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{{short description|German alpine ski racer and winner of twelve world championship titles between (1934-1939)}} |
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| caption = Cranz at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936 Olympics]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|7|1|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |
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| death_place = [[Oberstaufen-Steibis]], [[Germany]] |
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{{MedalGold| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934|1934 St. Moritz]] |Slalom}} |
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'''Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers''' (1 July 1914 – 28 September 2004) was a |
'''Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers''' (1 July 1914 – 28 September 2004) was a German [[alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]].<ref name=nytobt>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/sports/othersports/christl-cranzborchers-olympic-skier-dies-at-90.html?_r=0 |work=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Christl Cranz-Borchers, Olympic skier, dies at 90 |page=October 1, 2004 |accessdate=March 10, 2017}}</ref> Cranz dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|world championship]] titles between [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1934|1934]] and [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939|1939]]. At the [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936 Winter Olympics]] in [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], she won the [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]] competition ([[Slalom skiing|slalom]] and [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]]).<ref name=r1/> |
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==Biography== |
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Born in [[Brussels]], Cranz was the older sister of [[Rudolf Cranz]]. After the break-out of [[World War I]], Cranz and her family fled from Belgium to Traifelberg near [[Reutlingen]], where Cranz learned to ski. Afterwards the family moved to [[Grindelwald]] and [[Freiburg]].<ref name=r1/> |
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Alongside her apprenticeship as trainer and philologist she started a successful |
Alongside her apprenticeship as trainer and philologist she started a successful ski racing career. In 1934, she won all titles at the German Championship. At the world championship in [[Piz Nair|St. Moritz]] she won the slalom and the combined competition and was second in downhill (after Swiss [[Anny Rüegg]]). She won all titles at the world championships in [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1937|1937]] (Chamonix) and 1939 (Zakopane). To this day, Cranz remains the most successful competitor at the World Championships, with twelve gold and three silver medals.<ref name=r1/> In the 1930s, the championships were held annually. |
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics, Cranz won the newly established alpine combined competition in a spectacular race. After a crash in the downhill competition Cranz was 19 seconds behind [[Laila Schou Nilsen]] ([[Norway]]), but after two outstanding slalom races she won the combined ahead of Käthe Grasegger (Germany) and Schou Nilsen.<ref name=r1/> |
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At the 1941 |
At the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1941|1941 World Championships]] in [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], Cranz won two additional titles and then retired. Taking place during [[World War II]] with only Germany-friendly athletes, the championship was not acknowledged by the [[International Ski Federation]].<ref name=r1/> After her active career, Cranz publicly donated her skis and equipment, meticulously exploited by the NS-propaganda, for the "Winterhilfswerk" to support the Nazi-German troops and aggression against the Soviet Union.<ref>ZDF-Dokumentation "Operation Barbarossa", 2nd of four instalments, https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/zeit-geschichte/13606695/zeit-geschichte-Unternehmen-Barbarossa-Der-verlorene-Krieg-3-4/14095344/ (13 June 2021)</ref> |
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In 1943 Cranz married [[Adolf Borchers]]. After the end of the war she was arrested because of her collaboration with the Nazis and was forced to do farmwork for eleven months. Cranz fled into the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|American Occupation Zone]] in 1947. Later she founded a skiing school with her husband, which she led until 1987. Cranz was |
In 1943, Cranz married [[Adolf Borchers]]. After the end of the war she was arrested because of her collaboration with the Nazis and was forced to do farmwork for eleven months. Cranz fled into the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany|American Occupation Zone]] in 1947. Later she founded a skiing school with her husband, which she led until 1987. Cranz was inducted into the Hall of Fame of International Women's Sports in New York.<ref name=r1/> |
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Cranz died at the age of ninety, in Oberstaufen-Steibis, Germany, in 2004. |
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<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/christl-cranz-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192414/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/christl-cranz-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Christl Cranz}}</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Commons category|Christl Cranz}} |
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*{{FIS alpine skier|11556}} |
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*{{Ski-DB|christl_cranz_ger_wcrzch}} |
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*{{SR/Olympics profile|cr/christl-cranz-1}} |
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*{{Olympics.com profile|christel-cranz|Christel Cranz}} |
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*[https://www.olympic.org/news/christl-cranz-alpine-skiing-s-first-olympic-gold-medallist Christl Cranz, Alpine skiing’s first Olympic gold medallist] at Olympic.org |
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*[http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv12n3/johv12n3u.pdf Obituary] |
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*{{Find a Grave|9535189}} |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Alpine skier |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1 July 1914 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 28 September 2004 |
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Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers (1 July 1914 – 28 September 2004) was a German alpine ski racer.[1] Cranz dominated international competition in the 1930s, winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, she won the combined competition (slalom and downhill).[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Brussels, Cranz was the older sister of Rudolf Cranz. After the break-out of World War I, Cranz and her family fled from Belgium to Traifelberg near Reutlingen, where Cranz learned to ski. Afterwards the family moved to Grindelwald and Freiburg.[2]
Alongside her apprenticeship as trainer and philologist she started a successful ski racing career. In 1934, she won all titles at the German Championship. At the world championship in St. Moritz she won the slalom and the combined competition and was second in downhill (after Swiss Anny Rüegg). She won all titles at the world championships in 1937 (Chamonix) and 1939 (Zakopane). To this day, Cranz remains the most successful competitor at the World Championships, with twelve gold and three silver medals.[2] In the 1930s, the championships were held annually.
At the 1936 Winter Olympics, Cranz won the newly established alpine combined competition in a spectacular race. After a crash in the downhill competition Cranz was 19 seconds behind Laila Schou Nilsen (Norway), but after two outstanding slalom races she won the combined ahead of Käthe Grasegger (Germany) and Schou Nilsen.[2]
At the 1941 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Cranz won two additional titles and then retired. Taking place during World War II with only Germany-friendly athletes, the championship was not acknowledged by the International Ski Federation.[2] After her active career, Cranz publicly donated her skis and equipment, meticulously exploited by the NS-propaganda, for the "Winterhilfswerk" to support the Nazi-German troops and aggression against the Soviet Union.[3]
In 1943, Cranz married Adolf Borchers. After the end of the war she was arrested because of her collaboration with the Nazis and was forced to do farmwork for eleven months. Cranz fled into the American Occupation Zone in 1947. Later she founded a skiing school with her husband, which she led until 1987. Cranz was inducted into the Hall of Fame of International Women's Sports in New York.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Christl Cranz-Borchers, Olympic skier, dies at 90". New York Times. Associated Press. p. October 1, 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christl Cranz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ ZDF-Dokumentation "Operation Barbarossa", 2nd of four instalments, https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/zeit-geschichte/13606695/zeit-geschichte-Unternehmen-Barbarossa-Der-verlorene-Krieg-3-4/14095344/ (13 June 2021)
External links
[edit]- Christl Cranz at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Christl Cranz at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Christl Cranz at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Christel Cranz at Olympics.com
- Christl Cranz, Alpine skiing’s first Olympic gold medallist at Olympic.org
- Christl Cranz in the German National Library catalogue
- Obituary
- Christl Cranz at Find a Grave
- 1914 births
- 2004 deaths
- 20th-century German sportswomen
- German female alpine skiers
- Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Olympic alpine skiers for Germany
- Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- German expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Sportspeople from Brussels
- Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
- Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics