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Trude Beiser

Austrian alpine skier

Trude Beiser

Personal information
Born	(1927-09-02) 2 September 1927 (age 96) Lech am Arlberg, Vorarlberg, Austria
Occupation	Alpine skier
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined
Olympics
Teams	2 – (1948, 1952)
Medals	3 (2 gold)
World Championships
Teams	3 – (1948, 1950, 1952) includes two Olympics
Medals	5 (3 gold)
Medal record Women's alpine skiing Representing  Austria Olympic Games 1948 St. Moritz Combined 1952 Oslo Downhill 1948 St. Moritz Downhill World Championships 1950 Aspen Downhill 1950 Aspen Giant slalom

Trude Beiser (after her marriage Trude Jochum-Beiser; born 2 September 1927) is a former alpine ski racer from Austria. Born in Lech am ArlberginVorarlberg, she won two Olympic gold medals and a world championship. Beiser was the first female Austrian skier to win two Olympic gold medals at two Olympic Winter Games.

Competitive Career[edit]

Beiser's racing career consisted of five total competitions, two in the 1950 FIS World Ski Championships and three in the Winter Olympics of 1948 and 1952 (which also counted as FIS^[1] competitions, thus, her scoreboard holds eight total competitions).^[2] In the 1948 Winter Olympics, Beiser won the gold medal for the combined and the silver medal for the downhill competitions. She then won two medals at the 1950 World ChampionshipsinAspen, Colorado: a gold in downhill and a silver in the giant slalom.^[3]In1952, she won the gold metal in downhill racing, securing the rank of champion for a second time.

Biography[edit]

Beiser married Alfred Jochum after the 1948 Olympics. Four months earlier (in regard to the World Championships), she had given birth to her first child.^[4] Once she competed in the 1952 Olympics, her country named her the Austrian sportswoman of the year.^[5] After her racing career, Beiser worked as skiing trainer and opened a café (named "Café Olympia") in her home town.

Honors and Accomplishments[edit]

In 1996, The Republic of Austria awarded Beiser with a Medal of Merit in Gold. 4 years later, she became an Honorary Freewoman of the community of Lech and an Honorary Member of the Arlberg Ski Club. ^[6]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Trude Beiser at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Trude Beiser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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