Anton Seelos

Anton Seelos

Medal record
Representing  Austria
Men’s Alpine skiing
World championship
	1933 Innsbruck	Slalom
	1933 Innsbruck	Combined
	1935 Mürren	Slalom
	1935 Mürren	Combined
	1931 Mürren	Slalom

Anton Seelos (March 4, 1911 – June 1, 2006) was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion.

In the 1930s, Seelos invented the parallel turn^[1] and became a world champion in the slalom and alpine combination in 1933, and again in slalom and in combination in 1935.^[2]

Seelos worked as professional ski instructor, and was therefore not allowed to participate in the Olympic games. He was also trainer and instructor for Christl Cranz and the French ski team with Emile Allais.

The Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld in Tirol is named after him.

References

1. Nick Howe: The Blitz Form Kitz, Skiing Heritage 1/1997 p.17.
2. Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on July 17, 2008)