Birth Date: | 3 December 1932 |
Birth Place: | Lermoos, Austria[1] |
Height: | 162 cm |
Weight: | 60 kg |
Sport: | Alpine skiing |
Club: | SC Lermoos |
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Josef "Josl" Rieder (3 December 1932 – 15 June 2019)[2] was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finish the slalom.[1] He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[3] At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.