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{{Short description|Austrian alpine skier (1928–2022)}}
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{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name           = Dagmar Rom
| image          = Dagmar Rom 1950b.jpg
| image_size     = 225px
| caption        = Rom at the 1950 World Championships
| disciplines    = [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]], [[giant slalom]],<br>[[Slalom skiing|slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]]
| nickname       =
| club           = TS Innsbruck
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| birth_date     = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|06|16}}
| birth_place    = [[Innsbruck]], [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], [[First Austrian Republic|Austria]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|10|13|1928|06|16}}
| death_place    = Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
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| olympicteams   = 1 – ([[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]])
| olympicmedals  = 1
| olympicgolds   = 0
| worldsteams    = 2 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950|1950]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]])<br>''includes Olympics''
| worldsmedals   = 3
| worldsgolds    = 2
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| show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[alpine skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUT}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|1952 Oslo]]|[[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics|Giant Slalom]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950|1950 Aspen]]|[[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950|1950 Aspen]]|[[Giant Slalom]]}}
}}

'''Dagmar Rom''' (16 June 1928 – 13 October 2022) was an [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from Austria. At age 21 she won two gold medals at the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1950|1950 World Championships]] in [[Aspen, Colorado]], in the [[Slalom skiing|slalom]] and [[giant slalom]] events.<ref name="toyoaco">{{Cite news |last=Claasen |first=Harold |date=14 February 1950 |title=21-year-old Austrian co-ed wins giant slalom race at Aspen |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lJ8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6724%2C5522421 |work=Spokesman-Review |page=12 |agency=Associated Press|via=Google News}}</ref><ref name="adisws">{{Cite news |date=14 February 1950 |title=Austrians dominate in (giant) slalom of women's world ski meet |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=34wjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g5kFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2056%2C2619464 |work=Montreal Gazette |page=16 |agency=Associated Press|via=Google News}}</ref><ref name="bscws">{{Cite news |date=16 February 1950 |title=Blond ski co-ed wins in slalom |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1lopAAAAIBAJ&sjid=muUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6764%2C360871 |work=Spokesman-Review |page=17 |agency=Associated Press|via=Google News}}</ref> Two years later she won a silver medal in the giant slalom at the 1952 Olympics.<ref name=db-ol1952>[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP "1952 Winter Olympics – Oslo, Norway – Alpine Skiing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816013340/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=32&sp=ALP |date=16 August 2011 }} (Retrieved on 27 February 2008)</ref>

From 1950 to 1951, Rom did not take part in international races. With [[Egon Schöpf]], her partner in life, she established a business with sporting goods in [[Seefeld in Tirol|Seefeld]]. Because of her popularity she got a leading role in the film "Nacht am Mont Blanc" (Night on the Mont Blanc) shot by [[Harald Reinl]]. Because of winning two titles in the Championships of Austrian Skiing Association in the early days of the year 1952 she was qualified for the Olympic Games in Oslo. Directly after the Games she married Mr. Günter Peis, a journalist, and having a child in the same year. She didn't take part in races in the following years. She made a comeback in the winter 1954/55 and would finish 6th in the Slalom of [[Kitzbühel]]. But becoming a mother once more in 1955, she ended her sports career. In the 1960s she starred in the Austrian television series ''[[Mario (Austrian TV series)|Mario]]'', together with her son.<ref name=sr/>

Rom died in Innsbruck on 13 October 2022, at the age of 94.<ref>[https://www.tt.com/artikel/30834981/ex-riesentorlauf-weltmeisterin-rom-im-alter-von-94-jahren-verstorben Ex-Riesentorlauf-Weltmeisterin Rom im Alter von 94 Jahren verstorben]</ref>

==References==
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<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/dagmar-rom-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417161809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/dagmar-rom-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Dagmar Rom}}</ref>
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Dagmar Rom}}
* {{FIS alpine skier|51798}}
* {{Ski-DB|dagmar_rom_aut_wromd}}
* {{IMDb name|0738559}}
*{{Sports links}}

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[[Category:1928 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Austrian female alpine skiers]]
[[Category:Olympic alpine skiers for Austria]]
[[Category:Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Austria]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in alpine skiing]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Skiers from Innsbruck]]


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