Josef Schaupper (3 August 1963 – 11 November 2000) was an Austrian deaf alpine skier.[1] He represented Austria at the Deaflympics in 1987, 1995 and 1999, winning 7 medals including a gold medal. He died in the Kaprun funicular railway fire on 11 November 2000, along with his fellow deaf skiers.[2][3]
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| Nationality | Austrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 November 2000 (aged 37) Kitzsteinhorn, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1987 – 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSchaupper made his debut at the 1987 Winter Deaflympics and competed on two further occasions. In his maiden appearance, he won 3 medals: gold medal in parallel slalom,[4] silver medal in slalom[5] and bronze medal in downhill.[6]
After missing the 1991 Winter Deaflympics, he took part in the 1995 Winter Deaflympics, winning silver medals in the men's giant slalom and super giant events.[7][8] In the 1999 Winter Deaflympics, he again won silver medals in the men's slalom and super giant events.[9][10]
Death
editSchaupper and his friends Sandra Mayr, Karl Hutegger and Stephan Mohr, who were also deaf skiers, were trapped and killed in a fire in an ascending train in the tunnel of the Gletscherbahn Kaprun 2 in Kaprun.[11][12][13][14] The disaster killed 155 people. A memorial to Josef Schaupper was erected in 2011 in Goldegg.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Josef Schaupper | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Cable Train Fire in Austria". ABC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Godeysen, Hubertus; Uhl, Hannes (2014). 155: Kriminalfall Kaprun (in German). Editions A Verlag. p. 192. ISBN 978-3-990-01092-1.
- ^ "Men's parallel slalom| 1987 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's Slalom | 1987 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's downhill | 1987 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's Giant Slalom | 1995 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's Super-G | 1995 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's Slalom | 1999 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Men's Super-G | 1999 Winter Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Godeysen, Hubertus; Uhl, Hannes (17 February 2014). 155: Kriminalfall Kaprun (in German). Editions A Verlag. ISBN 9783990010921.
- ^ "Cable Train Fire in Austria". ABC News. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Verdrängt der Alltag den Schock?". Wiener Zeitung (in German). 7 April 2005 [2000-11-14]. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Seeh, Manfred (30 October 2010). "Kaprun: Die Wucht der Katastrophe". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ San Roman, Alvaro (4 February 2011). "Gedenkstein für Josef Schaupper". Gebärdenwelt TV (in German). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2018.