Walter Schuster
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Walter Schuster is an Austria
n alpine skier
who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics
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He was born in Lermoos
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In 1956 he won the bronze medal in the giant slalom event. He also participated in the downhill competition but did not finished the race.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n alpine skier
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...
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He was born in Lermoos
Lermoos
Lermoos is a municipality in the Austrian district of Reutte, Tyrol. It consists of 2 places. Unterdorf and Oberdorf, which are separated from each other.Lermoos has a wide variety of shops including 2 supermarkets...
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In 1956 he won the bronze medal in the giant slalom event. He also participated in the downhill competition but did not finished the race.