medal in the slalom and fifth in the downhill and eighth in the giant slalom silver medal in the combination formed by all three competitions.

In February 1963, Nenning was first Austrian champion. With second place in the downhill, giant slalom and slalom, he secured the title in the superior combination. That same winter he won in addition to the giant slaloms of the 3 - Tre race in Madonna di Campiglio - his first major victory in this discipline - and in Saalfelden also the slalom and the combination on the Axamer Lizum at the dress rehearsal for the Olympic Winter Games next year. At the games Nenning remained in sixth place in the giant slalom and each rank seventh in the downhill and slalom but without Olympic medal, but in counting only as a world championship competition combination, he thus reached the second place, just behind the German Ludwig Leitner. The most important victory of the winter succeeded Nenning in the Lauberhorn in Wengen combination. In the giant slalom Arlberg Kandahar race in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, he finished in third place. In the previous year he had at this race can not attend because he was injured during training at the ankle. 1965 was Nenning then at the Arlberg - Kandahar race for the first time at the top of the podium when he was in St. Anton the slalom and the combination won and second in the downhill skiing was. For the first time, he was also at the North American race with second place in the giant slalom at Vail and can also be found in second place in the departure of Sun Valley on the podium.

In the winter of 1966 Nenning won for the second time the slalom the Arlberg Kandahar races. In the combination, which was due to the cancellation of the departure of two slaloms, he finished second. He scored victories in slalom and combined in Hemsedal Norway and in the slalom at Banff in Canada, where he also was second in the giant slalom. Also he took second place in the downhill of Kitzbühel, while he was third in the Hahnenkamm combined. The highlight of this winter was exceptionally held until August, because the World Cup was held in 1966 in the Chilean Portillo. The long journey was hardly worth for Nenning However, in the descent he finished seventh and 13th in the slalom, giant slalom, he retired in the second round of.

In winter 1967 the World Cup was held for the first time, and Nenning counted due to its strong performance in all disciplines to candidates for overall victory. In the unofficial world rankings he had already been in the last six years, always among the top seven. His first internationally successful season in 1961 brought him even second place in this ranking list. However Nenning had little to talk in the battle for first overall World Cup victory, because he was not in any World Cup races on the podium. In three runs he missed the podium in fourth place but extremely thin, which he eventually also finished fourth in the downhill World Cup while he only finished 13th in the overall standings. Away from the World Cup, he won a downhill in Bad Gastein and was each second in slalom and combined at the Arlberg - Kandahar race in Sestriere. In Schruns he won the Austrian Downhill Championships.

The second World Cup winter of 1968 brought the now 27-year Vorarlberg then still victories. On 13 January, he won the first downhill in Wengen, where he also won the slalom World Cup for not scoring combination in fourth place, and a week later he celebrated in the departure of Kitzbühel his second victory. The Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble 1968 - the Alpine competitions were held in Chamrousse and also were part of the World Cup - but did not run as desired. Nenning finished only ninth in the downhill - in which he was regarded by his two World Cup victories as a big favorite - and was eighth in the giant slalom. The winter ended Nenning yet with a great success, as he won his third win in Aspen also the downhill World Cup and also finished fourth in the overall standings.

In the next two years, however, his winning streak came to an end. In the World Cup he only reached in two races the points, so placements in the top ten, and even outside the World Cup remained good results. After he failed the team internal qualification for the World Cup in Val Gardena, he finished his career in 1970. On 22 June 1995 Gerhard Nenning died at the age of only 54 years.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

( included at the same time as World Championships )

  • Innsbruck 1964: 6 Giant Slalom, 7 Downhill, Slalom 7, 2 combination *
  • Grenoble 1968: 8 Giant Slalom, Downhill 9

* The combination counted only as a World Championship Event

World Championships

  • Chamonix 1962: 2 combination, 3rd slalom, downhill 5, 8 Giant Slalom
  • Portillo 1966: 7 Downhill, Slalom 13

World Cup

  • Season 1967: 4th World Cup downhill
  • Season 1968: 4th overall World Cup, first downhill World Cup
  • 3 wins:

FIS races

Significant victories in FIS races before the introduction of the World Cup:

Austrian Championships

  • Austrian Champion in the combined 1963 and Downhill 1967
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