Arlberg-Kandahar

The Arlberg-Kandahar ( AK ) is a mythical test of the history of the Alpine skiing.

It is at the origin of the recognition of the Alpine skiing by the International federation of Ski.

Origin of the name

The name Arlberg-Kandahar has two origins:

  • Arlberg in reference in the name of an Austrian collar close to Sankt Anton, where the Austrian school of ski invented a technique of ski.

  • Kandahar of the name of a general English Sir Roberts off Kandahar which occupied Kandahar (Afghanistan) and became vice-president of the Public School Alpine Sports Club.

Arnold Lunn off organizes on January 7th 1911 the Challenge Roberts Kandahar with Montana, known like the first descent of the history of the Alpine skiing, and makes dispute on January 6th 1922 the first slalom (" race in S" in Norwegian) with Mürren.

January 30th 1924, it founds the Kandahar Ski Club to ensure the promotion of the compound descent and slalom. The same year, the first Winter Olympics are disputed with Chamonix and the International federation of Ski is created. Influenced by the Scandinavians and defending the Scandinavian disciplines, it is opposed to the recognition slalom and downhill races.

Arnold Lunn joins then the Ski Club of Arlberg and Hannes Schneider, the inventor of the technique of Arlberg, to create the test of Arlberg-Kandahar (name of both Ski Club), a compound descent-slalom. The first AK is disputed in March 1928 with Sankt Anton. Vis-a-vis the success of this test, DID it integrates in February 1930 at the time of the congress of Oslo in its payments the slalom and downhill races.

History of the competition

The first edition was disputed the March 31st and 1er April 1928 with Sankt Anton. Then, the test proceeded starting from 1931 alternatively between the Austrian station and the Swiss station of Mürren.

Cancelled in 1938 because of the Anschluss (the test was to dispute in Sankt Anton) then stopped during the Second world war, the AK began again in 1947 with Mürren. New stations were then built-in the organization: Chamonix in 1948, Sestrières in 1951 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1954.

This competition proceeded apart from the aegis of the International federation of Ski but was an annual appointment very snuffed better skiers of the time. After the Olympic Games and the championships of the world, it was the third most prestigious test. The great names of the Alpine skiing appear in its prize list.

With creation in 1967 of the world cup of ski, which incorporated it in its program, the test lost of its original spirit and its glare. Of 1981 with 1993, it had there nothing any more but Garmisch and Sankt Anton for accueillier the AK. Chamonix took again the organization in 1994.

K of diamond

A skier having added up 5 podiums (descent, slalom or compound) on 5 years different or 3 podiums and a compound victory over 4 years different are recomposed by one K of diamond.

This badge was gained by Walter Prager, Otto Furrer, Dirty-Barker Audrey, James Couttet, Marysette Agnel, Andreas Molterer, Karl Schranz twice, Traudl Hecher, François Bonlieu, Christl Haas, Jean-Claude Killy, Guy Périllat and Gerhard Nenning.

Prize list

  1. Walter Prager gains K of diamond: compound 1930, podium 1931, podium 1932 and podium 1933
  2. Otto Furrer gains K of diamond: podium 1930, combined 1931, podium and combined 1932 and Dirty-Barker podium 1934
  3. Audrey, second of the descent, gains K of diamond: podium 1928, combined 1929, podium and combined 1931 and podium 1935
  4. James Couttet gains K of diamond: podium 1939, combined 1947, podium and combined 1948 and podium 1950
  5. Marysette Agnel, second of the descent, gains K of diamond: compound 1950, podium 1952, podium 1954 and podium 1954
  6. Andreas Molterer gains K of diamond: podium 1952, combined 1953, podium and combined 1954 and podium 1956
  7. Karl Schranz gains K of diamond: compound 1957, podium and combined 1958, podium and combined 1959 and podium 1962
  8. Traudl Hecher gains K of diamond: podium 1960, podium 1961, combined 1962 and podium 1963
  9. François Bonlieu gains K of diamond: podium 1958, podium 1959, podium 1960 and combined 1963
  10. Christl Haas, third of the slalom, gains K of diamond: podium 1960, podium 1961, podium 1962, podium 1963 and podium 1965
  11. Jean-Claude Killy gains K of diamond: podium 1963, podium 1964, podium 1965 and combined 1966
  12. Guy Périllat, third of the descent, gains K of diamond: compound 1961, podium 1963, podium 1964 and podium 1967
  13. Gerhard Nenning, second of the slalom, gains K of diamond: podium 1964, combined 1965, podium 1966 and podium 1967
  14. Karl Schranz gains second K of diamond: podium 1965, podium 1966, combined 1969 and podium 1970

Arlberg-Kandahar with Chamonix

The test disputed in the French station of Chamonix on the track Verte of Houches in 1948, 1952, 1957, 1963, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1997, 2000 and 2004 where the Guy Périllat, François Bonlieu, Annie Famose, Nancy Greene, Karl Schranz, Hermann Maier, Kjetil André Aamodt, Alberto Tomba, Ingemar Stenmark or Bode Miller registered their names with his prize list.

External bond

  • the edition of 2007 in Chamonix.

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