Toni Sailer(1935-2009)

Anton "Toni" Sailer was born on 17 November 1935 in Kitzbühel, Austria and is considered one of the best Alpine skiers in history. At the 1956 Olympic Winter Games, he won all three Alpine events (downhill, giant slalom, slalom), which made him the first athlete to do so. After he had retired in 1959, he appeared in several movies such as Das Blaue vom Himmel (1964), co-starring Zarah Leander. Despite his show talents, the Austrians' national hero decided to coach the Austrian ski team from 1972 to 1976. In 1985, the International Olympic Committee awarded him the Olympic Order.