Austrian Ski Association

Sport governing body

Austrian Ski Association
JurisdictionAustria
Founded1905 (1905)
AffiliationInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation
HeadquartersInnsbruck
Location Austria
PresidentRoswitha Stadlober
Official website
oesv.at

The Austrian Ski Association (Österreichischer Skiverband, abbrev. ÖSV (in German)), is the winter sports federation for Austria. Part of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), it deals with some federations conducting sports for the Winter Olympics, including skiing, biathlon and ski jumping.[1]

The successes

Alpine skiing

Austrian alpine skiers won 34 overall FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, 17 with men and 17 with women and won 926 races.[2]

Ski jumping

The Austrian ski jumpers won 7 gold medals at the Winter Olympics, the Austria team is third in the all-time medal table.[3]

The scandals

The abuses (2017)

In 2017 the former alpine skier Nicola Spiess-Werdenigg reported serious cases of sexual abuse in the ÖSV in the 1970s.[4]

Toni Sailer (2018)

After his death, the former Austrian ski legend Toni Sailer, formerly an official of the ÖSV, was accused of having been used for the consumption of alcohol and to this came the accusations of sexual violence against a woman for facts that occurred in the 1970s.[5]

Doping (2019)

On 27 February 2019 it was announced that the two Austrian cross-country skiers Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke were arrested following an anti-doping raid.[6]

Sports

See also

References

  1. ^ "Österreichischer Skiverband". oesv.at (in German). Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ "POSITIONS PER NATION - World Cup". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ^ "International Olympic Committee results database". olympic.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Missbrauchsskandal: ÖSV beschließt Maßnahmenpaket". kurier.at (in German). 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Nicola Werdenigg: "Der wahre Skandal wird sichtbar"". kurier.at (in German). 21 January 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. ^ "ÖSV in "Schockstarre" - Baldauf und Hauke betroffen". profil.at (in German). 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.

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