Rosi Mittermaier
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Mittermaier and husband
Christian Neureuther in 2013 |
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| Disciplines | Downhill, Giant Slalom, Slalom, Combined |
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| Born | 5 August 1950 Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, West Germany |
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| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | 1 February 1967 (age 16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 31 May 1976 (age 25)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | rosi-mittermaier.de | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 3 – (1968, 1972, 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 – (1968–76) includes 3 Olympics |
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| Medals | 4 (3 gold) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 10 – (1967–76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 10 – (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 41 – (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 1 – (1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 2 – (SL & K in 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rosemarie "Rosi" Mittermaier-Neureuther (born 5 August 1950) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.[3]
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Racing career
Born in Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Mittermaier won two gold medals (downhill and slalom) and one silver (giant slalom) at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[4][5] Her victory in the Olympic downhill was the only downhill win in her international career. Mittermaier was the most successful athlete at those games, along with cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina of the Soviet Union, earning her the nickname of Gold-Rosi within Germany (then West Germany).
Mittermaier made her World Cup debut in the inaugural season of 1967 at age 16, and won her first World Cup race two seasons later. She retired from international competition at age 25,[1] following the very successful 1976 season. In addition to the overall World Cup title, she also won the season title in slalom and combined in 1976. After winning both races at Copper Mountain in Colorado to wrap up the overall and slalom titles,[6] the four-year-old resort immediately named the race course run after her.[7][8]
In addition to her success in international competition, she also won 16 German national titles during her career.[9]
After racing
Today, Mittermaier works for several charities and occasionally as a commentator for German television for major sporting events. She established a charitable foundation to aid children with rheumatism in 2000.[9]
Personal
Mittermaier's father was a ski school operator in her home town of Reit-im-Winkl.[10] She was born with a twin sister who died at birth. Her younger sister Evi Mittermaier also competed as an alpine skier.[9][10] Rosi and Evi also recorded two albums of Bavarian folk songs together.[9]
She is married to Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slalom races. They were wed in 1980 and are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b. 1984), a World Cup ski racer for Germany.[3]
World Cup results
Season standings
| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1967 | 16 | 27 | 19 | — | not run |
— | not awarded |
| 1968 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 8 | — | ||
| 1969 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 1970 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1971 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 15 | ||
| 1972 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1973 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 1974 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 11 | ||
| 1975 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1976 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).
Season titles
| Season | Discipline |
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| 1976 | Overall |
| Slalom | |
| Combined |
Race victories
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline |
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| 1969 | 16 Jan 1969 |  Schruns, Austria |
Slalom |
| 1970 | 14 Mar 1970 |  Voss, Norway |
Slalom |
| 1973 | 2 Feb 1973 | Schruns, Austria |
Slalom |
| 1974 | 27 Feb 1974 |  Abetone, Italy |
Slalom |
| 8 Mar 1974 |  Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia |
Slalom | |
| 1975 | 13 Dec 1974 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Slalom |
| 1976 | 17 Dec 1975 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Combined |
| 22 Jan 1976 | Bad Gastein, Austria |
Slalom | |
| 5 Mar 1976 |  Copper Mountain, USA |
Giant Slalom | |
| 6 Mar 1976 | Slalom |
World championship results
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1968 | 17 | DNF2 | 20 | not run | 25 | — |
| 1970 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 5 | |
| 1972 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1974 | 23 | 6 | DNF | DNF | — | |
| 1976 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Olympic results 
| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
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| 1968 | 17 | DNF2 | 20 | not run | 25 | not run |
| 1972 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1976 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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References
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- Rosi Mittermaier at the International Ski Federation
- FIS-ski.com – World Cup season standings – Rosi Mittermaier – 1967–76
- Ski-db.com – results – Rosi Mittermaier
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- Olympic.org – Rosi Mittermaier
- Official website (German)
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| Preceded by | German Sportswoman of the Year 1976 |
Succeeded by Eva Wilms |
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Traunstein (district)
- Sportspeople from Bavaria
- German female alpine skiers
- Olympic alpine skiers of West Germany
- Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions
- Germany's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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