Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Austrian female alpine skier

Annemarie Moser-Pröll is described in the public record as Austrian female alpine skier. Born in Kleinarl, Austria, in 1953.

Annemarie Moser-Pröll (born 27 March 1953) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Kleinarl, Salzburg, she was the most successful female alpine ski racer during the 1970s, with an all-time women's record of six overall titles, including five consecutively. She had most success in downhill, giant slalom and combined races. In 1980, her last year as a competitor, she secured her third Olympic medal (and first gold) at Lake Placid and won five World Cup races. Her younger sister Cornelia Pröll is also a former alpine Olympian. == Career == During her career, Moser-Pröll won the overall World Cup title a record six times, including five consecutive (1971–75). She has 62 individual World Cup victories, third behind Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn on the female side. In winning percentage (races won of those entered) her percentage of 35.4% is second only to Mikaela Shiffrin who has won 37.5% of her races.

Annemarie Moser-Pröll is recorded among the figures by whom winter sports is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.

Winter sport careers are shaped by a competition calendar of a few months a year and by conditions that differ at every venue.

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