Franz Klammer
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Sep 30, 2026
Peter HardyHOST
yeah.
Peter HardyHOST
Franz Klammer once said to me that there can be any ski in the world and I'll beat anyone down the mountain, but only if I've got my own boots on.
Jock DunnGUEST
Absolutely.
Jock DunnGUEST
Yeah, I mean, boots are, and it's the completely, it's completely neglected.
Scott SchellGUEST
And afterwards, I got invited to dinner with several members of the Austrian national ski team.
Scott SchellGUEST
Well, I ended up being seated next to Franz Klammer.
Scott SchellGUEST
And he, as you'll remember, was one of the biggest names in alpine skiing in Austria and in the world at that time.
Scott SchellGUEST
And we spent much of the evening talking about racing.
Andrew MiedeckeGUEST
So, but the other car had a constant misfire and they struggled to get it.
Andrew MiedeckeGUEST
So in the end, they decided they would put Denny, the ex-world champion, and Franz Klammer, who's a very good bloke too, but probably one of the world's greatest ever downhill ski racers and a very handy racing driver as well.
Andrew MiedeckeGUEST
and put in number 41, the car that Denny and I started with, and I would move into the German car, hopefully fixed, with Jörg van Ommen.
Andrew MiedeckeGUEST
And on Sunday morning, I drove the car and fixed it, and I could tell.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
'Cause I originally wanted to go to the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984 as a downhill ski racer.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
And, and it was Ski Sunday, and watching people like Ingemar Stenmark and Franz Klammer and all these guys, and I thought, "Yes, I wanna be like them." And he was my biggest hero, was Franz Klammer, and, uh, and Ingemar Stenmark.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
They were my heroes.
Sean MoncrieffHOST
Yeah, no, well, that's interesting actually, Eddie, that y- you were looking at these people and thinking, "I want to be like them," rather than thinking, "I'm looking at these people, and there's no way I'd ever be as good as them-
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
And that just inspired me to, you know, to try and go to the Olympic Games, because I originally wanted to go to the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984 as a downhill ski racer.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
And it was ski Sunday and watching people like Ingmar Stenmark and Franz Klammer and all these guys.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
And I thought, yes, I want to be like them.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
And he was my biggest hero was Franz Klammer and Ingmar Stenmark.
Eddie EdwardsGUEST
They were my heroes.
Sean MoncrieffHOST
Yeah, well, that's interesting, actually, Eddie, that you were looking at these people and thinking, I want to be like them rather than thinking, I'm looking at these people and there's no way I'd ever be as good as them because I don't have the resources around me to emulate them.