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...jumping competition. Raised in his father's pub halfway up an alp, Toni's budding alpine career was nipped at age twelve by officials who considered him too puny. He enrolled at a state-run skiing school, becoming a protégé of Jumping Coach Baldur Preiml...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Short Guide to All the Action | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...Preiml, 36, is the Austrian equivalent of football's total technician Tom Landry: both leave nothing to chance. All his jumpers are tested for heart and lung capacity in repose as well as under stress, and he has even sent them to the Schellbach Institute in West Germany for a dose of will-strengthening therapy. It must work, since Preiml has at least four medal threats, including 90-Meter Favorite Karl Schnabl. No secrets, Preiml says. Except for his wonder wax initially developed by a Viennese glazier to coat windows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Short Guide to All the Action | 2/2/1976 | See Source »

...Ladies Golf Hall of Fame, after winning a record 13 tournaments and $31,269 on the 1963 pro tour. > Veikko Kankkonen: the international Four Hills ski-jumping tournament, a grueling nine-day test over four separate hills in West Germany and Austria, beating Austria's Baldur Preiml for the title with a leap of 320 ft. at Bischofshofen, Austria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scoreboard: Who Won Jan. 17, 1964 | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

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