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{{short description|Austrian alpine skier}}
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{{Infobox alpine ski racer
|name           = Franz Klammer
|image          = Franz Klammer (Gala-Nacht des Sports 2009).jpg
|image_size     = 190 
|caption        = Klammer in 2009
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|disciplines    = [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]], [[giant slalom]], [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]]
|club           = 
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|sponsor        = 
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1953|12|03|df=y}}
|birth_place    = Mooswald, [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], [[Austria]]
|death_date     =
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|height         = 1.83 m  
<!--|weight         = 79 kg-->
|wcdebut        = December [[1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1972]] (age&nbsp;19)
|retired        = March [[1984–85 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1985]] (age&nbsp;31)
|website        = 
|olympicteams   = 2 – [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|(1976]], [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984)]]
|olympicmedals  = 1
|olympicgolds   = 1
|worldsteams    = 5 – ([[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974|1974]]–[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|85]])<br>''includes 1976 Olympics''
|worldsmedals   = 3
|worldsgolds    = 2
|wcseasons      = 13 – ([[1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1973]]–[[1984–85 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|85]])
|wcwins         = 26 – (25 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 1 [[Alpine skiing combined|K]])
|wcpodiums      = 45 – (41 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]], 1 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 3 [[Alpine skiing combined|K]])
|wcoveralls     = 0 – ''(3rd in [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]], [[1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1977]])''
|wctitles       = 5 – (5 [[Downhill (ski competition)|DH]]: [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]]–[[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|78]], [[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1983)]]
|show-medals    = yes
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{{MedalSport | [[Alpine skiing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Cup race podiums}}
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| Downhill | 25 | 10 | 6
| Giant    | 0 | 0 | 1
| Combined | 1 | 0 | 2 
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] |[[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|Downhill]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1974 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1974 St. Moritz]] |Combined}}
{{MedalGold | [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] |[[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|Downhill]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1974 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1974 St. Moritz]] |Downhill}}
}}
[[File:Fischer Sports franz-klammer 1976.jpg|thumb|230px|Klammer winning at [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]] in [[1975–76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1976]]]]

'''Franz Klammer''' (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion [[Alpine skiing|alpine ski racer]] from [[Austria]]. He dominated the [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] event for four consecutive [[FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] seasons ([[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]]–[[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|78]]). He was the gold medalist at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck, Austria|Innsbruck]], winning the downhill at [[Patscherkofel]] by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. Klammer won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Hahnenkamm]] at [[Kitzbühel]]. He also holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel.

==Background==
Klammer was born into a farming family in Mooswald, community [[Fresach]], [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]]; like many alpine farm boys, he skied to school each winter day. His home village did not have any [[ski lift]]s, so as a child he climbed up the pasture behind his house to ski downhill. Klammer started racing at the relatively late age of 14, competing in the winter whilst working on the family farm during the summer after he dropped out of school.<ref name=bell>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ski/interviews/Franz-Klammer-interview-Ski-racing-is-my-life-and-I-wanted-to-do-it-no-matter-what/ |title=Franz Klammer interview: 'Ski racing is my life and I wanted to do it no matter what' |last=Bell |first=Graham |author-link=Graham Bell (skier) |date=19 October 2015 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref> He had a tough struggle to make the Austrian ski team, which traditionally was dominated by the [[States of Austria|states]] of [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]] and [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]]. He made his World Cup debut at the age of 19 in 1972 at the [[Val Gardena]] downhill: he finished ninth in the training run for the race, but could only manage 32nd place on race day due to nerves.<ref name=bell /> He spent 13 seasons on the World Cup circuit, from December [[1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1972]] to March [[1984–85 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1985]].

Klammer has been married to his wife, Eva, since 1979: the couple met in 1975 when he was in [[Tunisia]] at a fitness camp with the Austrian ski team. They have two daughters, Sophie and Stephanie.<ref name=bell />

==Career==
Klammer first showed signs of promise in the second half of the [[1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1973 World Cup]] season, finishing second in the [[Sankt Anton am Arlberg|St. Anton]] downhill behind [[Bernhard Russi]] of [[Switzerland]], the reigning [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics|Olympic]] and [[1971–72 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|World Cup]] downhill champion. Klammer, aged 19, followed this up with a third at [[St. Moritz]] and a third in the [[giant slalom]] at [[Mont Sainte-Anne]] (the only time he finished on the podium in a World Cup giant slalom in his career).<ref name=bell /> The following season he finished second in the downhill standings behind [[Roland Collombin]] of Switzerland. Klammer beat Collombin and Russi at [[Planai|Schladming]] in December 1973 under terrible conditions, but Collombin bested him at [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], [[Avoriaz]] and [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]].

Klammer won every downhill in the [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]] season, except [[Megève]], where one of his skis came off. Without this incident, he would have won the overall World Cup title in March 1975, due to a good slalom result two days earlier at [[Chamonix]], which would have granted him at least a third place (15 points) for the AK-combined of slalom Chamonix / downhill Megève.<ref>[https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Alpiner_Skiweltcup_1974/75 Austria-Forum] - Alpiner Skiweltcup 1974/75 - accessed 2023-04-04</ref> In the Olympic test event at [[Patscherkofel]] at [[Innsbruck]] in January 1975, Klammer had defeated [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics|defending Olympic champion]] Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, the runner-up, by nearly a half-second.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604151750/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&raceid=8590 FIS-ski.com] - Innsbruck - 1975-01-26 - accessed 2010-03-06</ref>

Entering the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Winter Olympics]], the 22-year-old Klammer was the favourite to take the gold medal in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|downhill]] at Innsbruck in his native Austria. He was the defending World Cup downhill champion and had won the three previous downhills in January at [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]], [[Morzine]] and [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]], and also the previous year's race on the same Patscherkofel course. Starting in 15th position, Klammer was the last of the top seeds and knew that Bernhard Russi had set a blistering pace to lead by over a half-second. Klammer took heavy risks on the treacherous piste, skied on the edge of disaster and won by 0.33 seconds to the delight of the [[Austria]]n fans. A dozen years earlier on the same course in [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|1964]], [[Egon Zimmermann]] posted a 2:18.16 to win the gold medal. Klammer's 1:45.73 was more than thirty-two seconds faster.

Although he dominated the downhill event in World Cup competition, the overall title remained elusive, because the technical specialists had two events in which to earn points (slalom and giant slalom), whereas a speed specialist had only one. The second speed event, the [[super-G]], was not a World Cup event until December [[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1982]], at the twilight of Klammer's World Cup career.

At the end of the [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]] season, despite having won 8 of 9 downhills, he finished third for the overall World Cup title. The final event was a parallel slalom and Klammer lost in the first round. Italy's [[Gustav Thöni]] defeated Sweden's [[Ingemar Stenmark]] in the finals and won his fourth overall title in five years. Klammer finished fourth overall in 1976, third in [[1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1977]], and fifth in [[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1978]].<ref>[http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&type=st-WC FIS-ski.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134358/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=30884&type=st-WC |date=2011-06-29}} – World Cup season standings – Franz Klammer - 1973–85 - accessed 2010-03-06</ref>

Klammer won the World Cup downhill title five times: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 and [[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1983]] – twice more than the next best downhiller. In the 1975 season he won 8 of 9 World Cup downhill races, including his first of three consecutive victories (1975–77) on the prestigious ''Streif'' on the [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Hahnenkamm]] at [[Kitzbühel]]. He won a fourth in [[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]], at the age of 30.

After his fourth consecutive season title in downhill in 1978, he began a prolonged slump until the end of the [[1980–81 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1981]] season. He may have been affected by his brother's spinal cord injury in a downhill race, as well as a change of ski supplier (from [[Fischer (company)|Fischer]] to [[Kneissl]]).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Unable to make the four-member Austrian downhill team for the 1980 Olympics, Klammer could not defend his Olympic title at the [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Winter Olympics]] in [[Whiteface Mountain|Lake Placid]]. Rather than retire, he worked long and hard at a comeback. Finally in December [[1981–82 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1981]], after another ski change from [[Kneissl]] to [[Blizzard Sport|Blizzard]], he won at [[Val-d'Isère]]. The following season he regained the World Cup Downhill title, his fifth, followed by the 1984 victory at Kitzbuehel, his fourth on the Hahnenkamm. At the [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Olympics]] in [[Sarajevo]], (then [[Yugoslavia]], now [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]), Klammer finished a disappointing tenth on a less-than-challenging course on [[Bjelašnica Mountain|Bjelašnica]].

At his peak (Wengen 1976 to Wengen 1977), Klammer won ten consecutive downhills, including the pressure-laden win at the 1976 Olympics. He won 8 of 9 during the 1975 season and also won 19 of 23, 20 of 26 and 21 of 29 downhills. His career total is 26 downhill wins: 25 World Cup and 1 Olympic. These achievements mark him as one of the greatest downhill racers ever: [[Karl Schranz]] achieved 20 wins over an extended career while Klammer won 19 in less than three seasons.

In an interview with [[ORF (broadcaster)|Austrian television]] in 2006, the 52-year-old Klammer was asked about his greatest achievement. He answered that although his gold medal at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck was generally regarded as his greatest career achievement, winning at [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]] in [[1983–84 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1984]] meant something very special to him, considering that he had not won there for seven years.

His final World Cup race was in March 1985 at [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], [[Colorado]]. He retired from international competition at the age of 31.<br>Klammer finished with 26 World Cup victories, 45 podiums and 87 top ten finishes (71 downhill, 5 [[Alpine skiing combined|combined]], 11 [[giant slalom]]).<ref>[http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/franz_klammer_aut_klmfr.asp Ski-db.com] - Franz Klammer - results - accessed 2010-03-06</ref>

==Motor racing==
Immediately after his retirement from alpine competition, Klammer took up motor racing, and was soon involved in [[touring car racing]], driving Mercedes-Benz saloons all over Europe and racing professionally as far away as Australia. In 1990, he won a round of the prestigious [[European Touring Car Championship]].<ref>[http://www.laureus.com/members/155 laureus.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222010730/http://www.laureus.com/members/155 |date=22 February 2011}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Klammer was a hero to Austrian ski racing fans and also to fans the world over for doing a great deal to promote the popularity of alpine ski racing.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} He is known as "The [[Kaiser]]" and also as the "Klammer Express".

In a 2015 interview with [[Graham Bell (skier)|Graham Bell]] for ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Klammer attributed his success to being the first downhiller to [[Carve turn|carve a whole turn]] from start to finish, contrasting his style with skiers of the previous generation such as [[Karl Schranz]] and [[Jean-Claude Killy]] who would skid at the start of a turn before engaging in a carve.<ref name=bell />

In an interview with [[Tom Brokaw]] that aired on [[NBC]] on 13 February 2010, as part of their [[2010 Winter Olympics]] coverage, [[United States Ski Team|American]] [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] [[Bode Miller]] cited Klammer's style and approach to ski racing as a major source of inspiration for him.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Inspired by his younger brother Klaus, who was [[Paraplegic|paralysed from the waist down]] after a crash in a downhill at the age of 16,<ref name=bell /> Klammer has established the Franz Klammer Foundation, which benefits seriously injured athletes.<ref>[http://www.franzklammerfoundation.com Franz Klammer Foundation] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129185221/http://www.franzklammerfoundation.com/ |date=2011-01-29}} - {{in lang|de}} - benefits seriously injured athletes - accessed 2011-01-08</ref>

==World Cup results==

===Season titles===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season!!Discipline
|-
|'''[[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]]''' || [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]]
|-
|'''[[1975–76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1976]]''' || Downhill
|-
|'''[[1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1977]]''' || Downhill
|-
|'''[[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1978]]''' || Downhill
|-
|'''[[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1983]]''' || Downhill
|}

===Season standings===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!Season !! Age !! Overall !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Giant<br>&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[1972–73 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1973]] || ''19'' || 8 || — || 9 ||rowspan=10|<small>''not<br>run'' </small> || 4 ||rowspan=3|<small>''not<br>awarded'' </small> 
|-
| [[1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1974]] || ''20'' || 5 || — || 10 || style="background:silver;" | 2
|-
| [[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]] || ''21'' ||style="background:#cc9966;" | 3 || — || 9 || style="background:gold;" |1 
|-
| [[1975–76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1976]] || ''22'' || 4 || — || — || style="background:gold;" |1 || 4 
|-
| [[1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1977]] || ''23'' ||style="background:#cc9966;" | 3 || — || — || style="background:gold;" |1 ||rowspan=3| <small>''not<br>awarded'' </small> 
|-
| [[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1978]] || ''24'' || 5 || — || — || style="background:gold;" |1
|-
| [[1978–79 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1979]] || ''25'' || 51 || — || — || 19 
|-
| [[1979–80 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1980]] || ''26'' || 33 || — || — || 11 || — 
|-
| [[1980–81 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1981]] || ''27'' || 40 || — || — || 13 || —
|-
| [[1981–82 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1982]] || ''28'' || 14 || — || — || 5 || —
|-
| [[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1983]] || ''29'' || 18 || — || — ||rowspan=3|<small>''not<br>awarded'' </small> || style="background:gold;"|1 || —
|-
| [[1983–84 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1984]] || ''30'' || 20 || — || — || 4 || —
|-
| [[1984–85 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1985]] || ''31'' || 52 || — || — || 16 || —
|}

===Race victories===
*26 wins - (25 [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]], 1 [[Alpine skiing combined]])
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Date
! Location
! Discipline
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center| '''[[1973–74 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1974]]''' 
| align=right|22 Dec 1973 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Planai|Schladming]], [[Austria]] || [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]]
|-
| rowspan=8 align=center|'''[[1974–75 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1975]]''' 
| align=right|8 Dec 1974 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Val-d'Isère]], [[France]] || Downhill
|-
| align=right|15 Dec 1974 ||align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; [[Piz Nair|St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]] || Downhill
|-
| align=right|5 Jan 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Garmisch Classic|Garmisch]], [[West Germany]] || Downhill
|-
| align=right|11 Jan 1975 ||align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; [[Lauberhorn ski races|Wengen]], Switzerland || Downhill
|-
| align=right|18 Jan 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel|Kitzbühel]], Austria || Downhill
|-
| align=right|26 Jan 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Patscherkofel|Innsbruck]], Austria || Downhill
|-
| align=right|9 Mar 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jackson Hole Mountain Resort|Jackson Hole]], [[United States|USA]] || Downhill
|-
| align=right|21 Mar 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Val Gardena]], [[Italy]] || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=6 align=center| '''[[1975–76 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1976]]''' 
| align=right|12 Dec 1975 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Madonna di Campiglio]], Italy || Downhill
|-
| align=right|10 Jan 1976 || align=left rowspan=2|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; Wengen, Switzerland || Downhill
|-
| align=right|11 Jan 1976 || Combined
|-
| align=right|17 Jan 1976 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Morzine]], France || Downhill
|-
| align=right|25 Jan 1976 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria || Downhill
|-
| align=right|12 Mar 1976 ||align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Aspen Mountain (ski area)|Aspen]], USA || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=5 align=center | '''[[1976–77 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1977]]''' 
| align=right|17 Dec 1976||align=left| {{flagicon|ITA}} Val Gardena, Italy || Downhill
|-
| align=right|8 Jan 1977 ||align=left| {{flagicon|FRG}} Garmisch, West Germany || Downhill
|-
| align=right|15 Jan 1977 ||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria || Downhill
|-
| align=right|22 Jan 1977 ||align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; Wengen, Switzerland || Downhill
|-
| align=right|18 Feb 1977 ||align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; [[Laax]], Switzerland || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center |''' [[1977–78 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1978]]''' 
| align=right|11 Dec 1977 ||align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Val-d'Isère, France || Downhill
|-
| align=left|11 Mar 1978 || align=left|&nbsp;{{flagicon|CHE}}&nbsp; Laax, Switzerland || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[1981–82 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1982]]''' 
| align=right|6 Dec 1981 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Val-d'Isère, France || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[1982–83 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1983]]''' 
| align=right|20 Dec 1982 ||align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Val Gardena, Italy || Downhill
|-
| rowspan=1 align=center | '''[[1983–84 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1984]]''' 
| align=right|21 Jan 1984 ||align=left| {{flagicon|AUT}} Kitzbühel, Austria || Downhill
|}

==World championship results ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Giant&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !!Combined
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1974|1974]] || ''20'' || 20 || 10 ||rowspan=6|<small>''not<br>run''</small> || style="background:silver;"|2 || style="background:gold;"|1
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] || ''22'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|DNF1]] || style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|1]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics#World championships|—]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978|1978]] || ''24'' || — || — || 5 || —
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] || ''26'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|&nbsp;—^]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics#World championships|—]]
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1982|1982]] || ''28'' || — || — || 7 || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1985|1985]] || ''31'' || — || — || 5 || —
|}
<small>From [[Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] through [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]], the [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Winter Olympics]] were also the [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships|World Championships]] for alpine skiing.<br>
At the World Championships from [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954|1954]] through 1980, the combined was a "paper race" using the results of the three events (DH, GS, SL).</small>

==Olympic results [[File:Olympic rings.svg|50px]] ==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!&nbsp; Year &nbsp; !! &nbsp;Age&nbsp; !! &nbsp;Slalom&nbsp; !! Giant<br>&nbsp;slalom&nbsp; !! Super-G !! Downhill !! Combined
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] || ''22'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|DNF1]] ||rowspan=3|<small>''not<br>run''</small> ||style="background:gold;"|[[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|1]] ||rowspan=3|<small>''not<br>run''</small>
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] || ''26'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|&nbsp;—^]]
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] || ''30'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|—]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|10]] 
|}
^ <small>Klammer was an alternate on the 1980 team and did not compete.</small>

==Video==
* {{YouTube|DtB5SW7HYyY|Video - Olympics - 05-Feb-1976}}
* {{YouTube|tVMJKIx34SE|Full 1976 Olympic Run}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIS alpine skier}}
* {{Ski-DB}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Team Austria|franz-klammer/249}}

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