Traudl Hecher

— Alpine skier —

Disciplines

Downhill, giant slalom, slalom, combined

Club

SK Schwaz

Born

28 September 1943 (age 73)
Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria

World Cup debut

7 January 1967 (age 23)
inaugural season

Retired

1967 (age 23)

Olympics

Teams

2 – (1960, 1964)

Medals

2 (0 gold)

World Championships

Teams

4 – (1960, 1962, 1964, 1966)
includes two Olympics

Medals

2 (0 gold)

World Cup

Seasons

1 – (1967)

Wins

Podiums

2 – (1 GS, 1 SL)

Overall titles

0 – (7th in 1967)

Discipline titles

0 – (7th in SL 1967)

Medal record

Women's alpine skiing
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
	1960 Squaw Valley	Downhill
	1964 Innsbruck	Downhill

Waltraud J. "Traudl" Hecher-Görgl (born 28 September 1943) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist from Austria.

Born in Schwaz, Tyrol, she won Olympic bronze medals in the downhill in 1960 at Squaw Valley and in 1964 at Innsbruck. Her medal in 1960 at age 16 made her the youngest alpine skiing medalist ever, an honor she retains over fifty years later. She raced through the 1967 season, the first year of World Cup competition.

Hecher's son Stephan Görgl (b. 1978) and daughter Elisabeth Görgl (b. 1981) are both alpine racers who have represented Austria at the Winter Olympics. Stephan competed in the giant slalom in 2006 and Elisabeth competed in the downhill in 2006 and 2010. She won bronze in the latter, a half-century after her mother won bronze in the same event. One year later, Elisabeth became double world champion in 2011, with victories in both speed events (downhill and super G) at Garmisch. In February 2014, Elisabeth also participated in four disciplines in the 2014 Winter Olympics (downhill, giant slalom, super-G and combined).

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