Talk:Olga Pall

Some notes
Dear Sir, I would like to give some notes and I would like to cit. the German Wikipedia (but also I know it by myself): Olga was born in the Austrian state Lower Austria (Göstling an der Ybbs), but when she was three years old, her family did change to Bischofshofen and a few time late to Solbad Hall in the Tyrol. Her sister Elisabeth (Liesl) was born on February 15th, 1951, at Bischofshofen, and she also was a competitor in the Alpine Skiing World Cup. Her first victory in the World Cup (downhill race at Bad Gastein on January 17th, 1968) was also the first victory in a female downhill race for Austrian Ski Federation. She was a joint favourite for the Downhill Race at Chamrousse in the 1968 Olympics but in the opinion of the media representatives, Isabelle Mir was the "odds-on-favourite". Mir did go in lead, Pall was the last racer of the "Top 15"-Racers (bib number 15), and she could overtake "Mademoiselle Mir" with a margin of 0.46 seconds. Finishing 5th in the Giant Slalom and ninth in the Special Slalom she became fifth in the Alpine Combined Event (only a paper-race, counting for the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships). At the end of the season 1967/68 she became eighth in the Downhill World Cup. She also could achieve the title of an Austrian Downhill Champion. She (and her sister Liesl) became heavy injured due an accident in occasion of the season final events at Heavenly Mountain Resort. Both walked on a sidewalk there on April 4th, 1968, when a minibus did hit them. Injuries were: Olga: ulnar collateral ligament tear of the leg and wound on the head; Liesl: leg fractures. In the season 1968/69, Olga could achieve her only podest place in a World Cup Giant Slalom (2nd on January 3rd at Oberstaufen), and she won the World Cup Downhill Race at St. Anton am Arlberg (January, 31st). Also she could defend her title as an Austrian Downhill Champion. In the season 1969/70 she could only achieve one place in the Top Ten (fifth in the downhill race at Bad Gastein on January 15th). She was 3rd in the Downhill World Cup 1968/69. In the Downhill Race on February 12th on the »Cir«-Course in the World Championships 1970 [Val Gardena) she became 13th with a margin of 4.97 sec. to winner Annerösli Zryd. She announced her retirement after the end of the season 1969/70. Subsequently, she did train in medical education as a physio and she did still involve with skiing sports. Her husband Ernst Scartezzini was the head of the Tyrolian Ski Federation (a member of the Austrian Ski Federation) from 1986 until 2004, and he is a Honory President of the Austrian Ski Federation since 2005. Skiscout (talk) 14:51, 10 January 2017 (UTC)