Richard Schabl
Richard Schabl | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Schabl performing a one-handed pole flip | |||||||||||||||
Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) West Germany | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||||
Seasons | 7 – (1980–1986) | ||||||||||||||
Podiums | 28 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (11th in 1985) | ||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 2 – (Ski ballet: 1983, 1984) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Schabl (born 1959) is a German former freestyle skier, specializing in acroski. He won the gold medal at the first FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships in 1986 and the FIS Junior World Championship 1980 in Chamonix and ended his competitive sports career right after when he became the World Champion at the age of 26. Schabl achieved a total of 12 victories in the World Cup and won the ski ballet Crystal Globe in 1983 and 1984 seasons. He invented the one-handed pole flip and owns a unique world record 22 flips in 60 seconds on a ski deck (a revolving carpet).[1] He is also a two-time European Champion in ski ballet, winning the title in 1981 and 1984.
Upon his retirement, Schabl began working on ski films as a producer and actor, and later worked as a photographer for various magazines, including Playboy and Maxim.[2] His feature film project about the Kaprun disaster, Smoke in the Tunnel, has been in production for more than 10 years and scheduled to be released on the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe, 11 November 2025.[3]
Freestyle skiing results
[edit]World Championships
[edit]- 1 medal – (1 gold)
Year | Age | Ski ballet |
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26 | 1 |
World Cup
[edit]Season titles
[edit]- 2 titles – (2 ski ballet)
Season | |
Discipline | |
1983 | Ski ballet |
1984 | Ski ballet |
Season standings
[edit]Season | Age | Overall | Ski ballet |
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1980 | 20 | 48 | 19 |
1981 | 21 | 18 | 3 |
1982 | 22 | 26 | 4 |
1983 | 23 | 16 | 1 |
1984 | 24 | 13 | 1 |
1984–85 | 25 | 11 | 2 |
1985–86 | 26 | 28 | 8 |
Race podiums
[edit]- 12 victories
- 28 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
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1 | 1981 | 14 February 1981 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 3rd |
2 | 15 March 1981 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 3rd | |
3 | 21 March 1981 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 3rd | |
4 | 1982 | 3 January 1982 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd |
5 | 9 January 1982 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
6 | 1983 | 3 January 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st |
7 | 20 January 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
8 | 29 January 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
9 | 2 February 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
10 | 12 February 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
11 | 11 March 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
12 | 17 March 1983 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
13 | 1984 | 14 January 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd |
14 | 20 January 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
15 | 3 February 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
16 | 25 February 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
17 | 28 February 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
18 | 3 March 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
19 | 20 March 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
20 | 27 March 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
21 | 1984–85 | 11 December 1984 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd |
22 | 12 January 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
23 | 19 January 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
24 | 1 February 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
25 | 20 February 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
26 | 9 March 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st | |
27 | 17 March 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 2nd | |
28 | 1985–86 | 17 December 1985 | ![]() |
Ski ballet | 1st |
References
[edit]- ^ "Richard Schabl: Skiing on the mind". summitdaily.com. 1 June 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Richard Schabl – References". richardschablskiing.wixsite.com. Richard Schabl. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Movie: SMOKE IN THE TUNNEL, an Austrian Ski Tragedy Revealed". richardschablskiing.wixsite.com. Richard Schabl. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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