Traudl Hecher
Hecher in 1962
Personal information
Born(1943-09-28)28 September 1943
Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria
Died10 January 2023(2023-01-10) (aged 79)
Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria
OccupationAlpine skier
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
ClubSK Schwaz[1]
World Cup debut7 January 1967 (age 23)
inaugural season
Retired1967 (age 23)
Olympics
Teams2 – (1960, 1964)
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams4 – (1960, 1962, 1964, 1966)
     includes two Olympics
Medals2 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons1 – (1967)
Wins0
Podiums2 – (1 GS, 1 SL)
Overall titles0 – (7th in 1967)
Discipline titles0 – (7th in SL 1967)
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1960 Squaw ValleyDownhill
Bronze medal – third place1964 InnsbruckDownhill

Waltraud J. "Traudl" Hecher-Görgl (28 September 1943 – 10 January 2023) was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.

Career

Hecher won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 at Squaw Valley[2] and in 1964 at Innsbruck.[3] Her medal in 1960 at age 16 made her the youngest alpine skiing medalist ever, an honor she retains over fifty years later. She raced through the 1967 season, the first year of World Cup competition.

Personal life

Hecher was born in Schwaz, Tyrol. She retired in the summer of 1967. She later married Anton Görgl and settled in Styria. Her son Stephan Görgl (b. 1978) and daughter Elisabeth Görgl (b. 1981) are both alpine racers who have represented Austria at the Winter Olympics. Stephan competed in the giant slalom in 2006 and Elisabeth competed in the downhill in 2006 and 2010. She won bronze in the latter, a half-century after her mother won bronze in the same event. One year later, Elisabeth became double world champion in 2011, with victories in both speed events (downhill and super G) at Garmisch. In February 2014, Elisabeth also participated in four disciplines in the 2014 Winter Olympics (downhill, giant slalom, super-G and combined).

Hecher died on 10 January 2023, at the age of 79.[4]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
slalom		Super-GDownhillCombined
1967237710not run9not run

Race podiums

  • 2 podiums – (1 GS, 1 SL)
Season Date Location Discipline Place
19671 February 1967Italy Monte Bondone, ItalySlalom3rd
26 March 1967United States Jackson Hole, United StatesGiant slalom3rd

World championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
196016DQ225not run3—
19621812986
196420DNF283—
1966221316

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
At the World Championships from 1954 through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).
Normally held in February, the championships were in August in 1966.

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
196016DQ225not run3not run
196420DNF283

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Traudl Hecher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "1960 Winter Olympics – Squaw Valley, United States – Alpine Skiing" Archived 19 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved on 29 February 2008).
  3. ↑ "1964 Winter Olympics – Innsbruck, Austria – Alpine Skiing" (retrieved on 29 February 2008).
  4. ↑ "Traudl Hecher". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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