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Barbara Henneberger

Barbi Henneberger
— Alpine skier —
Disciplines Downhill, Giant Slalom,
Slalom, Combined
Club TAK München
Born (1940-10-04)4 October 1940
Oberstaufen, Bavaria, Germany
Died 12 April 1964(1964-04-12) (aged 23)
Trais Fleur slope
near St. Moritz, Switzerland
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Olympics
Teams 2 – (1960, 1964)
Medals 1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams 3 – (1960, 1962, 1964)
    includes two Olympics
Medals 2 (0 gold)

Barbara-Maria "Barbi" Henneberger (4 October 1940 – 12 April 1964) was an alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from West Germany. She competed for the Unified Team of Germany at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and at the 1962 World Championships.

Born in Oberstaufen, Bavaria, Henneberger competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley at age 19. She won the bronze medal in the slalom, finished eleventh in the downhill, and 15th in the giant slalom. Henneberger was third in the combined, which earned a world championship medal. Four years later in 1964 at Innsbruck, she finished fifth in the downhill, seventh in the giant slalom, and tenth in the slalom.


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