VAIL, Colorado (March 23) – The most successful female alpine ski racer in history was honored Saturday evening, March 22, when Austria’s Annemarie Moser-Proell was inducted into the International Ski Racing Hall of Fame as the 2014 Legend of Honor. The Legend of Honor festivities are annually hosted in conjunction with Vail’s Korbel American Ski Classic.
Moser-Proell dominated her competition during the 1970s, with six Overall World Cup titles, including five consecutive season-long crowns from 1971-75. During the course of her 12-year career, she would rewrite alpine ski racing history.
“We are incredibly excited to have this opportunity to honor Annemarie,” explained Ceil Folz, president of the Vail Valley Foundation and head of the 2015 World Championships Organizing Committee. “This is a wonderful celebration of one of the true legends of our sport.”
During the course of her World Cup career, Moser-Pröll amassed a record 62 individual victories, more than any other female athlete. In addition, she accounted for six World Championship medals, three of them gold, along with a trio of Olympic medals.
A total of 45 of the greatest ski racers in history were on hand to celebrate Moser-Proell at the Legends of Skiing Banquet, including Luxembourg’s Marc Girardelli, who served as translator for the proceedings. Other racing greats included Franz Klammer, Phil and Steve Mahre, Ken Read, Fritz Strobl, Michaela Gerg and Marina Kiehl.
Annemarie Moser-Proell will join previous Legend of Honor recipients including:
1984 Emile Allais
1985 Birger Ruud
1986 Dick Durrance & Gretchen Fraser
1987 Toni Seelos
1988 Stein Eriksen
1989 Freidl Pfeifer
1990 Karl Molitor
1991 The Werner Family
1992 Andrea Mead Lawrence
1993 Christl Cranz
1994 Christian Pravda
1995 Tom Corcoran
1996 Barney McLean
1997 Anderl Molterer
1998 Nancy Greene-Raine
1999 Pepi Gramshammer
2000 Marielle & Christine Goitschel
2001 Toni Sailer
2002 Billy Kidd & Jimmie Heuga
2003 Gustavo Thoeni
2004 Bob Beattie
2005 Bernhard Russi
2006 Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther
2007 President Gerald Ford & Family
2008 Franz Klammer
2009 Cindy Nelson
2010 The Crazy Canucks
2011 Phil & Steve Mahre
2012 Marc Girardelli
2013 Tamara McKinney
The 2014 Korbel American Ski Classic is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For additional information on the Ski Classic or the Foundation, visit www.vvf.org.
