He could really win in this kind of Klammer style. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975-78). But the most important week in my life! An evolution from wooden skis to fiberglas and metal had swept through the sport. Showings in the United States and Canada are pending. Nobody had ever had a string of victories like that. While much of the storyline of the film is the tension Klammer felt and his burgeoning romance with Eva, producer Pochlatko knew that the true heart of the film was how he portrayed one of the most thrilling ski runs of all time 45 years later. No problem, lets meet tomorrow afternoon, he said. Born into a farming family in Mooswald, community Fresach, Carinthia, and like many alpine farm boys, Klammer skied to school each winter day. Nobody had ever had a string of victories like that. Four years later, they met for dinner and a private ski lesson. (Due to the high cost of postage, this offer is limited to North American residents only.). Others had tried to make a film about Franz Klammer for quite some time and nobody quite got it correct. He was the overwhelming favorite for Gold with the home crowd there to watch. Finally!! I was so convinced that I can do it. Ortliebs daughter, a tall racer and 17-year-old beauty named Nina, is now a member of the Austrian C squad after achieving some promising international results. Frank Gifford called this event and he nailed it. He knew what was necessary to show and not to over act. The older generation of established alpine speed specialists from that timeled by Swiss racers Daniel Mahrer, William Besse and 1991 downhill FIS world champion Franz Heinzerhad great difficulties in negotiating La Face with their traditional style, which was to enter the turns at full speed and throw the skis sideways to change direction. His career total is 26 downhill wins: 25 World Cup and 1 Olympic. Klammer created The Franz Klammer Foundation which benefits seriously injured athletes in honor of his brother. Franz Klammer produced one of the most thrilling moments in alpine racing history with his reckless gold-medal run on the treacherous Patscherkofel downhill course at Innsbruck, Austria in February 1976. For others, like Franz Klammer, its about climbing mountains for fun and sliding back down. After his skiing career, he became a racing driver and raced touring cars until the 1990s. A veteran journalist on the world alpine racing circuit recallsmoments of high dramaand humorfrom the Winter Games. I knew I only had a small chance to win, he, told the author. Everybody was in front of the television set. His career total is 26 downhill wins: 25 World Cup and 1 Olympic. Well let Bernhard Russi describe; I was down number three and was leading and one after another came down and I was still leading, still leading, still leading, still leading. He was really experienced and I learned so much from Gerald in the sense that he told me whats going on in the minds of downhill skiers and how they how they how they operate.. Schmied, now a principal in Samsara Filmproduction, had previously produced five feature films in Austria. Russi traced a new type of downhill that required great technical skills from athletes and a high level of performance from their skis. The whole family was sitting in front of the TV. The antagonist role was cast with Fischer Skis owner Josef Pepi Fischer, the second-generation owner of the famed Austrian ski company. 5 February 1976, Innsbruck - Franz Klammer writes the greatest page of his story He remains the king of the downhill, the most successful skier of anyone in his discipline in the World Cup. But I knew I had to risk everything. Sunday, February 26 2023 Breaking News. He won 8 of 9 during the 1975 season and also won 19 of 23, 20 of 26 and 21 of 29 downhills. I really admired him his style, his way of skiing, Klammer said about Miller. Chasing the Line is a film about Klammer, it is also a portrayal of skiing, as a sport. We would watch a lot of film and I had to put it in my head that I had to ski out of control and make these little mistakes everywhere., Before every ski scene, as Rahlves was examining the run in his mind, the director would scream at him, Daron, no, no, no, you got to ski Klammer style, Klammer style out of control.. Klammer was just 19 when he burst onto the scene in 1973, skiing to three World Cup podiums. 14/11/2009 LICENCE: Creative Commons. 1. In a statement released by NBC News on Sunday, his family said Gifford died suddenly at his Connecticut home of. He was on the edge the entire trip down the hill, several times he looked like he was out of control and going to wreck. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975-78). A great career only becomes exceptional with the ultimate title an Olympic gold medal. They tried to do some kind of a glamour biopic.. During the 1970s and early 1980s, Austrian downhill-skiing star Franz Klammer won 25 races on the World Cup circuit. Franz KLAMMER. When I started, the course was basically ruined and I knew I had only a small chance to win, he said. At his peak (Wengen 1976 to Wengen 1977), Klammer won ten consecutive downhills, including the pressure-laden win at the 1976 Olympics. Klammer started racing at the relatively late age of 14, competing in the winter whilst working on the family farm during the summer after he dropped out of school. I mean, I had to come off some of the rollers, the knolls, on the tails, flying up in the air, arms out you know, just out of control, going through the pine boughs, cutting back straight to a gate, towards a fence and then redirect that. Franz Klammer recalls, By the time I walked into the starting gate, I knew I am going to win. Its very special that Franz grew up in Carinthia, just 10 minutes from my house., Every year, Mayer joins legions of followers to the local Tour de Franz cycling event. Klammer dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (197578). The blow-by-blow delivered over the PA system didnt help their nervesKlammer was behind the leaders at the intermediate times. So I changed the line completely. Nearly two hours later, they came back smiling. Franz Klammer of Austria. The mind of a downhill skier - Franz Klammer. What happened next was the creation of a legend. He was adorable, said Witt of her time with La Bomba. Klammer spoke for all skiers in one of the final scenes. I think it is the most exciting Olympics event I've ever seen. He just went down the straight line which normally everybody said its just impossible, you cant stand this. And it meant 100% commitment. [1] The following season he finished second in the downhill standings behind Roland Collombin of Switzerland. Franz Klammer can be considered the greatest downhill skier of all time having won 25 downhill races, a record that still stands today in the men's race. Hes loved by everybody and he had an amazing career. Media coverage was moving into a golden era, with more live television and a bigger platform for burgeoning sport stars. He didnt and he won the gold medal. Their story was truly one for the big screen. The Austrian nation would accept nothing short of a Gold as they hosted the World. Eight years after Sapporo, La Proell had enjoyed a superb revenge. Plus historical audio featuring ABC sportscaster Frank Gifford on the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics and the gold medal Franz Klammer downhill run that inspired this trip. One of the most exciting sports events I have ever witnessed was Franz Klammers 1976 Winter Olympic run for the gold in the downhill. About that same time, Klammer had seen a film Schmied had directed about a Carinthian ice hockey player, Harrinator, that had been released that year. He answered that although his gold medal at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck was generally regarded as his greatest career achievement, winning at Kitzbhel in 1984 meant something very special to him, considering he hadn't won there in seven years. At the intermediate time, he was behind Russi. We enjoyed watching Katarina claim her second Olympic title after a brilliant show. Klammer had seen many film proposals over the years, but they all hit hurdles. Didier Cuche won his fifth Hahnenkamm last January. [citation needed]. Innsbruck 1976 | Olympic Winter games. Everyones heart was in their throats and on the edge of their seat. It was the best babysitter because I was already out there on skis, skiing up and down to a little village up in the mountain. An ABC van brought us from the medal plaza to the Saddledome arena. So his knowledge bank on Klammer comes from the legend and from the longstanding friendship hes had with him. Andreas and Elisabeth Schied found both. I always thought, I will never be able to find a woman who Im going to love, said Klammer, pausing to collect his thoughts. The story of a day like no other We would be right to consider him the greatest downhill skier of all time. The two became friends. As I approached it, I made a last-second decision to go for it instead of following my usual rounder line. I couldnt believe my luck.. His final World Cup race was in March 1985 at Aspen, Colorado. He and Elisabeth dissected the story to determine how they could tell Klammers story and keep the attention of an audience 45 years after his famous ride down Patscherkofel. Two or three times we tried to bring a good story. 1999 - 2019 Skiing History. The first choice to play the role of Franz was Julian Waldner. Here it is !! So thats the thing, you know?, Last month the two met again at the Zurich Film Festival for a screening of. Old School. Her last victoryin the Olympic downhill at Lake Placid in 1980was particularly emotional and a great story, too. His greatest moment is certainly still his Olympic win in Innsbruck; however, his entire career remains a great source of inspiration for all the speed skiers that have followed. He was paired with Frank Gifford to call one of the Winter Olympics' most famous ski races for ABC - Austrian great Franz Klammer's electric downhill run to capture gold in 1976. He won a total of 25 World Cup downhills a record Lindsey Vonn broke last year. We should do a feature on it with Arnold, he said. I was not sure how much time I gained or lost, yet it gave me so much determination that I kept risking everything until the last meter. Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. I made a huge jump and thought I would crash, yet I managed to survive and land on my skis. We go for a beer and some nice talks, said Mayer. Interestingly, none of the well-known technicians on the tour, like multiple overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli or local favorite Franck Piccard, the 1988 Super G Olympic champion, clocked the fastest downhill time on race day. Most of this was not known in 1976, when Franz Klammer had the weight of a nation on his shoulder as he embarked on his unforgettable journey down the slopes of Patscherkofel. The bad ones are almost like little Franz gets his keys and then hes a teenager. Klammer seemed doomed. And it was not on Youtube in full?? I thought, Franz is the most famous Carinthian and we should do something with him, said Kresse. His home village did not have any ski lifts, so as a child he climbed up the pasture behind his house to ski downhill. In 1974, he took home World Championship gold in combined at St. Moritz, silver in downhill. She may soon compete on the World Cup tour. This article first appeared in the January/February 2014 issue of Skiing History magazine. 15, a yellow suit, red shoes and a red helmet with a white stripe, Klammer set off to shouting from the crowd. I knew I will do it, he explains, I was full of confidence, I knew I can pull it off, and at any time, I learned how to win a race: concentrate, just on your race, you and the mountain and not thinking about anybody else. The feats of this exceptional downhill skier include this total domination of the 1974-1975 season, with eight victories in the nine races of the programme, a run, straddling the two following seasons, of 10 consecutive wins and another record: five small discipline crystal globes, won consecutively from 1975 to 1978, then in 1983. A dozen years earlier on the same course in 1964, Egon Zimmermann posted a 2:18.16 to win the gold medal. At Lake Placid she managed to stay quiet, resolute and ready for the last assault. So I won it.. Franz Klammer 1976 Innsbruck - The Greatest Downhill Run of All Time - FULL UNEDITED!! It turned out that powerful skiers could exit the turns with amazing acceleration, a situation that caused some spectacular crashes. Another surprise was revealed later when my father, World Cup founder Serge Lang, intrigued by Patricks last name, discovered that he was a double national: Austrian, as he was born in that country from an Austrian mother, but also French through his dad, a cook from Alsace, who had emigrated to Lech to work, raise a family and run the Montana Hotel there. I worked as a ski instructor when I was a student. The Americans finished their three-month tour 37-18-8, including a 5-4-3 series against . In 1975 he had dominated the event in a fashion never seen before by winning 8 out of the nine downhill races of the season. Bernhard Russi stared up at the massive 1976 Olympic downhill course at Innsbruck, Austria, clinging to the fastest time of the day and waiting for one final top racer: Austrian star Franz Klammer . He would win 31 downhills in World Cup competition. ", In a 2015 interview with Graham Bell for the Daily Telegraph, Klammer attributed his success to being the first downhiller to carve a whole turn from start to finish, contrasting his style with skiers of the previous generation such as Karl Schranz and Jean-Claude Killy who would skid at the start of a turn before engaging in a carve. Yes. He was a very legendary skier, said Mayer, the son of Helmut Mayer, the 1988 Olympic super-G silver medalist in Nakiska. With the Super-G, as a second speed race, not existing at the time, Klammer's career was only downhill (apart from a world title in the combined event in 1974), which explains why despite his overwhelming domination, the Austrian skier, born on 3 December 1953 in Mooswald (Carinthia), was never able to compete for the large general classification globe in the World Cup in an era particularly characterised by the success of the Swede Ingemar Stenmark. He won the gold medal in the downhill event at the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. Maybe nobody knows them, but I think everybody will know them after the movie is out because theyre so good., Klammer and Eva spent significant time with the screenwriters and the actors, especially Waldner. But, with Eva, it was immediate. Four Hahnenkamm downhill titles (only Didier Cuche has more, with five). His yellow racing suit wasnt as crisp and flashy as the other golden Austrian uniforms. Chasing the Line is palpable. Synopsis: Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself at the "eye of the storm" when he shows up for the men's downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. And he took a three-win streak, including his second straight Hahnenkamm win, into the Olympics. And there was only one leftit was Franz Klammer. Russi continued; Franz Klammer was in the starting gate. He just did it!. The legendary skier Franz Klammer. And suddenly, there were 60,000 people in the stadium and the whole mountain started to shake, Bernhard Russi explains. Options: Reply Quote Re: Where to find Franz Klammer 1976 Innsbruck downhill video? He was adorable, said Witt of her time with La Bomba. Add to that his status as the greatest downhill skier in history, and the annual ski day he hosts in . But in that year, 1975, I had won all the World Cup races. The man to beat was the Swiss competitor Bernhard Russi, title-holder after his victory at the Sapporo Games in 1972 and who intended to retain his sceptre. Every set of Austrian eyes were tuned in to ORF across the far corners of the land. He would retire in 1984 as Austrias Greatest Athlete. Apparently they also threw quite a party at Arnies suite at the Hyatt Hotel to celebrate the wins. He is a member of the Skiing History magazine editorial board. Two days before his big race the makers of his skis, Fischer, wanted him to use their new design. He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. It was a really fun course with all the elements of a good downhill, said Rahlves. Everyone knows the Kaiser. For some, that means weekends with the family driving to a ski resort. The FULL unedited original legendary run of. 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Behind that, though, is a true love story that contributed to his athletic success. Ironically, it wasnt his first visit to the little-used speed course on Patscherkofel. But he was inspired, going on to win Olympic downhill gold on the gnarly Grizzly Run at Snowbasin in 2002 and became a rare double Hahnenkamm sieger. Become a member and join a community of people who care about skiing! And she says, well, what are you doing? I said, well, Im skiing. Are you winning something? she says. I liked his way of approaching that. And hes still a big hero today., Mayer echoed the pride of his Austrian state. Franz Klammer - 1976 Olympic Downhill Gold Medal performance Rambo Nov 4, 2009 1 2 Next Nov 4, 2009 #1 Rambo Member Joined Sep 8, 2008 Messages 890 Points 16 Location Binghamton, NY Anybody remember this? In December, 1998, he raced a World Cup super-G on the fabled course. Klammer, along with fellow Carinthia natives Fritz Strobl and Matthias Mayer, form a unique trio of Olympic downhill champions more than any other Austrian state, even the Tyrol. The pressure intensified again when Klammer drew the 15th spot for his Olympic run. Franz Klammer gets police protection from an enthusiastic crowd after his victory. From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing. I remember watching that gold medal run. During the evening, Witt expressed her desire to ski once with Alberto, who had just collected his third Olympic title in giant slalom at Val dIsre. So she really had no clue who I was.. He met fans who vividly re-lived their own experiences of Feb. 5, 1976. Franz Klammer's downhill exploits from Insbruck 1976 Restless Volleyball men's Final Yugoslavia vs Russia at Sydney 2000 Should aliens compete at the Olympic Games Our kids casters pick their preferred team to participate at Olympic Games Kids Call Franz Klammer's downhill exploits from Insbruck 1976 This was the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck - the men's downhill, the blue riband event - and the yellow flash was Franz Klammer, Austrian national hero and pre-race favourite. The crowd went nuts as the announcers in ABCs commentator boothFrank Gifford, Bob Beattie and their special host Jackie Stewart, the former Formula One world car-racing championtold the world the results. I think he won for everybody, you know? At the last Olympics in Nagano, after a five-day delay, Trinkl was the only Austrian to win a medal in the downhill. Franz Klammer, a former champion alpine ski racer, has a net worth of $45 million. The two became friends. Franz Klammers 1976 Olympic Downhill. For ONLY $12 youll receive six issues of, 3. So they took a chance, thinking what if we did a full-length feature film and just focused on one race? We pitched Franz on the idea, said Schmied. Klammer would go on to have an unprecedented career. Bernhard and I, we are really close friends and appreciate each others company. Like Muhammad Ali for boxing, Wayne Gretzky for ice hockey or Tiger Woods for golf. It wasnt a scene of parties and fame, just a quiet ride into the sunset after the much-anticipated race. And there is this one teacher who says, follow your dreams, or whatever. He nearly went down on the first curve, but saved it on one ski. If there . Posted by: DeusxMac Date: July 21, 2021 08:38PM Mittermaier is married to fellow pro skier Christian Neureuther, and their son, Felix Neureuther, is also a pro skier. The Austrian former champion alpine ski racer dominated the event for four consecutive World Cup seasons and was gold medallist in 1976. He also called other sports. Four years later, they met for dinner and a private ski lesson. Salmina brought in his friend and Hahnankemm race chief Alex Naglich to create the racing environment for the film. The hardest thing was when I first ran the course to try and get it all figured out, laughed Rahlves. Klammer's gold-medal-winning downhill run at the 1976 Innsbruck Olympics was anything but dull. Klammer and Strobl became lifelong friends, sharing a hunting lodge in late September before the films debut in Zurich. At 1.35 is when he takes a line that no other skier dared to on the day and that is to cut harder left, slingshotting him forward faster. Annemarie Moser-Proell dominated her time as no other skier before and after her. Nobody went there to see if it was possible or not. Bill Johnson was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 30, 1960, and moved with his family to Boise, Idaho, when he was seven.He learned to ski at Bogus Basin in the late 1960s. It was totally, totally quiet. 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