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In December 1974, Collombin fell at Val-d'Isère, as he had the previous year. After beating Collombin and Russi at Schladming in December 1973 under terrible conditions, Collombin bested him at Garmisch, Avoriaz, and Wengen. The following season he finished second in the downhill standings behind Roland Collombin of Switzerland, his nemesis that season. Moritz and a third in the giant slalom at Mont Sainte-Anne (the only time he finished on the podium in a World Cup GS in his career). Klammer, age 19, followed this up with a third at St. Anton downhill behind Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, the reigning Olympic and World Cup downhill champion. Klammer first showed signs of promise in the second half of the 1973 World Cup season, finishing second in the St. They have two daughters, Sophie and Stephanie. Klammer is married to Eva since 1979: the couple met in 1975 when he was in Tunisia at a fitness camp with the Austrian ski team. He spent 13 seasons on the World Cup circuit, from December 1972 to March 1985. 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. He had a tough struggle to make the Austrian ski team, traditionally dominated by the states of Tyrol and Salzburg. 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. His home village did not have any ski lifts, so as a child he climbed up the pasture behind his house to ski downhill. The cauldron of 1964 was lit by Christl Haas (Alpine skiing) and the 1976 cauldron was ignited by Josef Feistmantl (luge).Born into a farming family in Mooswald, community Fresach, Carinthia, and like many alpine farm boys, Klammer skied to school each winter day. Two cauldrons were lit as a symbol of Winter Games being held twice in Innsbruck. President Dr Rudolf Kirschschläger Lighting of the Olympic Flame by: CeremoniesĤ February 1976: There were two Olympic cauldrons, to celebrate not only the present Games, but also the previous time they had been held in Innsbruck, 1964. For this reason, two Olympic cauldrons were lit. This was the second time the Games had taken place in this city, the first being in 1964.

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But in Innsbruck, he combined his natural elegance with a series of stunning jumps and was rewarded with the highest points total in the history of men's figure skating. In figure skating, American Terry Kubicka performed a back flip - the first time in the history of figure skating this dangerous move had been successfully performed.īritish figure skater John Curry tended to emphasise grace and artistic expression over athleticism, an approach that had cost him points with the judges in the past.

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Ice dancing debuted as a full medal discipline and was dominated by the Russians. But in the final race, Canada’s Kathy Kreiner beat her by 12 hundredths of a second. Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany won two of the three Alpine skiing events and almost became the first woman to win all three. The most memorable image of the Games was local hero Franz Klammer flying wildly down the downhill course, barely in control, on his way to a gold medal.

The city had previously hosted the Winter Games 12 years earlier. It was accepted by the IOC as host city of these Games on 4 February 1973.

The Games had been awarded to the city of Denver but the city withdrew on 15 November 1972 following a referendum which rejected the building of Olympic facilities for ecological reasons.

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