Franz VOGLER

Downhill racer Franz Vogler won a bronze medal at the 1966 Portillo World Championships as the greatest success of his career. He then burst into the scene with shirt number 23 out of the second starting group. He also participated in the 1968 and the 1972 Winter Games in Grenoble and Sapporo but came in only 15th and 24th, respectively. In 1969 and 1971 he won West German national downhill titles. All-in-all he earned six World Cup podiums, winning the downhill race in Chrystal Mountain (USA) in 1972. Vogler later studied architecture and worked in Oslo and Oberstdorf.