Big effect: Neither Walchhofer nor Götschl become ÖSV president

Not Michael Walchhofer or Renate Götschl should follow him, but Karl Schmidhofer, President of the Styrian association. His name only appeared after hours of negotiations by the election committee in Anif. Actually, the decision should have been made between the ex-racers Walchhofer (46/Salzburg), who is also ÖSV vice-president, and the Styrian Götschl (45). Because the committee, which met in a hotel from 16.00 p.m., apparently could not reach an agreement, Schmidhofer, himself part of the election committee, was pulled out of the hat. His name had not been reported in connection with a possible successor to Schröcksnadel in recent weeks. Ski family The 59-year-old uncle of the former Super-G world champion Nicole Schmidhofer, who also sits on the National Council for the ÖVP, received six votes; Tyrol, Styria and Vorarlberg abstained. The management consultant was, among other things, managing partner of Lachtal Seilbahnen (1993-2014) and Kreischberg Seilbahnen (2001-2014), owner and managing director of Lift GesmbH St. Lambrecht - Grebenzen (2015-2018) and managing director of Hauser Kaibling Seilbahn (2019). If he is elected, he would like to give up his NR mandate in order to devote himself fully to the ÖSV, he explained after the meeting. By choosing a candidate, a vote was avoided. Schmidhofer, who was nominated by Lower Austria's President Wolfgang Labenbacher on Tuesday, is now expected to be elected to office by voters at the state conference in Villach on June 19th. Excitement about Götschl The decision at around 1.35:19.00 a.m. was the highlight of an eventful day that began with Walchhofer's presentation. Afterwards, Götschl, who, according to media reports, was not present in Anif because she received the invitation too late, was asked to go to Untersberg. At least Salzburg's regional association president Bartl Gensbichler explained at around XNUMX p.m ORF, Götschl is on his way. An hour later everything was different again, Götschl had refused, they reported SN. After dinner at around 19.30:20.30 p.m., the committee finally resumed its work at around XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. What role Schmidhofer will play remains to be seen. According to media reports and public statements by various protagonists in recent weeks, Schröcksnadel wishes to continue to have influence on the ski association's economic companies through the new president. Big differences Walchhofer, who had decided to run for office a long time ago, had always emphasized that the new ÖSV president must have the final decision in all areas of the ÖSV. His former schoolmate and teammate Götschl (45) was only nominated by the Styrian association in April and somewhat surprisingly. Many believe that she is the latest in a series of candidates promoted by Schröcksnadel. In any case, the fierce struggle in the election committee on Tuesday does not contradict the thesis that there has been a rift in the state ski associations because of the different interests in the background. Just one day before the election committee meeting, Upper Austria's long-term president Friedrich Niederndorfer resigned with immediate effect on Monday, but without connecting this with the Schröcksnadel successor discussion, as some media immediately suspected. It was said that the resignation was solely for personal reasons. Vice President Bernhard Zauner represented the LSV Upper Austria in the election committee. It was assured that we would continue to stand united behind Walchhofer. Schröcksnadel (79) wants to remain on the Council of the International Ski Association (FIS), but will no longer be running for ÖSV President in June after 31 years. His succession plan is turbulent because of the background. It's about power and influence in the ÖSV companies, quotes the Kleine Zeitung a former ÖSV official.

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Big effect: Neither Walchhofer nor Götschl become ÖSV president

After a tough struggle, the regional heads of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) agreed on a surprise man as the successor to the outgoing president Peter Schröcksnadel on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.

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