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Karl Schranz

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Karl Schranz (born 18 November 1938) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria, one of the best of the 1960s and early 1970s. Born and raised in St. Anton, Tyrol, Schranz had a lengthy ski racing career, from 1957 to 1972. He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Schranz is the 23rd most popular skier (up from 32nd in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Austria (up from 712th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Skier.

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Among SKIERS

Among skiers, Karl Schranz ranks 23 out of 817. Before him are Yukio Kasaya, Noriaki Kasai, Hermann Maier, Hanni Wenzel, Juha Mieto, and Bjørn Wirkola. After him are Toralf Engan, Gunnar Eriksson, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Alf Andersen, Marit Bjørgen, and Marielle Goitschel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Karl Schranz ranks 274. Before him are Michel Duchaussoy, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Behrouz Vossoughi, Severino Reija, Lawrence Block, and Marita Lindahl. After him are Barry Newman, Moshe Safdie, Dennis Oppenheim, Enzo G. Castellari, Daevid Allen, and Anatoly Marchenko.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Karl Schranz ranks 678 out of 1,424. Before him are Guido Starhemberg (1657), Victor Capesius (1907), Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844), William Berger (1928), Saint Sturm (704), and Willy Böckl (1893). After him are Lajos Bíró (1880), Anton von Schmerling (1805), Gerda Lerner (1920), Christian von Ehrenfels (1859), Leopold Hofmann (1738), and Hans Hass (1919).

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Among SKIERS In Austria

Among skiers born in Austria, Karl Schranz ranks 6. Before him are Toni Sailer (1935), Franz Klammer (1953), Annemarie Moser-Pröll (1953), Marc Girardelli (1963), and Hermann Maier (1972). After him are Baldur Preiml (1939), Egon Zimmermann (1939), Christl Haas (1943), Erika Mahringer (1924), Othmar Schneider (1928), and Trude Beiser (1927).

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