!!!Seelos, Anton Toni

b. Seefeld (Tyrol), March 4, 1911, racing skier, trainer and skiing 
instructor. Is regarded as the inventor of the parallel turn, the "S. 
gate" is used in racing to this day. S. won the world championship in 
1933 and 1935 (slalom and combination). Afterwards successful trainer; 
coached the German skier C. Cranz, who became an Olympic champion in 
1936 and won fourteen titles as world champion, a number which has yet 
to be rivalled.

!Literature
O. Bachmann and S. Kneisl, T. S. Ein Leben fuer den 
Skisport, 1999.


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