Egon Zimmermann

Egon Zimmermann

Personal information
Born	(1939-02-08)8 February 1939 Lech, Vorarlberg, Nazi Germany
Died	23 August 2019(2019-08-23) (aged 80) Lech, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Club	SK Arlberg
World Cup debut	January 1967 (age 27) inaugural season
Retired	March 1968 (age 29)
Olympics
Teams	2 – (1964, 1968)
Medals	1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 – (1962, '64, '66, '68)     (includes two Olympics)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	2 – (1967, 1968)
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (17th in 1967)
Discipline titles	0 – (9th in DH, 1967)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Downhill World Championships 1962 Chamonix Giant slalom 1962 Chamonix Downhill

Egon Zimmermann (8 February 1939 – 23 August 2019),^[1] often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, was a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria.^[2] Zimmermann won the Olympic downhill at Patscherkofel in 1964 and won several medals on the professional tour in the late-1960s and early 1970s.