 Rieder lighting the Olympic cauldron in 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 December 1932 Lermoos, Austria[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 June 2019 (aged 86) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Lermoos | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josef "Josl" Rieder (3 December 1932 – 15 June 2019)[2] was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom.[1] He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[3] At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.[4]
