1956 in Sports - Alpine Skiing

Alpine Skiing

  • The men's Olympic Gold Medal:
    • Downhill: Toni Sailer, Austria
    • Slalom: Toni Sailer, Austria
    • Giant Slalom: Toni Sailer, Austria
  • The women's Olympic Gold Medal:
    • Downhill: Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland
    • Slalom: RenĂ©e Colliard, Switzerland
    • Giant Slalom: Ossi Reichert, West Germany
  • FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
    • Men's combined champion: Toni Sailer, Austria
    • Women's combined champion: Madeleine Berthod, Switzerland

Read more about this topic:  1956 In Sports

Famous quotes containing the word alpine:

    “The shades of night were falling fast,
    As through an Alpine village passed
    A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
    A banner with the strange device,
    Excelsior!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)