Pamela Behr

Pamela Behr
Personal information
Born	21 September 1956 (age 68); Hindelang, West Germany
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Slalom, giant slalom,; Downhill, Combined
World Cup debut	1971 (age 14)
Retired	1980 (age 23)
Olympics
Teams	3 – (1972, 1976, 1980)
Medals	0 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	2 – (1974, 1978)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 - (1971-1980)
Wins	1
Podiums	5
Overall titles	0
Discipline titles	0
Medal record
Women's alpine skiing
Representing West Germany
World Championships

Pamela Behr (born 21 September 1956 in Hindelang, West Germany) is a retired German alpine ski racer. She is the second youngest person ever to win an FIS Alpine Ski World Cup race, winning a slalom in Val d'Isere, France, in December 1972 at the age of 16 years, 79 days.^[1]^[3] It would be the only World Cup race win of her ten-year career. She won the silver medal in slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1978 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Skiing career

Behr made her debut on the World Cup circuit at the age of 14 in the 1971 season^[1] and scored her first World Cup points the next year, with three top-ten results during the 1972 season. These included second place in a slalom in Pra-Loup, France, in March 1972 at the age of 15 years, 178 days, the youngest ever to finish on a World Cup podium (top three).^[3]

She competed in three Winter Olympics, racing in all alpine skiing events during her Olympic debut in 1972 at age 15, finishing 6th in slalom, 25th in giant slalom, and 36th in downhill.^[2] She would place 5th in slalom at the 1976 Olympics, but failed to finish the slalom in her final Olympics in 1980.

Behr won the West German national championships a total of seven times between 1971 and 1979, six times in slalom and once in giant slalom.

World Cup podiums

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place	Age
1972	17 March 1972	Pra-Loup	Slalom	2nd	15 years, 178 days
1973	9 December 1972	Val d'Isere	Slalom	1st	16 years, 79 days
1973	2 January 1973	Maribor	Slalom	2nd	16 years, 103 days
1976	17 December 1975	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Slalom	2nd	19 years, 87 days
1977	19 January 1977	Schruns	Slalom	3rd	20 years, 120 days

World Championships medals

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place	Age
1978	3 February 1978	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Slalom	Silver	21 years, 135 days

Personal life

Pamela Behr is the daughter of Sepp Behr, an alpine ski racer who also won seven West German national championships titles in slalom, giant slalom, and combined from 1954 to 1962. She is married to Christian Knauth, the marketing and communications director of the FIS (International Ski Federation).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c McKee, Hank (June 2009). "How Ski Racers Have Changed". Skiing Heritage. 21 (2): 9–11. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pamela Behr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b "World Cup Women's Age Stats". Ski-db.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

External links

Pamela Behr at FIS (alpine)
Pamela Behr at Olympics.com
Pamela Behr at Olympedia
Pamela Behr at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database

[SH09-1] McKee, Hank (June 2009). "How Ski Racers Have Changed". Skiing Heritage. 21 (2): 9–11. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

[SR-2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pamela Behr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

[db-w-age-3] "World Cup Women's Age Stats". Ski-db.com. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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