- Walter Steiner
Walter Steiner (born
February 15 1951 ) is a Swiss ski jumper who was active in the 1970's.Steiner earned a
ski jumping silver medal in the Individual large hill at the1972 Winter Olympics . He also won the ski jumping competition at theHolmenkollen ski festival in1974 and won theSki-flying World Championships in1972 and1977 .Steiner was awarded the
Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared withHelena Takalo andHilkka Kuntola .).He was the subject of a documentary film [see "
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner "] made byWerner Herzog in 1974.Walter Steiner presently resides in Swedish rural town of
Falun with wife Gunilla, working as agardener .Notes
External links
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* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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