Sports Austria

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innsbruck hosted 1964 , 1976 winter olympics, 2012 winter youth olympics, first in history


due mountainous terrain, alpine skiing prominent sport in austria , extremely valuable in promotion , economic growth of country. similar sports such snowboarding or ski-jumping popular. austrian athletes such annemarie moser-pröll, franz klammer, hermann maier, toni sailer, benjamin raich, marlies schild & marcel hirscher regarded of greatest alpine skiers of time, armin kogler, andreas felder, ernst vettori, andreas goldberger, andreas widhölzl, thomas morgenstern & gregor schlierenzauer of greatest ski jumpers of time. bobsleigh, luge, , skeleton popular events permanent track located in igls, hosted bobsleigh , luge competitions 1964 , 1976 winter olympics held in innsbruck. first winter youth olympics in 2012 held in innsbruck well.



ski racer franz klammer won gold medal @ 1976 winter olympics in innsbruck


a popular team sport in austria football, governed austrian football association. austria among successful football playing nations on european continent placing 4th @ 1934 fifa world cup, 3rd @ 1954 fifa world cup , 7th @ 1978 fifa world cup. however, austrian football has not been internationally successful. co-hosted 2008 uefa european football championship switzerland. national austrian football league austrian bundesliga, includes teams such record-champions sk rapid wien, fk austria wien, red bull salzburg , sturm graz.


besides football, austria has professional national leagues major team sports, including austrian hockey league ice hockey, , Österreichische basketball bundesliga basketball. horseback riding popular; famed spanish riding school of vienna located in vienna.


niki lauda former formula 1 driver 3 times f1 world champion, winning in 1975, 1977 , 1984. driver have been champion both ferrari , mclaren, sport s 2 successful constructors. other known austrian f1 drivers example gerhard berger , jochen rindt. austria hosts f1 races (austrian grand prix); held @ red bull ring, in past @ Österreichring , zeltweg airfield.


thomas muster former tennis player , 1 of greatest clay courters of time. won 1995 french open , in 1996 ranked number 1 in atp ranking. other known austrian tennis players example horst skoff, jürgen melzer , dominic thiem.


sport played significant role in developing national consciousness , boosting national self-confidence in years of second republic after world war ii, through events such tour of austria cycle race , through sporting successes such national football team s run third @ 1954 world cup , performances of toni sailer , rest of kitzbühel miracle team in 1950s.








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