Christian Pravda
Alpine skiing, Olympic athlete
1927 – 1994
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Who was Christian Pravda?
Christian Pravda was an alpine ski racer.
He was born in Kufstein, Austria.
At age 20, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in the slalom, but was disqualified.
At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, Pravda won two medals: silver in giant slalom and a bronze medal in the downhill.
Pravda won the prestigious Hahnenkamm downhill twice, in 1951 and 1954. He also won the Wengen downhill in 1954, the first of only ten racers to win both of these classic downhills in the same year.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1927
Kufstein - Nationality
- Austria
- Died
- Nov 11, 1994
Kitzbühel
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on July 23, 2013
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