Christian Pravda

Christian Pravda (March 8, 1927 – November 11, 1994) was an alpine ski racer.

Christian Pravda
Medal record
Men's Alpine skiing
Olympic Games
1952 OsloGiant Slalom
1952 OsloDownhill
World Championships
1954 Åre Downhill
1954 Åre Combined

He was born in Kufstein, Austria.

At age 20, he participated in the 1948 Winter Olympics in the slalom, but was disqualified.

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, Pravda won two medals: silver in giant slalom and a bronze medal in the downhill.

Pravda won the prestigious Hahnenkamm downhill twice, in 1951 and 1954. He also won the Wengen downhill in 1954, the first of only ten racers to win both of these classic downhills in the same year.



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