MOSER-PRLL, ANNEMARIE

born March 27, 1953, Kleinarl, Austria ne Annemarie Prll Austrian Alpine skier who held the all-time record of six women's World Cup championships, five in succession (197175). Prll skied from the age of four. She tried out for the Austrian national ski team at the age of 15. Her Olympic Winter Games success came late. She won silver medals for the downhill and the giant slalom at the 1972 Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan, and at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid, New York, U.S., she won the gold medal for downhill, her specialty. In 1973 she won a record 11 consecutive women's downhill World Cup races. Prll retired in 1976 but later returned to competition, winning her sixth World Cup title in 1979. She retired again after the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. She established a career record for both men and women in World Cup races won.