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Rosi Mittermaier
West German female former alpine skier

Rosi Mittermaier

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West German female former alpine skier
A.K.A.
Goldrosi Rosemarie Mittermaier-Neureuther Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther Rosemarie Mittermaier Gold-Rosi
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Place of birth
Reit im Winkl, Germany
Age
74 years
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Biography

Rosemarie "Rosi" Mittermaier-Neureuther (born 5 August 1950) is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Germany. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Racing career

Born in Reit im Winkl, Bavaria, Mittermaier won two gold medals (downhill and slalom) and one silver (giant slalom) at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Her victory in the Olympic downhill was the only downhill win in her international career. Mittermaier was the most successful athlete at those games, along with cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina of the Soviet Union, earning her the nickname of Gold-Rosi within Germany (then West Germany).

Mittermaier made her World Cup debut in the inaugural season of 1967 at age 16, and won her first World Cup race two seasons later. She retired from international competition at age 25, following the very successful 1976 season.In addition to the overall World Cup title, she also won the season title in slalom and combined in 1976. After winning both races at Copper Mountain in Colorado to wrap up the overall and slalom titles, the four-year-old resort immediately named the race course run after her.

In addition to her success in international competition, she also won 16 German national titles during her career.

After racing

Today, Mittermaier works for several charities and occasionally as a commentator for German television for major sporting events. She established a charitable foundation to aid children with rheumatism in 2000.

Personal life

Mittermaier's father was a ski school operator in her home town of Reit-im-Winkl. She was born with a twin sister who died at birth. Her younger sister Evi Mittermaier also competed as an alpine skier and previously lived in a hotel. Rosi and Evi also recorded two albums of Bavarian folk songs together.

She is married to Christian Neureuther, winner of six World Cup slalom races. They were wed in 1980 and are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b. 1984), a World Cup ski racer for Germany.

World Cup results

Rosi Mittermaier on a 1976 Paraguay stamp

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
1967162719
19681712118
19691874115
1970191181012
1971201413915
19722164710
1973224289
197423721311
1975243776
19762511391

Season titles

SeasonDiscipline
1976Overall
Slalom
Combined

Race victories

  • 10 wins – (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K)
  • 41 podiums – (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K)
SeasonDateLocationDiscipline
196916 Jan 1969 Schruns, AustriaSlalom
197014 Mar 1970 Voss, NorwaySlalom
19732 Feb 1973 Schruns, AustriaSlalom
197427 Feb 1974 Abetone, ItalySlalom
8 Mar 1974 Vysoké Tatry, CzechoslovakiaSlalom
197513 Dec 1974 Cortina d'Ampezzo, ItalySlalom
197617 Dec 1975Combined
22 Jan 1976 Bad Gastein, AustriaSlalom
5 Mar 1976 Copper Mountain, USAGiant Slalom
6 Mar 1976Slalom

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
196817DNF22025
197019157205
197221171267
1974236DNFDNF
1976251211

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom Giant
 Slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
196817DNF22025
19722117126
197625121

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