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Participating Countries: Austria

• In Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, when Austria's Ingrid Wendl's who won a bronze in individual figure skating, she was the the lone exception to the USA who won the other five of the six medals on offer.

• Also in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956, Toni Sailer of Austria became the first skier to sweep all three Alpine events.

• The Winter Olympics was held in Austria, both times in the cities of Innsbruck in 1964 and 1976.

• Austrian Franz Klammer won gold in downhill skiing in Innsbruck in 1976.

• In the 1998 Nagano Games, there was a spectacular "human-cannonball" fall by Austrian Hermann "The Herminator" Maier in the men's downhill. The fall ruined his chances as favourite in the event, but incredibly he got back on his skis again to win gold medals in the Super-G and the Giant Slalom.

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