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Austrian alpine skier (1932?2019)
Josl Rieder
Rieder lighting the Olympic cauldron in 1964
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Born
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1932-12-03
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3 December 1932
Lermoos
, Austria
[1]
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Died
| 15 June 2019
(2019-06-15)
(aged 86)
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Height
| 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
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Weight
| 60 kg (132 lb)
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Sport
| Alpine skiing
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Club
| SC Lermoos
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Josef "Josl" Rieder
(3 December 1932 ? 15 June 2019)
[2]
was an
Austrian
alpine skier
. He competed at the
1956 Winter Olympics
in
Cortina d'Ampezzo
, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom.
[1]
He lit the
Olympic Flame
at the
1964 Winter Olympics
in
Innsbruck
.
[3]
At the
FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958
, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.
[4]
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