Erwin Stricker

Erwin Stricker

Personal information
Born	(1950-08-15)15 August 1950 Mattighofen, Austria
Died	25 September 2010(2010-09-25) (aged 60) Bozen, Italy
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Speed events
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
World Cup debut	1972
Retired	1976
Olympics
Teams	2 (1972, 1976)
World Championships
Teams	3 (1972, 1974, 1976)
World Cup
Seasons	4

Erwin Stricker (15 August 1950 – 28 September 2010) was an Italian alpine skier who competed in the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1976 Winter Olympics.

Nicknamed Cavallo pazzo (in English Crazy horse) for his exuberant style, Stricker was the first skier after Karl Schranz and Jean-Claude Killy to enter the first group of merit of all the specialties foreseen at his time (downhill, giant slalom and special slalom).^[1]

Although born in Austria, Stricker’s family was originally from Brixen, where he lived most of his life.^[2]

Podium

Date	Place	Discipline	Position
07-01-1974	Berchtesgaden	Giant Slalom	3
24-03-1973	Heavenly Valley	Giant Slalom	2

• Erwin Stricker at FIS (alpine)
• Erwin Stricker at Olympics.com
• Erwin Stricker at Olympedia