Rosi Mittermaier

Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (; Mittermaier; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier. She was the overall World Cup champion in 1976 and a double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Mittermaier competed in alpine skiing from 1967 to 1976, retiring after a highly successful season in which she finished with two Olympic gold medals and ranked first in the World Cup. She remained popular, advertising for sports and as a non-fiction writer. She was known as Gold-Rosi, and she was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in April 2006 when it was initiated.

Life and career Mittermaier was born in Munich and grew up in Reit im Winkl on the . A certified skiing instructor, he also owned a skiing school from 1966, and was the first to train his daughters.

Racing career Mittermaier made her World Cup debut in the inaugural season of 1967, and won her first World Cup race two seasons later.

She won two gold medals (downhill and slalom) and one silver (giant slalom) at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Her victory in the Olympic downhill was the only downhill win in her international career.

In addition to the overall World Cup title, she also won the season title in slalom and combined in 1976. After winning both races at Copper Mountain in Colorado to wrap up the overall and slalom titles, the four-year-old resort immediately named the race course run after her. In addition to her success in international competition, she also won 16 German national titles during her career.

After racing After her career in sports, Mittermaier joined Mark McCormack's International Management Group as the only German alongside Jean-Claude Killy, Jackie Stewart, and Björn Borg. During her three-year contract, she designed a collection of winter sports clothing and made international appearances for various skiing products. She wrote non-fiction books, often together with her husband. Rosi and Evi also recorded two albums of Bavarian folk songs together. They are the parents of Felix Neureuther (b. 1984), a World Cup ski racer for Germany, and daughter Ameli who works as a fashion designer.

Mittermaier died of cancer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 4 January 2023, at the age of 72 years. She is survived by her husband Christian, her two children, and (as of 2026) five grandchildren.

Her mortal remains were cremated and the urn was buried at the cemetery in Garmisch. Next to her gravestone - a rock, which bears the inscription "Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther" and resembles a mountain - is a similar one without inscription, reserved for her husband.

Awards 1976 German Sportswoman of the Year 1999 Olympic Order

Season Age Overall Slalom Giantslalom Super G Downhill Combined 1967 16 27 19 — notrun — notawarded 1968 17 12 11 8 — 1969 18 7 4 11 5 1970 19 11 8 10 12 1971 20 14 13 9 15 1972 21 6 4 7 10 1973 22 4 2 8 9 1974 23 7 2 13 11 1975 24 3 7 7 6 1976 25 1 1 3 9 1

Points were only awarded for top ten finishes (see scoring system).

Season titles Season Discipline 1976 Overall Slalom Combined

Race victories 10 wins – (1 GS, 8 SL, 1 K) 41 podiums – (4 DH, 11 GS, 22 SL, 4 K)

Season Date Location Discipline 1969 16 January 1969 Schruns, Austria Slalom 1970 14 March 1970 Voss, Norway Slalom 1973 2 February 1973 Schruns, Austria Slalom 1974 27 February 1974 Abetone, Italy Slalom 8 March 1974 Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia Slalom 1975 13 December 1974 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Slalom 1976 17 December 1975 Combined 22 January 1976 Bad Gastein, Austria Slalom 5 March 1976 Copper Mountain, United States Giant slalom 6 March 1976 Slalom

World championship results Source:

Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 1968 17 DNF2 20 not run 25 not run 1972 21 17 12 6 1976 25 1 2 1

Publications Many of her books were written with her husband Christian Neureuther: