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{{Short description|German fashion designer, film maker and former alpine ski racer}}
{{For|information on his father|Willy Bogner Sr.}}
{{For|information on his father|Willy Bogner Sr.}}
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| caption = Bogner in 2014
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| birth_name = Willy Herman Björn Bogner
| birth_name = Wilhelm Herman Björn Bogner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|01|23}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|01|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Munich, Germany]]
| birth_place = [[Munich]], Germany
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| label_name = Bogner
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| awards = Goldene Seidenschleife <br> [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi Award]]
| awards = Goldene Seidenschleife<br />[[Bambi (prize)|Bambi Award]]
| occupation = [[Fashion designer]], [[alpine skier]]
| occupation = [[Fashion designer]], [[alpine skier]]
| spouse = Sônia Ribeiro (1972–2017)
| spouse = {{married|Sônia Ribeiro|1972|2017|end=died}}
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| parents = [[Willy Bogner Sr.]], [[Maria Bogner]]
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'''Wilhelm Hermann Björn Bogner Jr.''' (born 23 January 1942) is a German fashion designer, film maker and former [[Alpine skiing|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 Bogner|Maria]], who is credited with the introduction of stretch pants to the ski fashion world.
'''Wilhelm Hermann Björn Bogner Jr.''' (born 23 January 1942) is a German [[fashion designer]], [[film maker]] and former [[Alpine skiing|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 Bogner|Maria]], who is credited with the introduction of stretch pants to the ski fashion world.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Bogner was born in [[Munich]], to [[Willy Bogner Sr.|Wilhelm (Willy Sr.)]] and [[Maria Bogner]] in 1942.
Bogner was born in [[Munich]], to [[Willy Bogner Sr.|Wilhelm (Willy Sr.)]] and [[Maria Bogner]] in 1942.


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Bogner married the Brazilian model, Sônia Ribeiro, a sister of [[Florinda Bolkan]] in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/sonia-bogner-designer-and-key-executive-at-bogner-dies-at-10880941/|title=Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66|last=Feitelberg|first=Rosemary|date=3 May 2017|work=WWD|access-date=18 March 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="sz">{{cite news
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On 12 April 1964, Bogner led a group of 14 world-class skiers in the Engadine Val Selin in [[Switzerland]], near [[St. Moritz]], below Trais Fluors. They were filming scenes of a ski fashion movie ''Ski Fascination'' (1966). for which he was the producer. An [[avalanche]] was triggered, where the air pressure caused the departure of a second avalanche on the opposite slope. Several members of the group were buried. Bogner's girlfriend [[Barbara Henneberger|Barbi Henneberger]] and American [[Buddy Werner]] were recovered but had not survived. Both had raced ahead of the first avalanche, but were caught by the second.<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=August 29, 1964|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|agency=Canadian Press|page=2}}</ref> Found hours later, their deaths were attributed to suffocation,<ref name="sicnn">{{cite journal|date=April 20, 1964|title=The Man with No Luck|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1075859/index.htm|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=April 13, 1964|newspaper=Tuscaloosa News|agency=Associated Press|location=Alabama|page=1}}</ref><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=April 13, 1964|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|agency=Associated Press|location=Maine|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BFtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2515,3165850|title=Plaques honor slide victims|date=December 12, 1964|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|location=Washington|page=9}}</ref> and were the only two fatalities in the group.<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=August 27, 1964|newspaper=Prescott Evening Courier|agency=UPI|location=Arizona|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=June 8, 1964|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=UPI|location=Washington|page=2}}</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=August 31, 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=April 1, 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=March 31, 1965|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|agency=Associated Press|location=Washington|page=2}}</ref>

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Bogner married the Brazilian model, Sônia Ribeiro, a sister of [[Florinda Bolkan]] in 1972.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/eye/people/sonia-bogner-designer-and-key-executive-at-bogner-dies-at-10880941/|title=Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66|last=Feitelberg|first=Rosemary|date=2017-05-03|work=WWD|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="sz">{{cite news
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| language = German
| language = German
| publisher = Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH
| publisher = Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH
| date = May 11, 2010
| date = 11 May 2010
| url = http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/ermittlungs-ergebnis-bogner-sohn-beging-selbstmord-1.669173
| url = http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/ermittlungs-ergebnis-bogner-sohn-beging-selbstmord-1.669173
| access-date = 2018-03-17}}</ref> The couple adopted two Brasilian children, Florinda and Bernhard.<ref name="sz"/> His wife died on May 3, 2017 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news
| access-date = 17 March 2018}}</ref> The couple adopted two Brazilian children, Florinda and Bernhard.<ref name="sz"/> His wife died on 3 May 2017 at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news
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| language = German
| publisher = t-online.de
| publisher = t-online.de
| date = May 3, 2017
| date = 3 May 2017
| url = http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_81066548/willy-bogner-trauert-um-seine-ehefrau-sonia.html
| url = http://www.t-online.de/unterhaltung/stars/id_81066548/willy-bogner-trauert-um-seine-ehefrau-sonia.html
| access-date = 2017-03-17}}</ref>
| access-date = 17 March 2017}}</ref>


== Skiing ==
== Skiing ==
Bogner competed for the [[United Team of Germany]] shortly after turning 18 at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Winter Olympics]] in [[Squaw Valley Ski Resort|Squaw Valley]]. He led the competition in the men's [[Slalom skiing|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 [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] event.
Bogner competed for the [[United Team of Germany]] shortly after turning 18 at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Winter Olympics]] in [[Squaw Valley Ski Resort|Squaw Valley]]. He led the competition in the men's [[Slalom skiing|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 [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] event.


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


Bogner was a familiar face in the international [[ski]] scene until [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]], when he decided to concentrate his efforts on film-making.
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== Film making ==
Willy Bogner Jr. was a familiar face in the international [[ski]] scene until [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]], when he decided to concentrate his efforts on film-making. He returned in 1971 to launch his first ski collection, ''Formula W''. An American outlet in [[Newport (city), Vermont|Newport, Vermont]] was created in 1973 while a [[tennis]] fashion line debuted the following year. A [[golf]] fashion line was created in 1976. When his father died in 1977, Bogner returned to [[Munich]] from America to assume control of the company. In 1983, a [[sunglasses]] line was created.


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== Film making ==
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He has worked as a cameraman in several films requiring complex ski footage. His most notable work in this field can be seen in [[James Bond]] films from the 1960s through to the 1980s, specifically ''[[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 prestigious [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi Award]] in 1985 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=2009-03-25|deadurl=yes|accessdate=2011-05-29|df=}}</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.
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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>


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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>
Bogner continues to be active within both the fashion and film aspects of his career. In 1998 he produced and presented his own weekly TV series, ''Willy Bogner's Snow Show'', and since then he has also produced several specialist [[ski film]]s, the most impressive of which are his [[IMAX]] movies. Meanwhile, the Bogner brand continues to roll out seasonal collections and even boasts its own cosmetics range for men and women (debuted in 1985 and expanded fourteen years later.).


== Fashion industry ==
== Fashion industry ==
Bogner launched his first sports apparel collection, ''Formula W'' in 1971. He established an American manufacturing plant in [[Newport (city), Vermont|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.<ref name=":0" /> In 1983, the company introduced a line of [[sunglasses]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/brands/bogner/|title=Bogner|last=Editors|website=fashionmodeldirectory.com|publisher=Fashion Mode Directory|access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />
Among the German athletes wearing the Bogner line at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] were [[Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle|Evi Sachenbacher]] ([[cross-country skiing]]), [[Martina Glagow]] ([[biathlon]]), [[Georg Hettich]] ([[nordic combined]]), [[Georg Hackl]] ([[luge]]), [[Anni Friesinger-Postma|Anni Friesinger]] ([[speed skating]]), [[Viola Bauer]] (cross-country skiing), and [[Tobias Angerer]] (cross-country skiing).


== Honors and legacy ==
== Honors and legacy ==
Bogner received the ''Bundesverdienstkreuz'' ([[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]) medal on May 30, 1996. In 1999 he was awarded the ''Goldene Seidenschleife'' ("Golden Ribbon of Silk") to recognise excellence in enterprise. Other honors include:
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)
* [[Bambi Award]] (1985)
* [[Bavarian Film Awards]] (1987)
* [[Bavarian Film Awards]] (1987)
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* [[Woodrow Wilson Award]] (2008)
* [[Woodrow Wilson Award]] (2008)
* [[Bavarian Order of Merit]] (2008)
* [[Bavarian Order of Merit]] (2008)
* Portrait in [[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]] (2013)<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/news/2013-05/31/sport-allgemein-willy-bogner-erhaelt-goldene-sportpyramide-31225808 zeit.de: ''Willy Bogner erhält Goldene Sportpyramide''] vom 31.&nbsp;Mai 2013, abgerufen am 6.&nbsp;Juni 2013</ref>
* Portrait in [[Germany's Sports Hall of Fame]] (2013)<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/news/2013-05/31/sport-allgemein-willy-bogner-erhaelt-goldene-sportpyramide-31225808 zeit.de: ''Willy Bogner erhält Goldene Sportpyramide''] 31&nbsp;May 2013, retrieved 6&nbsp;June 2013.</ref>


== Filmography as producer, director or cameraman==
== Filmography as producer, director or cameraman==
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* 1968: ''Männer, Mädchen und Medaillen'' (''13 jours en France''; cameraman only)
* 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)
* 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: ''Bankraub am Monte Rosa'' (cameraman only)
* 1972: ''[[Snow Job (film)|Snow Job]]'' (cameraman only)
* 1972: ''Benjamin / Benjamin − Ein Meister fällt vom Himmel'' (also cameraman)
* 1972: ''Benjamin / Benjamin − Ein Meister fällt vom Himmel'' (also cameraman)
* 1977: ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|James Bond 007 – The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (cameraman only)
* 1977: ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|James Bond 007 – The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (cameraman only)
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{FIS alpine skier|5827|Willi Bogner}}. Alpine skiing profile
* {{FIS alpine skier|name=Willi Bogner}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0091854|name=Willy Bogner Jr.}}
* {{IMDb name|name=Willy Bogner}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|name=Willy Bogner}}
* {{cite Sports-Reference}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|willy-bogner-1|Willy Bogner}}
* {{Official website|http://www.bogner.com}} – {{en icon}} & {{de icon}}
* {{Official website|https://www.bogner.com}}
* [http://shop-us.bogner.com/Shop Bogner Ski Wear]
* [http://shop-us.bogner.com/Shop Bogner Ski Wear]
* {{Fashiondesigner|willy-bogner|Willy Bogner}}
* {{FMD designer|name=Willy Bogner}}


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Latest revision as of 01:52, 8 September 2024

For information on his father, see Willy Bogner Sr.

Willy Bogner Jr.
Bogner in 2014
Born
Wilhelm Herman Björn Bogner

(1942-01-23) 23 January 1942 (age 82)
Munich, Germany
Occupation(s)Fashion designer, alpine skier
LabelBogner
Spouse
Sônia Ribeiro
​
​
(m. 1972; died 2017)​
Parent(s)Willy Bogner Sr., Maria Bogner
AwardsGoldene Seidenschleife
Bambi Award

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

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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

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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

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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:

Filmography as producer, director or cameraman

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References

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  1. ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary (3 May 2017). "Sônia Bogner, Designer and Key Executive at Bogner, Dies at 66". WWD. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ 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)
  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)
  4. ^ "Fate finally put finger on Buddy Werner". Lewiston Evening Journal. Maine. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 10.
  5. ^ a b "German skier not to blame for 2 deaths". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. 29 August 1964. p. 2.
  6. ^ "The Man with No Luck". Sports Illustrated. 20 April 1964. p. 15. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Ski star killed racing avalanche". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. 13 April 1964. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Deaths of skiers said homicide". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. UPI. 8 June 1964. p. 2.
  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.
  11. ^ "German convicted of manslaughter". Eugene-Register Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. 1 April 1965. p. 1D.
  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)
  15. ^ a b c 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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