Käthe Lettner

Austrian skier Käthe Lettner placed 20th in the alpine combined at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympics. This event was the only alpine event held at Garmisch. When the first Austrian alpine national championships were held in 1928, Lettner finished second in the downhill. She then entered the podium another five times up to 1935. Lettner later owned a sports goods shop at Hallein.

Lettner’s father Rudolf was one of the pioneers of alpine skiing in Austria. He is considered the inventor of the steel edge on alpine skis, which were first used at the World Winter Games at Davos in 1930.