FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1939 were held in Zakopane

Zakopane

Zakopane , is a town in southern Poland. It lies in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998 it was in of Nowy Sącz Province, but since 1999 it has been in Lesser Poland Province. It had a population of about 28,000 as of 2004. Zakopane is a...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

in February 1939.

Men's events

Downhill	Hellmut Lantschner Hellmut Lantschner Hellmut Lantschner was an Austrian and German alpine skier and world champion. He first competed for Austria, and from 1935 for Germany.Lantschner became a world champion in the downhill in 1939.-References:...	Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Karl Molitor Karl Molitor Karl Molitor is a Swiss alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.Born in Wengen, he married Antoinette Meyer . In 1948 he won a silver medal in the Alpine combined event and a bronze medal in the downhill competition...
Slalom	Rudolf Rominger Rudolf Rominger Rudolf Rominger was a Swiss former alpine skier. He won several World Championship titles.-External links:...	Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Wilhelm Walch
Combined	Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Wilhelm Walch	Rudolf Rominger Rudolf Rominger Rudolf Rominger was a Swiss former alpine skier. He won several World Championship titles.-External links:...

Women's events

Downhill	Christl Cranz Christl Cranz Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers was a German alpine skier. Crantz was the dominating skier of the 1930s winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the Alpine skiing combined competition .Cranz was born 1914...	Lisa Resch Lisa Resch Lisa Resch was a German alpine skier.She won the women's world downhill championship in 1938, and a silver medal in the 1936 Winter Olympics women's downhill event.-External links:*...	Helga Gödl
Slalom	Christl Cranz Christl Cranz Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers was a German alpine skier. Crantz was the dominating skier of the 1930s winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the Alpine skiing combined competition .Cranz was born 1914...	Gritli Schaad	Maj Nilsson
Combined	Christl Cranz Christl Cranz Christl Franziska Antonia Cranz-Borchers was a German alpine skier. Crantz was the dominating skier of the 1930s winning twelve world championship titles between 1934 and 1939. At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen she won the Alpine skiing combined competition .Cranz was born 1914...	Gritli Schaad	Lisa Resch Lisa Resch Lisa Resch was a German alpine skier.She won the women's world downhill championship in 1938, and a silver medal in the 1936 Winter Olympics women's downhill event.-External links:*...

Medal table

1		5	4	3	12
2		1	2	2	5
3		0	0	1	1
	Total	6	6	6	18

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