Gudiberg

The Gudiberg is a mountain in Garmisch -Partenkirchen in Germany. It is located south of the center of Partenkirchen and east of the Partnach.

Importance in winter sports

The Gudiberg is best known for the eponymous ski slope, which serves as a venue for slalom in Alpine skiing. The Olympic Hill, held the New Year's event in the Four Hills Tournament ski jumping on an annual, is also located on Gudiberg, directly next to the ski slope.

During the Olympic Winter Games in 1936, where alpine skiing events were held for the first time, the slaloms of ladies and gentlemen at Gudiberg took place. Christl Cranz and Franz Pfnür, the first alpine Olympic champion, owed ​​their gold medals especially their victories in slalom - counted in 1936 only, which consists of slalom and downhill skiing combination.

Since 1954, Garmisch -Partenkirchen is the venue for the traditional Arlberg - Kandahar race. For the first time in the framework of the Alpine World Cup came the Gudiberg 1974 for a Slalom used the Christian Neureuther won. In the Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 were Lea Sölkner and Ingemar Stenmark on the Gudiberg World Champion in slalom.

2007 extended the range of the slalom after renovations and redirected into the finish area of ​​the ski jump. 2010, the slaloms of the World Cup Final on the Gudiberg took place. For the 2011 World Championships own, temporary grandstand was built just above the jump stadium. In return, the start was moved to ten meters upwards. The gold medals in slalom Marlies Schild won and Jean -Baptiste Grange.

The Gudiberg was like the Kandahar Garmisch part of the failed Munich bid for Winter Olympics 2018.

World Cup winners' list

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