The former Swiss ski star Doris de Agostini is dead. The ski legend was only 62 years old after a brief serious illness.
The
Swiss ski legend Doris de Agostini died
at the age of
62
.
The downer ended
her career
at the
height of
her career
in
1983
at the age of only
25
.
Winter sports
mourn
de Agostini and
ennoble
the
idol
.
Airolo -
Doris de Agostini is dead
.
The Swiss ski legend died of a serious illness, the Swiss ski association
Swiss-Ski announced
on Sunday.
She was 62 years old.
She only found out about her serious
illness
in the fall
, as reported by the Swiss tabloid
Blick
.
“This is the most important race of my life.
I have to fight hard now, ”said
de Agostini
after the diagnosis.
It
is not known
which
illness
the ex-ski star suffered from.
Swiss ski star is dead - at the peak, Doris de Agostini resigned
The star of the
Ticino rose
as a
17-year-old
when she sensationally won the
World Cup downhill in Bad Gastein
.
The downhill specialist from Airolo won a total of eight races between 1976 and 1983.
De Agostini
took part in the Olympic Games twice in Innsbruck in 1976 and in Lake Placid in 1980 and won
the bronze medal
in the downhill
at the 1978 World Championships in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
.
In 1983, at the age of 25, she resigned at the
peak
- as the
winner of the Downhill World Cup
.
In the same year she was also voted
Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
.
(1/2) Swiss-Ski mourns the loss of one of the greatest female racers in Swiss skiing history.
Doris De Agostini died today after a short, serious illness at the age of 62.
- SwissSkiTeam (@swissskiteam) November 22, 2020
After de Agostini's death - Swiss skiing legends mourn
"For us she was 'La Doris', the
ski princess
", she ennobled the Swiss ski legend
Bernhard Russi
in
Blick
.
The downhill lady impressed despite her almost delicate prerequisites.
"We were all the more fascinated by Doris when she
flirted
with the element of
snow
, when she mastered the then still restless racing slopes with her incredible feeling for speed and her fighting spirit at the limit," said
Russi
.
De Agostini
was always considered modest and popular in winter sports, never wanted to be a star.
"She was the most
lovable person
you can imagine," recalls
Hanni Wenzel
, the Liechtenstein member of the Swiss ski team, who often
shared a room
with
de Agostini
, "and she was like that with everyone."
The overall World Cup winner from 2016
Lara Gut-Behrami also
mourns
de Agostini
.
"I was very lucky to get to know her as a person", said the 26-time World Cup winner about
La Regione.
“
I grew up a little with her and Michela Figini.
Both went with my father and my uncle, ”recalls Gut-Behrami.
"Sometimes she waited at the finish line at the end of my races to
give me a hug
." (Ck)