Josef Walcher
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Josef "Sepp" Walcher was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the downhill event and won the gold medal at the World Championships in 1978 at Garmisch, West Germany.
Walcher in December 1977
Sepp Walcher in action in 1978 Wengen downhill.
Walcher memorial in Schladming
Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel
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The Hahnenkamm is a mountain in Europe, directly southwest of Kitzbühel in the Kitzbühel Alps of Austria. The elevation of its summit is 1,712 metres above sea level.
Josef Walcher
…Franz Klammer in the downhill standings both years. A week prior to his win at the world championships in 1978, Walcher won consecutive downhills at Kitzbühel, Austria. Walcher retired after the 1982 season with five World Cup victories and thirteen podium finishes. In 1984, he was killed at age 29 in a skiing…
Hahnenkamm above Kitzbühel, May 2005
Franz Klammer in 1976, the second of his four Streif wins