Gertrud Gabl (26 August 1948 – 18 January 1976) was an alpine skier from Austria. She competed in several events at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best result of 9th place in the giant slalom in 1968.Gertrud Gabl . sports-reference.comGertrude Gabl. fis-ski.com
Her best season was 1968/69, when she won the Alpine Skiing World Cup. Her uncle Franz Gabl was also an Olympic alpine skier.
In the 1968 Winter Olympics she was 9th in the giant slalom and 12th in the downhill; she didn't finish the slalom. In the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1970 she was 4th in the slalom and 5th in the giant slalom.
In the World Cup she scored her first world cup points on 19 January 1967, when she finished fifth in the slalom at Schruns. Later she went on to win five slaloms and two giant slaloms.
Her father Josef was also an excellent ski racer.
She won the Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1969, the same year as Karl Schranz did it for the men. Both of them came from the same village, St. Anton am Arlberg, and that is the only time that the women's and men's overall champions hailed from the same village.
Death On 18 January 1976 Gabl was skiing with two friends on the northern slope of Mount Gampberg at the ski resort of St. Anton am Arlberg in Austria, when an avalanche buried the three, and she was killed. Her two companions were rescued alive."Gertrud Gabl Succumbs After Avalanche Hits", Bridgeport (CT) Telegram, January 19, 1976, p. 8
World Cup results Season titles 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 slalom) SeasonDiscipline1969 Overall Slalom
Season standings SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiantSlalomDownhillCombined 1967 18 18 11 19 notrun — notrun 1968 19 7 4 — 1969 20 19 1970 21 16 15 13 — 1971 22 9 8 4 — 1972 23 19 12 19 —
Race victories 7 wins – (5 SL, 2 GS) 17 podiums – (10 SL, 7 GS) Season Date Location Discipline1968 3 victories (2 SL, 1 GS) 11 January 1968 Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom5 April 1968 Heavenly Valley, USA Giant slalom6 April 1968 Slalom1969 4 victories (3 SL, 1 GS) 4 January 1969 Oberstaufen, West Germany Slalom7 January 1969 Grindelwald, Switzerland Slalom16 February 1969 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia Slalom17 February 1969 Giant slalom
World Championship results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 1968 19 DNF 9 notrun 12 — 1970 21 4 5 — —
Olympic results YearAgeSlalomGiantSlalomSuper GDownhillCombined 1968 19 DNF 9 notrun 12 — 1972 23 DNF DNF — —
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