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Willy Bogner Jr.
Willy Bogner Jr.
	Bogner in 2014
Born	Wilhelm Herman Björn Bogner; 23 January 1942 (age 82); Munich, Germany
Occupation(s)	Fashion designer, alpine skier
Label	Bogner
Spouse	Sônia Ribeiro (m. 1972; died 2017)
Parent(s)	Willy Bogner Sr., Maria Bogner
Awards	Goldene Seidenschleife; Bambi Award

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Wilhelm Hermann Björn Bogner Jr. (born 23 January 1942) is a German fashion designer, film maker and former alpine ski racer. He inherited the Bogner clothing brand, originally set up as Willy-Bogner-Skivertrieb by his father, Willy Bogner Sr., and expanded through the efforts of his mother, Maria, who is credited with the introduction of stretch pants to the ski fashion world.

Personal life

Bogner was born in Munich, to Wilhelm (Willy Sr.) and Maria Bogner in 1942.

Bogner married the Brazilian model, Sônia Ribeiro, a sister of Florinda Bolkan in 1972.^[1]^[2] The couple adopted two Brazilian children, Florinda and Bernhard.^[2] His wife died on 3 May 2017 at the age of 66.^[3]

Skiing

Bogner competed for the United Team of Germany shortly after turning 18 at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He led the competition in the men's slalom after the first run, but fell during the second run. That season, he won the prestigious Lauberhorn downhill at Wengen, Switzerland. In 1962, he became double world student champion in alpine skiing's slalom and alpine combined event.

His best result in the World Championships was a fourth place in the slalom (and fifth place in the combined) at the 1966 World Championships in August in Portillo, Chile.

Bogner was a familiar face in the international ski scene until 1967, when he decided to concentrate his efforts on film-making.

Film making

In April 1964, Bogner was filming scenes of Ski Fascination (1966), his first production of a ski fashion movie. He led a group of 14 world-class skiers in the Engadine Val Selin in Switzerland, near St. Moritz, below Trais Fluors, where an avalanche occurred, burying several members of the group. The bodies of Bogner's girlfriend Barbi Henneberger and American Buddy Werner^[4] were recovered.^[5]^[6]^[7] Bogner, 22, and Henneberger were to be engaged that summer;^[5] he was tried by a Swiss court for homicide by negligence.^[8]^[9] Initially acquitted,^[10] the prosecution later won a conviction on appeal, of manslaughter by negligence,^[11] and Bogner received a two-month suspended sentence.^[12]

He worked as a cameraman in several films requiring complex ski footage. His most notable film work is in the James Bond films from 1969 through 1985, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and A View to a Kill – for which he won the Bambi Award in 1985^[13] and the Bavarian Film Award, Special Prize, in 1986.^[14] Playing James Bond in all but the first of these, Roger Moore wears Bogner ski wear, as do many other characters in skiing scenes.^[15]

Fashion industry

Bogner launched his first sports apparel collection, Formula W in 1971. He established an American manufacturing plant in Newport, Vermont in 1973 and debuted a tennis fashion line in 1974. His company introduced a golf fashion line in 1976. When his father died in 1977, Bogner returned to Munich from America to assume control of the company.^[15] In 1983, the company introduced a line of sunglasses.^[16] As of 2018, his company showed a decline in sales, having lost its 82-year franchise to outfit the German Winter Olympic squad to Adidas for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and amid suggestions that the company under his leadership had lost its advantages over its competitors.^[15]

Honors and legacy

Bogner received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) medal on 30 May 1996. In 1999 he was awarded the Goldene Seidenschleife ("Golden Ribbon of Silk") to recognise excellence in enterprise. Other honors include:

Bambi Award (1985)
Bavarian Film Awards (1987)
Modepreis der Stadt München (1994)
Brand of the Century (2007)
Woodrow Wilson Award (2008)
Bavarian Order of Merit (2008)
Portrait in Germany's Sports Hall of Fame (2013)^[17]

Filmography as producer, director or cameraman

1966: Ski Fascination (also cameraman)
1968: Männer, Mädchen und Medaillen (13 jours en France; cameraman only)
1969: James Bond 007 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service (cameraman only)
1970: Jill in the Box [de] / Stehaufmädchen (also cameraman)
1972: Snow Job (cameraman only)
1972: Benjamin / Benjamin − Ein Meister fällt vom Himmel (also cameraman)
1977: James Bond 007 – The Spy Who Loved Me (cameraman only)
1981: James Bond 007 – For Your Eyes Only (cameraman only)
1985: James Bond 007 – A View to a Kill (director of the ski scenes)
1986: Fire and Ice (Feuer und Eis) (also cameraman)
1990: Fire, Ice and Dynamite (Feuer, Eis und Dynamit)
1994: White Magic (also cameraman)
1999: Mountain Magic
2001: Ski to the Max

References

^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (3 May 2017). "Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66". WWD. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b Editor (11 May 2010). "Bogner-Sohn beging Selbstmord". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH. Retrieved 17 March 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Editors (3 May 2017). "Willy Bogner trauert um seine Ehefrau Sônia". T online (in German). t-online.de. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Fate finally put finger on Buddy Werner". Lewiston Evening Journal. Maine. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 10.
^ ^a ^b "German skier not to blame for 2 deaths". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. 29 August 1964. p. 2.
^ "The Man with No Luck". Sports Illustrated. 20 April 1964. p. 15. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
^ "Ski star killed racing avalanche". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 1.
^ "Deaths of skiers said homicide". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. UPI. 8 June 1964. p. 2.
^ "German skier named in death of 2 companions". Prescott Evening Courier. Arizona. UPI. 27 August 1964. p. 1.
^ "German skier acquitted of negligence". Vancouver Sun. Canada. UPI. 31 August 1964. p. 11.
^ "German convicted of manslaughter". Eugene-Register Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 1 April 1965. p. 1D.
^ "German skier found negligent". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. 31 March 1965. p. 2.
^ Editors (17 January 2017). "Modeunternehmer mit Gespür für Schnee – Willy Bogner wird 75". FashionNetwork.com (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c Steinkirchner, Peter (31 January 2018). "Luxury skiwear maker Bogner heads downhill fast". Handelsblatt Global Edition. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
^ Editors. "Bogner". fashionmodeldirectory.com. Fashion Mode Directory. Retrieved 15 March 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ zeit.de: Willy Bogner erhält Goldene Sportpyramide 31 May 2013, retrieved 6 June 2013.

External links

Willi Bogner at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Willy Bogner at IMDb
Willy Bogner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Willy Bogner at Olympics.com
Official website
Bogner Ski Wear
Willy Bogner at FMD

[1] Feitelberg, Rosemary (3 May 2017). "Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66". WWD. Retrieved 18 March 2018.

[sz-2] Editor (11 May 2010). "Bogner-Sohn beging Selbstmord". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich: Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH. Retrieved 17 March 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[3] Editors (3 May 2017). "Willy Bogner trauert um seine Ehefrau Sônia". T online (in German). t-online.de. Retrieved 17 March 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[ffpfobw64-4] "Fate finally put finger on Buddy Werner". Lewiston Evening Journal. Maine. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 10.

[gsntbl-5] "German skier not to blame for 2 deaths". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. 29 August 1964. p. 2.

[sicnn-6] "The Man with No Luck". Sports Illustrated. 20 April 1964. p. 15. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.

[sskra64-7] "Ski star killed racing avalanche". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 1.

[dossh64-8] "Deaths of skiers said homicide". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. UPI. 8 June 1964. p. 2.

[gsnid2-9] "German skier named in death of 2 companions". Prescott Evening Courier. Arizona. UPI. 27 August 1964. p. 1.

[10] "German skier acquitted of negligence". Vancouver Sun. Canada. UPI. 31 August 1964. p. 11.

[gcomsl-11] "German convicted of manslaughter". Eugene-Register Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 1 April 1965. p. 1D.

[gsfngl-12] "German skier found negligent". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. 31 March 1965. p. 2.

[13] Editors (17 January 2017). "Modeunternehmer mit Gespür für Schnee – Willy Bogner wird 75". FashionNetwork.com (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[14] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[:0-15] Steinkirchner, Peter (31 January 2018). "Luxury skiwear maker Bogner heads downhill fast". Handelsblatt Global Edition. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

[16] Editors. "Bogner". fashionmodeldirectory.com. Fashion Mode Directory. Retrieved 15 March 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[17] zeit.de: Willy Bogner erhält Goldene Sportpyramide 31 May 2013, retrieved 6 June 2013.

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 == Film making ==
-In April 1964, Bogner was filming scenes of ''Ski Fascination'' (1966), his first production of a ski fashion movie. He led a group of 14 world-class skiers in the Engadine Val Selin in Switzerland, near [[St. Moritz]], below Trais Fluors, where an [[avalanche]] occurred, burying several members of the group. The bodies of Bogner's girlfriend [[Barbara Henneberger|Barbi Henneberger]] and American [[Buddy Werner]]<ref name="ffpfobw64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=io5GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4222,4632923|title=Fate finally put finger on Buddy Werner|date=13 April 1964|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|agency=Associated Press|location=Maine|page=10}}</ref> were recovered.<ref name="gsntbl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=csMtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_Z4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7050%2C5112290|title=German skier not to blame for 2 deaths|date=29 August 1964|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|agency=Canadian Press|page=2}}</ref><ref name="sicnn">{{cite journal|date=20 April 1964|title=The Man with No Luck|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075859/index.htm|page=15|journal=Sports Illustrated}}</ref><ref name="sskra64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3oE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=CZsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5215%2C2253088|title=Ski star killed racing avalanche|date=13 April 1964|newspaper=Tuscaloosa News|agency=Associated Press|location=Alabama|page=1}}</ref> Bogner, 22, and Henneberger were to be engaged that summer;<ref name="gsntbl" /> he was tried by a Swiss court for homicide by negligence.<ref name="dossh64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-lVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4352,1695427|title=Deaths of skiers said homicide|date=8 June 1964|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=UPI|location=Washington|page=2}}</ref><ref name="gsnid2">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vy9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2945%2C4473922|title=German skier named in death of 2 companions|date=27 August 1964|newspaper=Prescott Evening Courier|agency=UPI|location=Arizona|page=1}}</ref> Initially acquitted,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qJhlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XIoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4906,4107272|title=German skier acquitted of negligence|date=31 August 1964|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|agency=UPI|location=Canada|page=11}}</ref> the prosecution later won a conviction on appeal, of manslaughter by negligence,<ref name="gcomsl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xs0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3421%2C157272|title=German convicted of manslaughter|date=1 April 1965|newspaper=Eugene-Register Guard|agency=Associated Press|location=Oregon|page=1D}}</ref> and Bogner received a two-month suspended sentence.<ref name="gsfngl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P7BYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7379,8349323|title=German skier found negligent|date=31 March 1965|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|location=Washington|page=2}}</ref>
+In April 1964, Bogner was filming scenes of ''Ski Fascination'' (1966), his first production of a ski fashion movie. He led a group of 14 world-class skiers in the Engadine Val Selin in Switzerland, near [[St. Moritz]], below Trais Fluors, where an [[avalanche]] occurred, burying several members of the group. The bodies of Bogner's girlfriend [[Barbara Henneberger|Barbi Henneberger]] and American [[Buddy Werner]]<ref name="ffpfobw64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=io5GAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4222,4632923|title=Fate finally put finger on Buddy Werner|date=13 April 1964|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|agency=Associated Press|location=Maine|page=10}}</ref> were recovered.<ref name="gsntbl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=csMtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_Z4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7050%2C5112290|title=German skier not to blame for 2 deaths|date=29 August 1964|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|agency=Canadian Press|page=2}}</ref><ref name="sicnn">{{cite magazine|date=20 April 1964|title=The Man with No Luck|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075859/index.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717043905/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075859/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2012|page=15|magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref><ref name="sskra64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3oE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=CZsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5215%2C2253088|title=Ski star killed racing avalanche|date=13 April 1964|newspaper=Tuscaloosa News|agency=Associated Press|location=Alabama|page=1}}</ref> Bogner, 22, and Henneberger were to be engaged that summer;<ref name="gsntbl" /> he was tried by a Swiss court for homicide by negligence.<ref name="dossh64">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-lVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4352,1695427|title=Deaths of skiers said homicide|date=8 June 1964|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=UPI|location=Washington|page=2}}</ref><ref name="gsnid2">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vy9PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2945%2C4473922|title=German skier named in death of 2 companions|date=27 August 1964|newspaper=Prescott Evening Courier|agency=UPI|location=Arizona|page=1}}</ref> Initially acquitted,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qJhlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XIoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4906,4107272|title=German skier acquitted of negligence|date=31 August 1964|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|agency=UPI|location=Canada|page=11}}</ref> the prosecution later won a conviction on appeal, of manslaughter by negligence,<ref name="gcomsl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xs0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3421%2C157272|title=German convicted of manslaughter|date=1 April 1965|newspaper=Eugene-Register Guard|agency=Associated Press|location=Oregon|page=1D}}</ref> and Bogner received a two-month suspended sentence.<ref name="gsfngl">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P7BYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7379,8349323|title=German skier found negligent|date=31 March 1965|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|location=Washington|page=2}}</ref>
 He worked as a cameraman in several films requiring complex ski footage. His most notable film work is in the [[James Bond]] films from 1969 through 1985, ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'', ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' and ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' – for which he won the [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi Award]] in 1985<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://de.fashionnetwork.com/news/Modeunternehmer-mit-Gespur-fur-Schnee-Willy-Bogner-wird-75,781475.html#.WrRI6WaZOF0|title=Modeunternehmer mit Gespür für Schnee – Willy Bogner wird 75|last=Editors|date=17 January 2017|work=FashionNetwork.com|access-date=23 March 2018|language=de}}</ref> and the [[Bayerischer Filmpreis|Bavarian Film Award]], Special Prize, in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf|title=Archived copy|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325011005/http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf|archivedate=25 March 2009|url-status=dead|accessdate=29 May 2011}}</ref> Playing James Bond in all but the first of these, [[Roger Moore]] [[product placement|wears]] Bogner ski wear, as do many other characters in skiing scenes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://global.handelsblatt.com/companies/luxury-skiwear-maker-bogner-heads-downhill-fast-881773|title=Luxury skiwear maker Bogner heads downhill fast|last=Steinkirchner|first=Peter|date=31 January 2018|work=Handelsblatt Global Edition|access-date=23 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
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 * 1968: ''Männer, Mädchen und Medaillen'' (''13 jours en France''; cameraman only)
 * 1969: ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|James Bond 007 – On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (cameraman only)
-* 1970: ''Stehaufmädchen'' (also cameraman)
+* 1970: ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Jill in the Box|de|Stehaufmädchen}} / Stehaufmädchen'' (also cameraman)
 * 1972: ''[[Snow Job (film)|Snow Job]]'' (cameraman only)
 * 1972: ''Benjamin / Benjamin − Ein Meister fällt vom Himmel'' (also cameraman)
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 * {{IMDb name|name=Willy Bogner}}
 * {{SR/Olympics profile|name=Willy Bogner}}
-* {{IOC profile|name=Willy Bogner}}
+* {{Olympics.com profile|willy-bogner-1|Willy Bogner}}
 * {{Official website|https://www.bogner.com}}
 * [http://shop-us.bogner.com/Shop Bogner Ski Wear]
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 [[Category:Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]
 [[Category:Olympic alpine skiers for the United Team of Germany]]
-[[Category:Universiade medalists in alpine skiing]]
+[[Category:Winter World University Games medalists in alpine skiing]]
-[[Category:Universiade bronze medalists for West Germany]]
+[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for West Germany]]
 [[Category:Competitors at the 1962 Winter Universiade]]
 [[Category:West German male skiers]]

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