Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport.
11 Facts About Toni Sailer
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Toni Sailer nearly duplicated the feat at the 1958 World Championships with two golds and a silver.
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Toni Sailer won world titles both years in the combined, then a "paper" race, but awarded with medals by the International Ski Federation.
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Toni Sailer returned to championship form in 1955 at age 19 and the following year became the first to win all three alpine skiing events at the Olympics, taking gold in the downhill, slalom, and giant slalom by 3.5,4.2 and 6.2 seconds, respectively.
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Toni Sailer was the fifth athlete to win three gold medals in the same Olympic games, and became the most successful athlete at the 1956 Winter Olympics.
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Two years after the 1956 Olympics, Toni Sailer won three gold medals and one silver at the 1958 World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria.
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Toni Sailer repeated as champion in the combined for a seventh world title in two years.
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Toni Sailer sang professionally for a time, making 18 record albums.
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Toni Sailer was named Austrian Sportspersonality of the year in 1956,1957, and 1958, and "Austrian Sportspersonality of the Century" in 1999.
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Toni Sailer married Gaby Rummeny in 1976 in Vancouver; she died of cancer in 2000.
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Toni Sailer died of cancer in Innsbruck, aged 73, in 2009, and was buried in Kitzbuhel.