Francisco Fernández-Ochoa
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Francisco Fernández-Ochoa |
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| Medal record | |||
| Men's Alpine Skiing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sapporo 1972 | Slalom | |
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | St. Moritz 1974 | Slalom | |
Francisco Fernández-Ochoa (25 February 1950 – 6 November 2006) was a Spanish alpine skier.
He was born in Madrid.
Throughout his career he won only one World Cup race. However, he won a gold medal in slalom during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. He is known as being the only Spaniard ever to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. German-born Johann Muehlegg won three gold medals in cross-country skiing, but was stripped of his gold medals for doping offenses. Ochoa's sister Blanca Fernández-Ochoa was the only other Spanish athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics; she won the bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville in the slalom.
At the World Championships in 1974 Ochoa won a bronze medal in the same event.
Fernández-Ochoa died by cancer in Madrid in 2006.
[edit] World Cup victories
| Date | Location | Race |
|---|---|---|
| March 6, 1974 |  Zakopane |
Slalom |
1948: Edy Reinalter | 1952: Othmar Schneider | 1956: Toni Sailer | 1960: Ernst Hinterseer | 1964: Josef Stiegler | 1968: Jean-Claude Killy | 1972: Francisco Fernández-Ochoa | 1976: Piero Gros | 1980: Ingemar Stenmark | 1984: Phil Mahre | 1988: Alberto Tomba | 1992: Finn Christian Jagge | 1994: Thomas Stangassinger | 1998: Hans Petter Buraas | 2002: Jean-Pierre Vidal | 2006: Benjamin Raich
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