Herbert Huber (skier)
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Born | Kitzbühel, Austria | 4 December 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 July 1970 Kitzbühel, Austria | (aged 25)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Alpine skier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disciplines | Technical events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup debut | 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Herbert Huber (4 December 1944 - 15 July 1970) was an Austrian alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[1]
Death
Huber, who had a history of depression, committed suicide in 1970 in Kitzbühel.[2]
References
- ^ "1968 Winter Olympics – Grenoble, France – Alpine Skiing" Archived 2007-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on March 1, 2008)
- ^ "Herbert Huber". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
External links
- Herbert Huber at FIS (alpine)
- Herbert Huber at Olympedia
- Herbert Huber at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
Categories:
- Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
- Austrian male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- 1944 births
- 1970 suicides
- 1970 deaths
- Skiers from Tyrol (federal state)
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- People from Kitzbühel
- 20th-century Austrian people
- Austrian alpine skiing biography stubs
- Austrian Winter Olympic medalist stubs
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