Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 142. Not illustrated. Chapters: Franz Klammer, Phil Mahre, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Bill Johnson, Christin Cooper, Debbie Armstrong, Steven Lee, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Peter Muller, Maria Walliser, Bojan Kri aj, Tamara Mckinney, Perrine Pelen, Michela Figini, Lamine Gueye, Doug Lewis, Todd Brooker, Steve Podborski, Markus Wasmeier, Steve Mahre, Andreas Wenzel, Blanca Fernandez Ochoa, Jure Franko, Arturo Kinch, Urs Raber, Roswitha Steiner, Liisa Savijarvi, Anton Steiner, Hubert Strolz, Ursula Konzett, Martin Bell, Gerry Sorensen, Jamil El Reedy, Scott Sanchez, Paoletta Magoni, Laurie Graham, Helmut Hoflehner, Elisabeth Kirchler, Lea Solkner, Didier Bouvet, Olga Charvatova, Daniela Zini, Petar Popangelov, Franz Gruber, Ariane Ehrat, Boris Strel, Paolo de Chiesa, Veronika Stallmaier, Brigitte Oertli, Max Julen. Excerpt: Franz Klammer (born December 3, 1953, in Mooswald, Carinthia, Austria) is a former champion alpine ski racer. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975-78). He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel in dramatic fashion. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbuhel. Franz Klammer was born into a trout farming family in Mooswald, Carinthia. Like many alpine farm boys, he skied at school each winter day. He had a tough struggle to make the Austrian skiing team, dominated by the provinces of Tyrol and Salzburg. He spent 13 seasons on the World Cup circuit (197285). Klammer first showed signs of promise in the second half of the 1973 World Cup season, finishing second in the St. Anton downhill behind Bernhard Russi. Klammer, age 19, followed this up with a third at St. Moritz and a third in the giant slalom at Mont Sainte-Anne. The following season he finished se...