Rosi Mittermaier

Rosi Mittermaier

Mittermaier in 2014
Personal information
Birth name	Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier
Born	(1950-08-05)5 August 1950 Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Died	4 January 2023(2023-01-04) (aged 72) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	1 February 1967 (age 16)
Retired	31 May 1976 (age 25)
Website	www.rosi-mittermaier.de
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1968, 1972, 1976)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	5 – (1968–76)[a]
Medals	4 (3 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 – (1967–1976)
Wins	10 – (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K)
Podiums	41 – (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K)
Overall titles	1 – (1976)
Discipline titles	2 – (SL & K in 1976)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Downhill 1976 Innsbruck Slalom 1976 Innsbruck Giant slalom World Championships 1976 Innsbruck Combined

Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (German: [ˈʁozi ˈmɪtɐˌmaɪ̯ɐ] ^ⓘ; née Mittermaier; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.^[1]

Mittermaier competed in alpine skiing from 1967 to 1976, retiring after a highly successful season in which she finished with two Olympic gold medals and ranked first in the World Cup. She remained popular, advertising for sports and as a non-fiction writer. She was known as Gold-Rosi, and she was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in April 2006 when it was initiated.

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