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Christl Cranz

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Christl Cranz
Cranz at the 1936 Olympics
Born(1914-07-01)1 July 1914
Brussels, Belgium
Died28 September 2004(2004-09-28) (aged 90)
Oberstaufen-Steibis, Germany
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Alpine skiing
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1936 Garmisch-Parten. Combined
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1934 St. Moritz Slalom
Gold medal – first place 1934 St. Moritz Combined
Gold medal – first place 1935 Mürren Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1935 Mürren Combined
Gold medal – first place 1937 Chamonix Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1937 Chamonix Slalom
Gold medal – first place 1937 Chamonix Combined
Gold medal – first place 1938 Engelberg Slalom
Gold medal – first place 1938 Engelberg Combined
Gold medal – first place 1939 Zakopane Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1939 Zakopane Slalom
Gold medal – first place 1939 Zakopane Combined
Silver medal – second place 1934 St. Moritz Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1935 Mürren Slalom
Silver medal – second place 1938 Engelberg Downhill

Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers (1 July 1914 – 28 September 2004) was a German alpine ski racer.[1] Cranz dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won the combined competition (slalom and downhill).[2]

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Biography

Born in Brussels, Cranz was the older sister of Rudolf Cranz. After the break-out of World War I, Cranz and her family fled from Belgium to Traifelberg near Reutlingen, where Cranz learned to ski. Afterwards the family moved to Grindelwald and Freiburg.[2]

Alongside her apprenticeship as trainer and philologist she started a successful ski racing career. In 1934, she won all titles at the German Championship. At the world championship in St. Moritz she won the slalom and the combined competition and was second in downhill (after Swiss Anny Rüegg). She won all titles at the world championships in 1937 (Chamonix) and 1939 (Zakopane). To this day, Cranz remains the most successful competitor at the World Championships, with twelve gold and three silver medals.[2] In the 1930s, the championships were held annually.

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, Cranz won the newly established alpine combined competition in a spectacular race. After a crash in the downhill competition Cranz was 19 seconds behind Laila Schou Nilsen (Norway), but after two outstanding slalom races she won the combined ahead of Käthe Grasegger (Germany) and Schou Nilsen.[2]

At the 1941 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cranz won two additional titles and then retired. Taking place during World War II with only Germany-friendly athletes, the championship was not acknowledged by the International Ski Federation.[2] After her active career, Cranz publicly donated her skis and equipment, meticulously exploited by the NS-propaganda, for the "Winterhilfswerk" to support the Nazi-German troops and aggression against the Soviet Union.[3]

In 1943, Cranz married Adolf Borchers. After the end of the war she was arrested because of her collaboration with the Nazis and was forced to do farmwork for eleven months. Cranz fled into the American Occupation Zone in 1947. Later she founded a skiing school with her husband, which she led until 1987. Cranz was inducted into the Hall of Fame of International Women's Sports in New York.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Christl Cranz-Borchers, Olympic skier, dies at 90". New York Times. Associated Press. p. October 1, 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christl Cranz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ ZDF-Dokumentation "Operation Barbarossa", 2nd of four instalments, https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/zeit-geschichte/13606695/zeit-geschichte-Unternehmen-Barbarossa-Der-verlorene-Krieg-3-4/14095344/ (13 June 2021)

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