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{{Short description|Austrian alpine skier (1948–1976)}}
{{Infobox alpine ski racer
| name           = Gertrud Gabl
| image          = Gertrude Gabl 1968.jpg
| image_size     = 310 
| caption        = Gertrud Gabl c. 1968
| disciplines    = [[Downhill (ski competition)|Downhill]], [[giant slalom]], [[Slalom skiing|slalom]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1948|8|26|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[St. Anton am Arlberg]], [[Austria]]
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1976|01|18|1948|08|26|df=y}}
| death_place    = St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria
| height         = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| wcdebut        = January [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1967]] (age 18)<br />''inaugural season''
| retired        = March [[1972 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1972]] (age 23)
| wcseasons      = 6 – [[1967 Alpine Skiing World Cup|(1967]][[1971-72 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|-1972)]]
| wcwins         = 7 – (2 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 5 [[Slalom skiing|SL]])
| wcpodiums      = 17 – (7 [[Giant slalom|GS]], 10 [[Slalom skiing|SL]])
| wcoveralls     = 1 – [[1968-69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|(1969)]]
| wctitles       = 1  – (1 [[Slalom skiing|SL]])
}}
'''Gertrud Gabl''' (26 August 1948 – 18 January 1976) was an alpine [[skier]] from [[Austria]]. She competed in several events at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics with the best result of 9th place in the giant slalom in 1968.<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gertrud-gabl-1.html Gertrud Gabl] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722105455/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/gertrud-gabl-1.html |date=July 22, 2015 }}. sports-reference.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121019124003/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=18846&sector=AL Gertrude Gabl]. fis-ski.com</ref>

Her best season was 1968/69, when she won the [[Alpine Skiing World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/skiidrett/verdenscupvinnere_alpint |title=skiidrett – verdenscupvinnere i alpint – Store norske leksikon |publisher=Snl.no |date= |accessdate=2014-05-18}}</ref> Her uncle [[Franz Gabl]] was also an Olympic alpine skier.<ref name=sr/>

In the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] she was 9th in the giant slalom and 12th in the downhill; she didn't finish the slalom.
In the [[FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships 1970]] she was 4th in the slalom and 5th in the giant slalom.

In the World Cup she scored her first world cup points on 19 January 1967, when she finished fifth in the slalom at [[Schruns]]. Later she went on to win five slaloms and two giant slaloms. 

Her father Josef was also an excellent ski racer. 

She won the Overall Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1969, the same year as [[Karl Schranz]] did it for the men. Both of them came from the same village, [[St. Anton am Arlberg]], and that is the only time that the women's and men's overall champions hailed from the same village.

==Death==
On 18 January 1976 Gabl was skiing with two friends on the northern slope of Mount Gampberg at the ski resort of [[St. Anton am Arlberg]] in Austria, when an [[avalanche]] buried the three, and she was killed.  Her two companions were rescued alive. <ref>"Gertrud Gabl Succumbs After Avalanche Hits", ''Bridgeport (CT) Telegram'', January 19, 1976, p. 8</ref>

==World Cup results==
===Season titles===
*2 titles – (1 overall, 1 [[Slalom skiing|slalom]])
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="15%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="10%"|'''Season'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="10%"|Discipline
|-
! rowspan=2 |'''[[1968–69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1969]]'''
| '''Overall'''
|-
| [[1968–69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup#Slalom 2|Slalom]]
|}

===Season standings===
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;"
|- style="background:#369; color:white;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:6%;"|'''Season'''
|- style="background:#4180be; color:white;"
| style="width:3%;"|Age
| style="width:5%;"|'''Overall'''
| style="width:5%;"|Slalom
| style="width:5%;"|Giant<br>Slalom
| style="width:5%;"|{{nowrap|Super G}}
| style="width:5%;"|Downhill
| style="width:5%;"|Combined
|-
| [[1967 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1967]] || ''18'' || 18 || 11 || 19 || rowspan=6 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || — || rowspan=6 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small>
|-
| [[1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1968]] || ''19'' || 7 || style="background:silver;"| {{silver02}} || 4 || —
|-
| [[1968–69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1969]] || ''20'' || style="background:gold;"| {{gold01}} || style="background:gold;"| {{gold01}} || style="background:#c96;"| {{bronze03}} || 19
|-
| [[1969–70 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1970]] || ''21'' || 16 || 15 || 13 || — 
|-
| [[1970–71 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1971]] ||''22'' || 9|| 8 || 4 || — 
|-
| [[1971–72 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1972]] ||''23'' || 19 || 12 || 19 || — 
|}

===Race victories===
*7 wins – (5 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 2 [[Giant slalom|GS]])
*17 podiums – (10 [[Slalom skiing|SL]], 7 [[Giant slalom|GS]])
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:gray solid 1px; width:40%;"
|- style="background:#369; color:white;"
| rowspan="2" style="width:10%;"|'''Season'''
|- style="background:#4180be; color:white;"
| Date
| Location
| Discipline
|-
| rowspan=3|'''[[1968 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1968]]''' <br /> '''3''' victories <br /> (2 SL, 1 GS) || align=right|11 January 1968||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Grindelwald]], Switzerland || [[Slalom skiing|Slalom]]
|-
| align=right|5 April 1968||rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Heavenly Mountain Resort|Heavenly Valley]], USA|| [[Giant slalom]]
|-
| align=right|6 April 1968 || Slalom
|-
| rowspan=4|'''[[1968-69 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup|1969]]''' <br /> '''4''' victories <br /> (3 SL, 1 GS) || align=right|4 January 1969||align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Oberstaufen]], West Germany|| Slalom
|-
| align=right|7 January 1969||align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} Grindelwald, Switzerland|| Slalom
|-
| align=right|16 February 1969||rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Vysoké Tatry]], Czechoslovakia|| Slalom
|-
| align=right|17 February 1969|| Giant slalom
|}

==World Championship results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="35%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="2%"|Age
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|Super G
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
|- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1968|1968]]<!-- Grenoble, France]] {{flagicon|FRA}}--> || ''19'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|DNF]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|9]] || rowspan=2 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|12]] || —
|-
| [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1970|1970]]<!-- Val Gardena]] {{flagicon|ITA}}--> || ''21'' || 4 || 5 || — || —
|}

==Olympic results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" width="35%"
|- style="background-color:#369; color:white;"
|rowspan="2" colspan="1" width="4%"|'''Year'''
|- style="background-color:#4180be; color:white;"
| width="2%"|Age
| width="5%"|Slalom
| width="5%"|Giant<br>Slalom
| width="5%"|Super G
| width="5%"|Downhill
| width="5%"|Combined
|- style="background-color:#8CB2D8; color:white;"
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]<!-- Grenoble, France]] {{flagicon|FRA}}--> || ''19'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|DNF]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|9]] || rowspan=2 | <small>''not<br />run'' </small> || [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill|12]] || —
|-
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]]<!-- Sapporo, Japan]] {{flagicon|JPN}}--> || ''23'' || [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|DNF]] || [[Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|DNF]] || — || —
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FIS alpine skier | 18846 }}

{{Footer World Cup Champions Women}}
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