Willi Frommelt

Willi Frommelt

Personal information
Born	18 November 1952 (1952-11-18) (age 64) Schaan, Liechtenstein
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	Skiclub Schaan
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Liechtenstein Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck Slalom World Championships 1976 Innsbruck Combined 1974 St. Moritz Downhill 1978 Garmisch Giant slalom

Willi Frommelt (born 18 November 1952) is a former Alpine skier from Liechtenstein who won a bronze medal in the slalom at the 1976 Olympics.^[1]

Biography

Frommelt is a son of Christof Frommelt, a cross-country skier and the Olympic flag bearer for Liechtenstein at the 1948 Games. At his first Olympics, in 1972, he competed in the downhill, slalom and giant slalom, but with little success. Two years later he won the first alpine skiing medal for Liechtenstein at world championships, a bronze in the downhill, and in 1978 he won another bronze, in the giant slalom. In 1976, he received a world championships silver for his combined results in the slalom and downhill at the 1976 Olympics – world championships were then combined with Olympics in the Olympic years, but the combined results did not count for the Olympics. During his career, Frommelt had only one podium finish in the World Cup events.^[1]

After retiring from competitions Frommelt graduated in business management and worked as a financial planner for the Liechtenstein National Bank. He was also active in politics with the centre-right Fortschrittliche Bürgerpartei and served a term as a municipal councillor.^[1]

His brother Paul won another Olympic bronze medal for Liechtenstein, in 1988. His another brother, Peter, was international table tennis competitor.^[1]

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