Frieda Dänzer

Frieda Dänzer
Personal information
Born16 November 1930 (1930-11-16)
Adelboden, Switzerland
Died21 January 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 84)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Switzerland
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Bad Gastein Combined
Silver medal – second place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined
Silver medal – second place 1958 Bad Gastein Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Bad Gastein Giant Slalom

Frieda Dänzer (16 November 1930 – 21 January 2015) was a Swiss Alpine skier, successful in the second half of the 1950s. At the 1956 Winter Olympics, she won silver in the downhill event.[1] At Bad Gastein in 1958, she became world champion in Alpine Combined and won the silver medal in downhill and bronze in giant slalom. She was born in Adelboden, Canton of Bern.

Dänzer developed into one of Switzerland's most successful female skiers in the 1950s. The start of her sporting career, however, was fraught with a number of hurdles. In January 1950, she suffered a compound fracture of her right tibia and fibula in a fall that put her out of action for six months. After her recovery, Dänzer did manage to rejoin the Swiss national team. In 1954, however, she was not taken to the World Championships in Åre, although she had shortly before become Swiss champion in the downhill on the Lauberhorn in Wengen.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frieda Dänzer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Vorwort", Einkommensteuergesetz, De Gruyter, pp. 3–4, 31 December 1946, doi:10.1515/9783111633015-001, ISBN 9783111633015, retrieved 25 October 2022
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