Annemarie Moser-Pröll Honored
Annemarie Moser-Pröll, the most succesful female Alpine ski racer during the 1970s, was inducted into the International Ski Racing Hall of Fame as the 2014 legend of Honor in Vail, CO during a ceremony on March 22, 2014. More than 40 of the most sucesfull ski racers were in attendance, among them Marc Girardelli and Franz Klammer.
During her active career, Moser-Pröll amassed a record 62 individual World Cup victories, more than any female athlete in history and behind only two men, Ingemar Stenmark and Ole Einar Bjørndalen. She won five World Championship titles, took the downhill Gold medal in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid and two Silver medals in the 1972 Games in Sapporo.
Watch Annemarie-Moser Proell's 1980 Gold run in Lake Placid (narration in German):