Blizzard is a division of Tecnica Group and specializes in Austrian alpine skiing, based in Mittersill, Salzburg, Austria.
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Histori
Blizzard was founded in 1945 by Anton Arnsteiner ("der Toni"), as he returned home from a second world war, in a family carpenter's shop, and began producing skiing other than wood furniture.
The Blizzard brand was registered in 1953. In 1954, Blizzard became the first manufacturer to mass produce a polyethylene ski base. Blizzard's first expansion took place in 1957 as well as the introduction of metals and fiberglass as new materials. 1963 saw most of the factory on fire. In 1970, when production reached 500,000 skis per year, the company name was changed from "Blizzard Skifabrik Anton Arnsteiner" to "Blizzard GmbH". In 1976, the second production site opened near Munich.
In 1980 Blizzard introduced "Thermoski", after 6 years of development. In 1996 Blizzard introduced his first work, but it also applied to bankruptcy and was bought by the US company SCOTT Sports.
It was sold to Karl HofstÃÆ'¤tter (33.3%) and Anton StÃÆ'¶ckl (66.6%) in 2005, which sold it to Tecnica Group in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Blizzard ski sales are now fully integrated in the sales organization of Tecnica Group.
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Alpine Racing
The presence of Blizzard on the FIS Alpine World Cup circuit is represented by several riders, including Herba Reinfried Austria and Japanese driver Akira Sasaki.
Over the years, Blizzard can be proud of the incredible results provided by the ski team:
- 1958 Fried Danzer (CH) won first place in Blizzard ski in a triple combination. Roger Staub won silver in a giant slalom, Jean Vuarnet (FR) picked up bronze on the downhill road.
- 1962 Christl Haas, Erika Netzer, and Marianne Jahn: sensational success in the Blizzard ski: 3 wins and the World Championship Goal. Silver in the giant slalom in the new EPOXI-Ski.
- 1983 Franz Klammer wins Worldcup and Blizzard as a whole is the most successful brand in the men's decline line 1982/83
- 1964 Gold at the Olympics in Innsbruck for Christl Haasat is on the decline.
- 1990 Petra Kronberger won 3 consecutive seasons, Women's World Cup. This outstanding outstanding athlete won as the first woman to have 5 disciplines at the World Cup.
- 1992 GOLD Olympics in combination and Olympic GOLD at the bottom of the hill in Albertville. Petra is one of the most successful skiers in history.
- 1998 Michaela Dorfmeister completes the Olympics in Nagano with silver in Super-G
- 2000 Renate Gotschl won the World Cup as a whole and a small crystal ball in Super-G. The overall standings in the giant slalom go to Michaela Dorfmeister
- 2002 World Cup overall victory fell to Michaela Dorfmeister
On 25 February 2007, Blizzard was ranked 10th in the overall standings of the World Cup.
In March 2007, Blizzard announced that former World Cup riders and US Pro Tour champion Bernhard Knauss would take over as Blizzard racing manager.
In 2010, Reinfried Herbst wins the new Blizzard Ski the Slalom World Cup and earns a small crystal ball.
The year 2014 was a very exciting year, with the first Olympic gold for Blizzard in the men's team won by Mario Matt at the Slalom Olympics in Sochi and a major victory in the Freeride World Tour by Loic Collomb-Patton
References
External links
- Blizzard Sport USA Site
- The Blizzard Sport GmbH site
- Tecnica Group Website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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