Karl Schranz

Karl Schranz

Schranz at Kitzbühel
Personal information
Born	(1938-11-18) 18 November 1938 (age 85) St. Anton, Tyrol, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	January 1967 (age 28) inaugural season
Retired	February 1972 (age 33)
Website	karlschranz.com
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1960, 1964, 1968)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	6 – (1960–70) includes three Olympics
Medals	6 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	6 – (1967–72)
Wins	12 – (8 DH, 4 GS)
Podiums	23 – (12 DH, 9 GS, 2 SL)
Overall titles	2 – (1969, 1970)
Discipline titles	3 – (2 DH, 1 GS)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 0 1 1 Giant slalom 4 1 4 Downhill 8 1 3 Total 12 3 8 Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Giant slalom World Championships 1962 Chamonix Downhill 1962 Chamonix Combined 1970 Val Gardena Giant slalom 1962 Chamonix Giant slalom 1966 Portillo Giant slalom

Karl Schranz (born 18 November 1938) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s.

Born and raised in St. Anton, Tyrol, Schranz had a lengthy ski career, from 1957 to 1972. He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms. Late in his career he was the successor to Jean-Claude Killy as the World Cup overall champion; Schranz won the title at age 30 in the third World Cup season of 1969, and repeated in 1970. He was also the downhill champion for those two seasons and was the giant slalom season champion in 1969. Schranz won both the "classic downhills" four times each: the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel, Austria (1966, 1969, 1972, 1972), and the Lauberhorn at Wengen, Switzerland (1959, 1963, 1966, 1969). He also excelled at the legendary Arlberg-Kandahar events, winning nine times, from 1957 (Chamonix) to 1970 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen).