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Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born March 27 1953 in Kleinarl, Salzburg) a former Austrian Alpine skier, was the most successful female skier of the Alpine skiing World Cup during the 1970s.

She celebrated her biggest successes in Downhill, Giant Slalom and Combined races. In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic gold medal (in Lake Placid) and won 4 World Cup titles. During her career, she also won the World Cup six times (including five consecutive years between 1971 and 1975. She has 62 individual World Cup victories, more than any other female athlete and behind only Ingemar Stenmark and Ole Einar Bjørndalen among all winter sport athlets.

In 1980, just after winning the Olympic gold medal she retired from competitive skiing. Since then she has been working in the gastronomy business. Her extensive cup and trophy collection decorates her own cafe, the "Weltcup-Cafe Annemarie" in Kleinarl. She has been married to Herbert Moser since 1974 and she got a daughter Marion in 1982. In December 2003 her first grandchild was born.

Achievements


1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo: 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid: Alpine skiing World Championship 1972 in Sapporo: Alpine skiing World Championship 1974 in St. Moritz: Alpine skiing World Championship 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Additionally 62 World Cup race victories (36 Downhill, 16 Giant Slalom, 3 Slalom, 7 Combined) at 6 victories of the Alpine Skiing World Cup (1971-1975,1979)

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1953 births | Austrian alpine skiers | living people | Winter Olympics medalists | Competitors at the 1972 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 1980 Winter Olympics

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