It was Toni Sailer an Austrian skier. He won three medals at the 1956 Olympics including in the downhill. He was the first person to achieve this feat.
what athlete broke one of his ski starpes right before he raced in the downhill in 1956
1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
AN athlete who was at the Winter Olympic games.xx
The anticipated 1944 Winter Olympics, which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (due to the cancellation of 1940's V Olympic Winter Games), were to be celebrated in February 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Cortina d'Ampezzo had been awarded the games in June 1939, but due to World War II, the 1944 Winter Olympics were cancelled in 1941.The V Olympic Games eventually took place in St.Moritz, Switzerland, in 1948; Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics.
· downhill skiing
1956 Winter Olympics - Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Summer Olympics - Rome 2006 Winter Olympics - Turin
I think it would be ski cross or downhill
Twice. 1) 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo. 2) 2006 in Turin.
A winning athlete hears his or her country's national anthem.
Cortina d'Ampezzo hosted the 1956 winter olympics.
Bjørn Dæhlie
The skiing events, downhill, slalom, giant slalom, etc