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Rosi Mittermaier

Full name: Rosemarie "Rosi" Mittermaier (-Neureuther)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'3" (159 cm)
Weight: 121 lbs (55 kg)
Born: August 5, 1950 in Reit im Winkl, Bayern, Germany
Affiliations: WSV Reit im Winkl, Reit im Winkl (GER)
Country: FRG West Germany
Sport: Alpine Skiing

Related Olympians: Sister of Evi Mittermaier; Sister of Heidi Mittermaier; Wife of Christian Neureuther; Mother of Felix Neureuther.

Medals: 2 Gold, 1 Silver (3 Total)

Biography

Rosi Mittermaier had a long career in international skiing, winning 10 individual World Cup races between 1969 and 1976. In 1976, she was the world champion in Alpine combined and led the overall World Cup, although she did not lead in any of the individual disciplines. Mittermaier’s greatest fame came at the 1976 Olympic Winter Games when she won the slalom and downhill. With the giant slalom still to come, she had a chance to equal the feats of Toni Sailer and Jean-Claude Killy by winning all three available Alpine ski events. However, in the giant slalom, she finished second, losing out by 12/100th’s of a second to Canada’s Kathy Kreiner. Mittermaier later married Christian Neureuther, another German Olympic skier.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill West Germany FRG 25
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom West Germany FRG 20
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom West Germany FRG AC DNF
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill West Germany FRG 6
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom West Germany FRG 12
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom West Germany FRG 17
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill West Germany FRG 1 Gold
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom West Germany FRG 2 Silver
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom West Germany FRG 1 Gold

Women's Downhill

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 25 1:47.73
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 6 1:39.32
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 1 1:46.16

Women's Giant Slalom

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 20 1:58.75
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 12 1:33.39
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 2 1:29.25

Women's Slalom

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings AC DNF
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 1 9 42.90
1968 Winter 17 Grenoble Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 2 AC DQ [50.87]
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 17 1:41.17
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 1 7 47.27
1972 Winter 21 Sapporo Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 2 19 53.90
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing West Germany Final Standings 1 1:30.54
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 1 2 46.77
1976 Winter 25 Innsbruck Alpine Skiing West Germany Run 2 1 43.77