Erich Windisch

 
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Erich started skiing in Germany at the age of three. He was a member of German National Team in ski jumping and Nordic combined and over 5 years won 9 divisional and national championships. He was instrumental in developing a new arm movement still used in jumping today. He moved to Colorado in 1957 and became Co-Director of the Willy Schaeffler Arapaho Basin Ski School. Windisch Way in Vail was named in his honor.

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