Talk:Annemarie Moser-Pröll

Some notes:

I would like to try to give some notes:

The number of starts in Alpine World Cup Races isn't accountable because official web-sites of the International Ski Federation only do inform about those races when Mrs. Moser-Pröll did finish in the first ten or first 15 (according to the regulations of that time). Therefore, 174 races are noted. I would like to say that she did compete in 238 events (including Alpine Combined, only a "paper event") but maybe she did compete in a few more races. Reports of that time and in books (like that one which is titled "Das Mädchen Pröll" - may be translated "The Girl Pröll") say that her first competing was (being 14 years old) on January 17th, 1968 in the downhill race in Bad Gastein, by being the last one to arrive (she repeatedly did fall down). One year later, on January 25th, 1969, being still ignorated because starting as one of the last racers (wearing bib no 67), she finished second in the downhill race in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains. Two years later she could win the Overall World Cup by winning seven races but also being able to earn points (in several times she could capture so called "big-points") in all disciplines in contrast to the French racers who were victorious in ten races but only Michèle Jacot, the defending Overall World Cup Winner, was able to win in all disciplines but she couldn't hold Annemaries' pace (regulations did say that racers could only take the three best results - later then the five best results - of each discipline for the Overall World Cup).

About Annemarie's personal life and first contact with the Officals of the Ski Federation it is told that she was born as the sixth of eight children (here parents were Maria and Josef Pröll, who were mountain farmers), and Annemarie did spend her childhood on the mountain farm above the village of Kleinarl in the province Salzburg. Her skiing talent was "detected" by the village priest who did recommend her. When Annemarie was 12 years old she could win championships of the district, therefore the Ski Federation of the province Salzburg did affiliate her. After eight years in the elementary school she did graduate from one-year polytechnic, after this she started an apprenticeship in the ski factory "Atomic" in Wagrain, and she used the products of that factory by herself.

After the end of her sports career on March 16th, 1980 (final races in Saalbach, and she did finish with a victory in the "parallel slalom" but that slalom did only count for the "nations cup") she did refuse steadfastly to compete in professional ski races. Besides being awarded as "Austrian Sportswoman of the year" for seven times she - in 1999 - was awarded as "Austrian sportswoman of the century" and as "World Winter sportswoman of the century"; as far back as 1979, she was awarded with the "Großes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich" ("Great order of merit for services rendered to the Republic of Austria").

After retiring of an innkeeper in the year 2008, she indulges in hunting. 213.225.11.90 (talk) 14:28, 31 December 2016 (UTC)

Lindsey Vonn passed Annemarie

Dear Sir, I would like to point out that Mr. Moser-Pröll did congratulate Lindsey when the U.S. Racer did pass her in the wins. There are photos showing both. The photos was taken after the surpassing. Mr. Moser-Pröll did express: It is okay that another Alpine Skiing Racer did cut her record. --Skiscout (talk) 18:41, 9 January 2017 (UTC).

Can someone please correct table with Annemarie's wins. Two of her wins are missing: 8 January 1977 West Germany Pfronten DH and 11 January 1977 West Germany Garmisch DH 193.77.226.65 (talk) 15:01, 8 January 2018 (UTC)