Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born March 27, 1953 in Kleinarl, Salzburg, Austria) is a former champion alpine ski racer. She was the most successful World Cup racer 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 medal (in Lake Placid) and won 5 World Cup races.
During her career, she won the overall World Cup title six times, including five consecutive (1971-75). 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 ski sport athletes.
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 her daughter Marion was born in 1982. In December 2003 her first grandchild was born.
World Cup victories
Additionally 62 World Cup race victories (36 Downhill, 16 Giant Slalom, 3 Slalom, 7 Combined) at 6 victories of the Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup (1971-1975,1979)
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Moser-Pröll, Annemarie |
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Austrian Alpine skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
March 27, 1953 |
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Kleinarl, Salzburg |
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