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Heinrich Messner

1939 - 2023

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Heinrich "Heini" Messner (1 September 1939 – 19 October 2023) was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals: in the giant slalom in 1968 and in the downhill in 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Messner is the 87th most popular skier (down from 18th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from Austria (down from 636th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Heinrich Messner ranks 87 out of 817Before him are Aulis Kallakorpi, Nils Karlsson, Walter Steiner, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Therese Johaug, and Toini Pöysti. After him are Toini Gustafsson, Stig Sollander, Hedy Schlunegger, Franco Nones, Nils Östensson, and Narve Bonna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Heinrich Messner ranks 412Before him are Raymond J. Barry, Michael Learned, Jalal Dabagh, Greetje Kauffeld, Antoninho, and Ian Hunter. After him are Clarence Williams III, Jens Jørgen Hansen, Zhanna Yorkina, Jovan Miladinović, Dieter Quester, and William Eggleston. Among people deceased in 2023, Heinrich Messner ranks 379Before him are Albert Eschenmoser, Bob Barker, Fay Weldon, Aracy Balabanian, Peter Brötzmann, and Bernard Morel. After him are Richard Lynn, Pedro Solbes, Zdeněk Mácal, Nikica Valentić, Michael Lerner, and Irma Serrano.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Heinrich Messner ranks 901 out of 1,424Before him are Ruth Maier (1920), Ruth Klüger (1931), Leonie Rysanek (1926), Anton Janda (1904), Rosa Mayreder (1858), and Erwin Wurm (1954). After him are Kiki Kogelnik (1935), Paul Halla (1931), Julius Lenhart (1875), Dieter Quester (1939), Peter Platzer (1910), and Willi Forst (1903).

Among SKIERS In Austria

Among skiers born in Austria, Heinrich Messner ranks 14Before him are Egon Zimmermann (1939), Christl Haas (1943), Erika Mahringer (1924), Othmar Schneider (1928), Trude Beiser (1927), and Erik Schinegger (1948). After him are Otto Leodolter (1936), Franz Gabl (1921), Josef Stiegler (1937), Ernst Hinterseer (1932), Olga Pall (1947), and Marcel Hirscher (1989).