Rosi Mittermaier
Mittermaier in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier |
| Born | 5 August 1950 Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Died | 4 January 2023 (aged 72) Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany |
| Occupation | Alpine skier |
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined |
| World Cup debut | 1 February 1967 (age 16) |
| Retired | 31 May 1976 (age 25) |
| Website | www |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 3 – (1968, 1972, 1976) |
| Medals | 3 (2 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 5 – (1968–76) |
| Medals | 4 (3 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 10 – (1967–1976) |
| Wins | 10 – (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K) |
| Podiums | 41 – (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K) |
| Overall titles | 1 – (1976) |
| Discipline titles | 2 – (SL & K in 1976) |
Medal record | |
Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (German: [ˈʁozi ˈmɪtɐˌmaɪ̯ɐ] ⓘ; née Mittermaier; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Mittermaier competed in alpine skiing from 1967 to 1976, retiring after a highly successful season in which she finished with two Olympic gold medals and ranked first in the World Cup. She remained popular, advertising for sports and as a non-fiction writer. She was known as Gold-Rosi, and she was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in April 2006 when it was initiated.