Brigitte Totschnig
{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
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| image = Brigitte Totschnig 1976.jpg
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| caption = Totschnig at the 1976 Olympics
|disciplines = Speed events, giant slalom
| club = SC Filzmoos
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|30 August 1954}}
| birth_place = Filzmoos, Austria
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|height = 1.65 m
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|wcwins = 7
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's alpine skiing}}
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{{MedalCount|total=yes|type=World Cup race podiums
| Giant slalom | 1 | 0 | 0
| Downhill | 7 | 1 | 3
| Combined | 0 | 1 | 0
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{{MedalCount| total=yes|type=International competitions
|Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 0
|World Championships | 0 | 1 | 0
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{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver | 1976 Innsbruck | Downhill}}
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Brigitte Totschnig (later Habersatter, born 30 August 1954) is a retired Austrian alpine skier.{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?competitorid=62057§orcode=AL|title=Brigitte Totschnig profile|website=fis-ski.com|access-date=9 October 2022}}
Career
She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in the downhill in 1976. Totschnig finished seventh in the downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978. Between 1975 and 1977 she had seven victories and 13 podiums at the World Cup, 11 of them in downhill; her best overall placement was fourth in the 1976–77 season. She retired after the 1977–1978 season, in which she won national titles in the downhill and combined. In 1978 she built the Aparthotel Olympia in Filzmoos and ran it since then. Totschnig was named Austrian Sportswoman of the Year in 1976 and in 1996 was awarded a silver medal for services to Austria. Her father-in-law, Walter Habersatter, competed for Austria in ski jumping.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/brigitte-totschnig-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074002/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/brigitte-totschnig-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Brigitte Totschnig}}
References
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External links
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- {{Ski-DB}}
{{Footer Downhill World Cup Winners Women}}
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Category:Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Category:Alpine skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Category:Austrian female alpine skiers
Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Austria
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Category:Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Category:FIS Alpine Ski World Cup champions