Franz Klammer

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Born: December 3, 1953

Birthplace: Mooswald, Austria

Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975–78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He is the first to celebrate four victories on the full course at Kitzbühel. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia