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Last night the surprise announcement of the 2000 World Cup winner. "Schroecksnadel did a great job, I want to think about the future of young people".
Monday 19 April 2021 4 minutes reading time
It will be a confrontation between former downhill skiers, among the best in history for Austrian and world skiing. In June, historic federal elections for the presidency of the OESV will be staged, as after 31 years Peter Schroecksnadel will leave the helm of the reference association in the white circus.
If Michael Walchhofer had been a candidate for some time and seems to be the natural favorite, as a sign of continuity, to lead the Austrian federation after having been vice president, now the 45-year-old Salzburg manager will have to contend with ... Renate Goetschl. On Sunday evening, the 2000 World Cup winner made a surprise announcement that she would try to become the first female president. "I decided to apply after thinking for a long time, talking about it with my family and wanting this new challenge - the words of Goetschl, vice president of federation in his Styria for three years - My will is to work with children and young people in general, I would like to pay more attention.
Our athletes must grow up with a strong personality, a fundamental requirement for maximum performance at a high level. I will not be an opposite candidate to Michael Walchhofer or others, I simply expect healthy democratic competition ”. Renate underlined the work of Schroecksnadel, with the OESV always with high-level top teams, but also thinks about “equal opportunities for athletes, also in terms of budget and prize money”.
Both born in 1975, Goetschl and Walchhofer have really won everything in their careers: the Styrian, "queen of Cortina" with her 10 victories over the Olympia delle Tofane, in addition to the absolute crystal ball at the end of the 1999/2000 season, has palmares eight specialty cups, 46 victories in CdM, 3 world titles and 2 Olympic medals, even without having crowned the dream of the five-circle title, which also vanished for his rival in the race for the OESV presidency.
Walchhofer, in fact, was silver in the 2006 Olympic downhill in Turin (behind an incredible Antoine Deneriaz), after having graduated world champion in Sankt Moritz 2003 and, overall, having won 19 cup races with 3 crystal balls in his discipline. favorite.
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