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Place of Birth: Obernberg am Brenner, Tyrol, Austria
About Heinrich Messner
- Heinrich "Heini" Messner (born 1 September 1939) is a retired Austrian alpine skier.
- He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won two bronze medals: in the giant slalom in 1968 and in the downhill in 1972.On 5 January 1967 Messner won the first ever World Cup race, a slalom; he had 15 more World Cup podium finishes later in his career.
- In the 1970s he pioneered the use of short skis in the technical races.
- Messner retired in 1972 season and for two years trained the Austrian women’s team.
- He then moved to Steinach am Brenner where he ran a ski school, a boarding house, and a ski rental service.
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