{{Short description|Austrian alpine skier (1948–1976)}} {{Infobox alpine ski racer | name = Gertrud Gabl | image = Gertrude Gabl 1968.jpg | image_size = 222 | caption = Gertrud Gabl c. 1968 | disciplines = Downhill, giant slalom, slalom | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|8|26|df=y}} | birth_place = St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|01|18|1948|08|26|df=y}} | death_place = St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria | height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | wcdebut = January 1967 (age 18)<br />''inaugural season'' | retired = March 1972 (age 23) | wcseasons = 6 – (1967-1972) | wcwins = 7 – (2 GS, 5 SL) | wcpodiums = 17 – (7 GS, 10 SL) | wcoveralls = 1 – (1969) | wctitles = 1 – (1 SL) }} '''Gertrud Gabl''' (26 August 1948 – 18 January 1976) was an alpine skier from Austria. She competed in several events at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best result of 9th place in the giant slalom in 1968.<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gertrud-gabl-1.html Gertrud Gabl] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722105455/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gertrud-gabl-1.html |date=July 22, 2015 }}. sports-reference.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019124003/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=18846&sector=AL Gertrude Gabl]. fis-ski.com</ref>

Her best season was 1968/69, when she won the Alpine Skiing World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/skiidrett/verdenscupvinnere_alpint |title=skiidrett – verdenscupvinnere i alpint – Store norske leksikon |publisher=Snl.no |date= |accessdate=2014-05-18}}</ref> Her uncle Franz Gabl was also an Olympic alpine skier.<ref name=sr/>

In the 1968 Winter Olympics she was 9th in the giant slalom and 12th in the downhill; she didn't finish the slalom. In the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1970 she was 4th in the slalom and 5th in the giant slalom.

In the World Cup she scored her first world cup points on 19 January 1967, when she finished fifth in the slalom at Schruns. Later she went on to win five slaloms and two giant slaloms.

Her father Josef was also an excellent ski racer.

She won the Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1969, the same year as Karl Schranz did it for the men. Both of them came from the same village, St. Anton am Arlberg, and that is the only time that the women's and men's overall champions hailed from the same village.

==Death== On 18 January 1976 Gabl was skiing with two friends on the northern slope of Mount Gampberg at the ski resort of St. Anton am Arlberg in Austria, when an avalanche buried the three, and she was killed. Her two companions were rescued alive. <ref>"Gertrud Gabl Succumbs After Avalanche Hits", ''Bridgeport (CT) Telegram'', January 19, 1976, p. 8</ref>

==World Cup results== ===Season titles=== *2 titles – (1 overall, 1 slalom) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="15%" |- style="background-color:#369; color:white;" |rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="10%"|'''Season''' |- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" | width="10%"|Discipline |- ! rowspan=2 |'''1969''' | '''Overall''' |- | Slalom |}

===Season standings=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;" |- style="background:#369; color:white;" | rowspan="2" style="width:6%;"|'''Season''' |- style="background:#4180be; color:white;" | style="width:3%;"|Age | style="width:5%;"|'''Overall''' | style="width:5%;"|Slalom | style="width:5%;"|Giant<br>Slalom | style="width:5%;"|{{nowrap|Super G}} | style="width:5%;"|Downhill | style="width:5%;"|Combined |- | 1967 || ''18'' || 18 || 11 || 19 || rowspan=6 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || — || rowspan=6 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> |- | 1968 || ''19'' || 7 || style="background:silver;"| {{silver02}} || 4 || — |- | 1969 || ''20'' || style="background:gold;"| {{gold01}} || style="background:gold;"| {{gold01}} || style="background:#c96;"| {{bronze03}} || 19 |- | 1970 || ''21'' || 16 || 15 || 13 || — |- | 1971 ||''22'' || 9|| 8 || 4 || — |- | 1972 ||''23'' || 19 || 12 || 19 || — |}

===Race victories=== *7 wins – (5 SL, 2 GS) *17 podiums – (10 SL, 7 GS) {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;" |- style="background:#369; color:white;" | rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|'''Season''' |- style="background:#4180be; color:white;" | Date | Location | Discipline |- | rowspan=3|'''1968''' <br /> '''3''' victories <br /> (2 SL, 1 GS) || align=right|11 January 1968||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} Grindelwald, Switzerland || Slalom |- | align=right|5 April 1968||rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} Heavenly Valley, USA|| Giant slalom |- | align=right|6 April 1968 || Slalom |- | rowspan=4|'''1969''' <br /> '''4''' victories <br /> (3 SL, 1 GS) || align=right|4 January 1969||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} Oberstaufen, West Germany|| Slalom |- | align=right|7 January 1969||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} Grindelwald, Switzerland|| Slalom |- | align=right|16 February 1969||rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|TCH}} Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia|| Slalom |- | align=right|17 February 1969|| Giant slalom |}

==World Championship results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="35%" |- style="background-color:#369; color:white;" |rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year''' |- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" | width="2%"|Age | width="5%"|Slalom | width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom | width="5%"|Super G | width="5%"|Downhill | width="5%"|Combined |- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;" |- | 1968<!-- Grenoble, France]] {{flagicon|FRA}}--> || ''19'' || DNF || 9 || rowspan=2 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || 12 || — |- | 1970<!-- Val Gardena]] {{flagicon|ITA}}--> || ''21'' || 4 || 5 || — || — |}

==Olympic results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" width="35%" |- style="background-color:#369; color:white;" |rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year''' |- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;" | width="2%"|Age | width="5%"|Slalom | width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom | width="5%"|Super G | width="5%"|Downhill | width="5%"|Combined |- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;" |- | 1968<!-- Grenoble, France]] {{flagicon|FRA}}--> || ''19'' || DNF || 9 || rowspan=2 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || 12 || — |- | 1972<!-- Sapporo, Japan]] {{flagicon|JPN}}--> || ''23'' || DNF || DNF || — || — |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{FIS alpine skier | 18846 }}

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