Annemarie Moser-Pröll

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.[1]

Annemarie Moser-Pröll
Moser-Pröll in 2010
Born (1953-03-27) 27 March 1953
Kleinarl, Salzburg,
Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Skiing career
DisciplinesTechnical events
ClubSchiklub Kleinarl
World Cup debut1969
Retired1980
Olympics
Teams2
Medals3 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams9
Medals4 (5 gold)
World Cup
Seasons12
Wins62
Podiums113
Overall titles6
Discipline titles12
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 3 7 7
Giant slalom 16 7 8
Downhill 36 14 4
Combined 7 4 1
Total 62 32 20
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 0
World Championships 5 2 2
Total 6 4 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1972 Sapporo Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo Combined
Gold medal – first place 1974 St. Moritz Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1978 Garmisch Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1978 Garmisch Combined
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Val Gardena Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Garmisch Giant slalom
Gold medal – first place 1980 Lake Placid Downhill

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%[2] is second only to Mikaela Shiffrin who has won 37.5%[3] of her races. She won five World Championship titles (3 downhill, 2 combined) and one Olympic gold medal. Of all female skiers, she is the one who won most races of a single discipline in a row (11 downhill races: all eight of the 1972–73 World Cup season, plus the first three of the following season).

The way to her first and only Olympic gold medal was quite long: At the 1972 games in Sapporo, Japan, she was considered the clear favourite for downhill and giant slalom, but in both events she finished second behind Marie-Theres Nadig of Switzerland. After winning a fifth consecutive title in overall and downhill, she interrupted her racing career to care for her ailing father,[4] afflicted with lung cancer. She missed the entire 1975–76 World Cup season, including the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, in her home country of Austria.[1] After the death of her father in June 1976, she resumed competitive skiing and was immediately among the best, with second place in the overall World Cup standings for two seasons (1977, 1977–78), and won the overall title for the sixth time in 1979. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, USA, she finished her extraordinary career by winning the downhill gold medal – with her 1972-rival Marie-Theres Nadig again on the podium, as bronze medalist.[5]

After racing

Several weeks after the 1980 Olympics, she retired from competitive skiing and ran her own café, the "Weltcup-Café Annemarie" in Kleinarl, which was decorated with her extensive cup and trophy collection.[1]

She married Herbert Moser in 1974 and their daughter Marion was born in 1982. In December 2003 her first grandchild was born.

Eight months after the death of her husband, she retired from the gastronomy business in 2008 and sold the establishment to local entrepreneurs, who keep running it as "Café-Restaurant Olympia."

World Cup results

Season standings
Annemarie Moser-Pröll, c. 1972
SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super GDownhillCombined
1969151615—First
women's
WC SG
held in
January
1983		5Officially
awarded
in 1976
& 1980
only
19701661438
1971171311
1972181911
19731911821
1974201571
1975211411
197622family leave
19772321132
1978242851
19792512121
19802623722

Season titles

Moser-Pröll won sixteen titles (six overall, seven downhill and three giant slalom).

Season Discipline
1971Overall
Downhill
Giant slalom
1972Overall
Downhill
Giant slalom
1973Overall
Downhill
1974Overall
Downhill
1975Overall
Downhill
Giant slalom
Combined
1978Downhill
1979Overall
Downhill
Combined

Race victories

Moser-Pröll's race wins total 62, comprising 36 downhill, 16 giant slalom, 3 slalom and 7 combined.

Season Date Location Race
197017 January 1970Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor, YugoslaviaGiant slalom
19716 January 1971Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor, YugoslaviaSlalom
29 January 1971France St. Gervais, FranceSlalom
18 February 1971United States Sugarloaf, ME, USADownhill
19 February 1971Downhill
10 March 1971Italy Abetone, ItalyGiant slalom
11 March 1971Giant slalom
14 March 1971Sweden Åre, SwedenGiant slalom
19723 December 1971Switzerland St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill
17 December 1971Italy Bardonecchia, ItalyDownhill
12 January 1972Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaDownhill
18 January 1972Switzerland Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill
22 January 1972France St. Gervais, FranceGiant slalom
19 February 1972Canada Banff, AB, CanadaGiant slalom
25 February 1972United States Crystal Mtn., WA, USADownhill
1 March 1972United States Heavenly Valley, CA, USAGiant slalom
19737 December 1972France Val d'Isère, FranceGiant slalom
19 December 1972Austria Saalbach, AustriaDownhill
20 December 1972Giant slalom
9 January 1973West Germany Pfronten, West GermanyDownhill
10 January 1973Downhill
16 January 1973Switzerland Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill
20 January 1973France St. Gervais, FranceGiant slalom
25 January 1973France Chamonix, FranceDownhill
2 February 1973Austria Schruns, AustriaDownhill
10 February 1973Switzerland St. Moritz, SwitzerlandDownhill
2 March 1973Canada Mt. St. Anne, QC, CanadaGiant slalom
19743 December 1973France Val d'Isere, FranceDownhill
19 December 1973Austria Zell am See, AustriaDownhill
5 January 1974Germany Pfronten, West GermanyDownhill
23 January 1974Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaDownhill
19757 December 1974France Val d'Isere, FranceDownhill
12 December 1974Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
15 December 1974Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Maribor, YugoslaviaGiant slalom
9 January 1975Switzerland Grindelwald, SwitzerlandDownhill
10 January 1975Giant slalom
Combined
11 January 1975Giant slalom
16 January 1975Austria Schruns, AustriaCombined
31 January 1975France St. Gervais, FranceCombined
22 February 1975Japan Naeba, JapanGiant slalom
197715 December 1976Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalyDownhill
16 December 1976Combined
19786 January 1978West Germany Pfronten, West GermanyDownhill
7 January 1978Downhill
9 January 1978West Germany Garmisch, West GermanyDownhill
13 January 1978Switzerland Les Diablerets, SwitzerlandDownhill
11 March 1978Austria Bad Gastein, AustriaDownhill
12 March 1978Austria Bad Kleinkirchheim, AustriaDownhill
17 March 1978Switzerland Arosa, SwitzerlandGiant slalom
19799 December 1978Italy Piancavallo, ItalyDownhill
17 December 1978France Val d'Isere, FranceDownhill
12 January 1979Switzerland Les Diablerets, SwitzerlandDownhill
17 January 1979Switzerland Meiringen, SwitzerlandDownhill
19 January 1979Combined
26 January 1979Austria Schruns, AustriaDownhill
4 February 1979West Germany Pfronten, West GermanyCombined
2 March 1979United States Lake Placid, NY, USADownhill
198014 December 1979Italy Piancavallo, ItalyCombined
15 December 1979Slalom
6 January 1980West Germany Pfronten, West GermanyDownhill

References
  1. Sports Reference / Biography Annemarie Moser-Pröll, archived from the original on 17 April 2020, retrieved 19 December 2014
  2. FIS-Ski Career Stats
  3. FIS-Ski Career Stats
  4. "Was macht eigentlich Annemarie Moser-Pröll". Stern. 2 December 2003. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. Sports Reference / Olympic Sports, archived from the original on 18 April 2020, retrieved 19 December 2014
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