Josl Rieder

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.^[4]

Key Information

Rieder lighting the Olympic cauldron in 1964
Personal information
Born	(1932-12-03)3 December 1932 Lermoos, Austria[1]
Died	15 June 2019(2019-06-15) (aged 86)
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	SC Lermoos
Medal record Representing  Austria World Championships 1958 Bad Gastein Slalom 1958 Bad Gastein Giant slalom 1958 Bad Gastein Combination
Representing  Austria
World Championships
	1958 Bad Gastein	Slalom
	1958 Bad Gastein	Giant slalom
	1958 Bad Gastein	Combination
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1. ^ ^{a b} Josl Rieder. sports-reference.com
2. ^ "Aktuelle Traueranzeigen | Tiroler Tageszeitung".
3. ^ 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games. sports-reference.com
4. ^ Josl Rieder at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation

• Josef Rieder at FIS (alpine)
• Josef Rieder at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Giancarlo Peris	Final Olympic torchbearer Innsbruck 1964	Succeeded by Yoshinori Sakai
Preceded by Ken Henry	Final Winter Olympic torchbearer Innsbruck 1964	Succeeded by Alain Calmat

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