Gernot Reinstadler

Gernot Reinstadler ( * 1970, † 19 January 1991 in Interlaken, Switzerland ) was an Austrian alpine skier.

Reinstadler was the son of the former alpine skier Traudl Eder and ski instructor trainer Adi pure Stadler. He belonged to the squad of the Austrian Ski Federation, and participated in the Junior World Championships in 1988 and 1989, where his best result was a 13th place in the downhill in 1989. Also in 1989 he won three medals at the Austrian Youth Championships. He came to the first missions in the World Cup and launched in training for the Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen 1991. According to the seats 29 and 39 in the two practice sessions he participated in the January 18, participated in the qualification departure, in which the fastest 30 runners qualified for the World Cup downhill. This new mode decided by the FIS was then tested, for use and was consistently controversial among the drivers.

Reinstadler went with start number 44 in the qualifying race. He tilted in the target S due to lack of pressure on the outer ski and flew full speed into the safety net to the right of the direction of travel in the target slope. A ski tip caught in the net, after which he suffered a pelvic cleavage and severe injury to the blood vessels in the abdomen. Reinstadler was taken to the hospital Interlaken to primary care at the track. On January 19 at 0:43 clock he died " from the effects of life-threatening vascular injuries he had sustained in a fall. Despite the most massive blood transfusion, even after the surgery, he passed away due to severe bleeding from the area of the basin. In the fall the right leg was almost torn off, which had led to severe fractures nerve and blood vessel injuries, "said the Press Bulletin of the anesthesia department of the hospital Interlaken.

The qualifying race was run after the fall clean- Stadler finished yet, the rest of the race program was canceled after the news of his death. As a result of the spill -proof slip-sheets were developed later removed the terrain the target jump and defused the final jump massively. At the finish of the house Lauberhorn race since 1992 a memorial plaque to Gernot Reinstadler.