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1964 Winter Olympics

Index 1964 Winter Olympics

The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (French: Les IXes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (German: Olympische Winterspiele 1964), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. [1]

73 relations: Adolf Schärf, Alpine skiing, Australia at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Austria, Axamer Lizum, Bergisel Ski Jump, Brussels, Calgary, Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Christine Goitschel, East Germany, Eero Mäntyranta, Egon Zimmermann, Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck, Eric Heiden, Eugenio Monti, Figure skating, Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics, GamesBids, Great Britain, Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics, Ice skating, Ice stock sport, India, Innsbruck, International Olympic Committee, Josl Rieder, Karl Böhm, Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Knut Johannesen, Lahti, Lidiya Skoblikova, List of IOC country codes, List of IOC meetings, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luge, Malcolm Milne, Marielle Goitschel, Messehalle, Innsbruck, Mongolia, Multi-sport event, Munich, North Korea, Olympiahalle (Innsbruck), Olympic flame, Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck, Patscherkofel, Paul Aste, Pierre de Coubertin medal, ..., Prague, President of Austria, Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran, Ross Milne, Sabena Flight 548, Seefeld in Tirol, Skiing, Sport, Symphony No. 40 (Mozart), Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven), Tony Nash (bobsledder), United Team of Germany, Vienna Philharmonic, West Germany, Winter Olympic Games, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1956 Winter Olympics, 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960 Winter Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Winter Olympics, 1972 Winter Olympics, 1980 Winter Olympics. Expand index (23 more) »

Adolf Schärf

(20 April 1890 – 28 February 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ).

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Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping) which use skis with free-heel bindings.

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Australia at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Australia competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Austria

Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.

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Axamer Lizum

Axamer Lizum is a village in Austria, located southwest of Innsbruck in Tirol.

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Bergisel Ski Jump

The Bergisel Ski Jump (Bergiselschanze), whose stadium has a capacity of 26,000, is a ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

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Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta.

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Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Canada competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Christine Goitschel

Christine Béranger-Goitschel (born 9 June 1944) is a former French alpine skier.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Eero Mäntyranta

Eero Antero Mäntyranta (20 November 1937 – 29 December 2013) was one of the most successful Finnish skiers.

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Egon Zimmermann

Egon Zimmermann (born 8 February 1939), often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria.

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Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck

The Olympia Eisschnellaufbahn is a speed skating venue located in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Eric Heiden

Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14, 1958) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater, road cyclist and track cyclist.

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Eugenio Monti

Eugenio Monti (23 January 1928 – 1 December 2003) was an Italian bobsledder.

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Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

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Finland at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Finland competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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GamesBids

GamesBids.com is an Olympic bid news and information web site created in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Robert Livingstone.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Ice skating

Ice skating is the act of motion by wearer of the ice skates to propel the participant across a sheet of ice.

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Ice stock sport

Ice stock sport (also known as Bavarian Curling) is a winter sport, somewhat similar to curling.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Josl Rieder

Josef "Josl" Rieder (born 3 December 1932) is a former Austrian alpine skier.

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Karl Böhm

Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 in Graz – 14 August 1981 in Salzburg) was an Austrian conductor.

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Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki

Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki (or Kay-Skrzypeski) (1909 – 23 January 1964John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, Greenwood Press, 2004,, p. 346.) was a Polish-born British luge racer.

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Klavdiya Boyarskikh

Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh (Клавдия Сергеевна Боярских; 11 November 1939 – 12 December 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s.

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Knut Johannesen

Knut ("Kupper'n") Johannesen (born 6 November 1933) is a former speed skater from Norway.

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Lahti

Lahti (Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland.

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Lidiya Skoblikova

Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.

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List of IOC country codes

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses three-letter abbreviation country codes to refer to each group of athletes that participate in the Olympic Games.

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List of IOC meetings

This is the list of International Olympic Committee (IOC) meetings.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Luge

A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first.

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Malcolm Milne

Malcolm Milne (born 9 November 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Australia.

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Marielle Goitschel

Marielle Goitschel (born 28 September 1945 in Sainte-Maxime) is a former French alpine skier.

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Messehalle, Innsbruck

Messehalle is a convention center and sports venue located in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Mongolia

Mongolia (Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia.

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Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states.

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Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Olympiahalle (Innsbruck)

Olympiahalle is an indoor sports venue located in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Olympic flame

The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the Olympic movement.

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Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck

The Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck).

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Patscherkofel

Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi.) south of Innsbruck.

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Paul Aste

Paul Aste (born 5 December 1916) was an Austrian bobsledder and luger who competed during the 1950s and the 1960s.

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Pierre de Coubertin medal

The Pierre de Coubertin medal (also known as the De Coubertin medal or the True Spirit of Sportsmanship medal) is a special decoration awarded by the International Olympic Committee to those athletes, former athletes, sports promoters, sporting officials and others who exemplify the spirit of sportsmanship in Olympic events or through exceptional service to the Olympic movement.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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President of Austria

The President of Austria, officially the Federal President of the Republic of Austria (Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich) is the head of state of the Austrian Republic.

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Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran

Major Thomas "Robin" Valerian Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran CBE (born 21 April 1935) is a former British bobsledder and Northern Irish politician, known as Robin Dixon.

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Ross Milne

Leslie Ross Milne (3 October 1944 – 25 January 1964)John E. Findling, Kimberly D. Pelle, Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement, Greenwood Press, 2004,, p. 347.

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Sabena Flight 548

Sabena Flight 548 was a Boeing 707 aircraft that crashed en route from New York City to Brussels, Belgium, on February 15, 1961, killing all 72 on board and one person on the ground.

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Seefeld in Tirol

Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013).

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV.

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Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No.

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Tony Nash (bobsledder)

Antony James Dillon "Tony" Nash (born 18 March 1936) is a British bobsledder, born in Amersham, who competed in the 1960s.

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United Team of Germany

The United Team of Germany (Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany.

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Vienna Philharmonic

The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; Wiener Philharmoniker), founded in 1842, is an orchestra considered to be one of the finest in the world.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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1956 Winter Olympics

The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les VIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (Italian: VII Giochi olimpici invernali), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

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1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade), was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy.

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1960 Winter Olympics

The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held between February 18–28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States.

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1964 Summer Olympics

The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 10 to 24 October 1964.

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1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February.

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1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the (French: Les XIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held from February 3 to February 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.

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1980 Winter Olympics

The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 13, through February 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York.

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1964 Winter Olympic Games, 9th Winter Olympic Games, Bids for the 1964 Winter Olympics, IXth Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964, The 1964 Winter Olympics.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics

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