Josef Schaupper Explained

Josef Schaupper
Nationality:Austrian
Birth Date:3 August 1963
Death Place:Kitzsteinhorn, Austria
Years Active:1987  - 1999
Sport:alpine skiing

Josef Schaupper (3 August 1963 – 11 November 2000) was an Austrian deaf alpine skier.[1] He represented Austria at the Deaflympics in 1987, 1995 and 1999, winning 7 medals including a gold medal. He died in the Kaprun funicular railway fire on 11 November 2000, along with his fellow deaf skiers.[2] [3]

Career

Schaupper made his debut at the 1987 Winter Deaflympics and competed on two further occasions. In his maiden appearance, he won 3 medals: gold medal in parallel slalom,[4] silver medal in slalom[5] and bronze medal in downhill.[6]

After missing the 1991 Winter Deaflympics, he took part in the 1995 Winter Deaflympics, winning silver medals in the men's giant slalom and super giant events.[7] [8] In the 1999 Winter Deaflympics, he again won silver medals in the men's slalom and super giant events.[9] [10]

Death

See main article: Kaprun disaster. Schaupper and his friends Sandra Mayr, Karl Hutegger and Stephan Mohr, who were also deaf skiers, were trapped and killed in a fire in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 in Kaprun.[11] [12] [13] [14] The disaster killed 155 people. A memorial to Josef Schaupper was erected in 2011 in Goldegg.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Josef Schaupper Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2018-01-30.
  2. News: Cable Train Fire in Austria. 6 January 2006. ABC News. 30 January 2018.
  3. Book: 155: Kriminalfall Kaprun. Godeysen. Hubertus. Uhl. Hannes. 192. 2014. Editions A Verlag. 978-3-990-01092-1. de.
  4. Web site: Men's parallel slalom 1987 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  5. Web site: Men's Slalom 1987 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  6. Web site: Men's downhill 1987 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  7. Web site: Men's Giant Slalom 1995 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  8. Web site: Men's Super-G 1995 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  9. Web site: Men's Slalom 1999 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  10. Web site: Men's Super-G 1999 Winter Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. 2018-01-30.
  11. Book: 155: Kriminalfall Kaprun. Godeysen. Hubertus. Uhl. Hannes. 2014-02-17. Editions A Verlag. 9783990010921. de.
  12. News: Cable Train Fire in Austria. ABC News . 2006-01-06. 2018-01-30.
  13. News: Verdrängt der Alltag den Schock? . Wiener Zeitung . 2005-04-07 . 2000-11-14 . 2018-01-30. de.
  14. News: Manfred . Seeh . Kaprun: Die Wucht der Katastrophe. Die Presse . 2010-10-30 . 2018-01-30. de.
  15. Web site: Gedenkstein für Josef Schaupper . Gebärdenwelt TV . Alvaro . San Roman . 2011-02-04 . de . 2018-01-30 . 22 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091444/http://www.gebaerdenwelt.tv/artikel/sport/wintersport/2011/02/04/20110204452351612.html . dead .

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