Rudolph Matt
| Medal record | ||
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| Men’salpine skiing | ||
Representing Austria
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| World Championships | ||
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1936 Innsbruck | Slalom |
Rudolph Matt(10 September 1909 inSt. Anton am Arlberg– 18 November 1993 inInnsbruck) was anAustrianalpine skierand world champion.
Matt became a world champion in theslalominInnsbruckin 1936, before fellow AustrianEberhard Kneissl,and finished 6th in thedownhilland 4th in the combined event.[1]
At the world championships inEngelbergin 1939 he finished 4th in the slalom.
During the Second World War, Matt escaped to Mount Cranmore in New Hampshire.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships–FIS-ski.com– (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
- ^Byron Rempel (2009).No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, Canada's Olympian Skiing Pioneers.Twinski Publications, SHGPH. p. 97.ISBN978-2-89586-055-6.
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