Austrian Sports Legends | Famous Sports People

Austrian Football

⚽ Football

DA

Football

Austrian

David Alaba

Centre Back / Left Back

Supremely versatile Austrian defender who excelled at both Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, winning tr…

Austrian Tennis

🎾 Tennis

DT

Tennis

Austrian

Dominic Thiem

Singles

2020 US Open champion and Austria's greatest modern tennis player, now returning from injury.…

TM

Tennis

Austrian

Thomas Muster

Singles

King of Clay in the 1990s — Thomas Muster dominated the clay court circuit like no other in his era.…

Austrian Ice Hockey

🏒 Ice Hockey

TV

Ice Hockey

Austrian

Thomas Vanek

Left Wing

Austria's greatest hockey player — 437 goals in the NHL and a $50 million contract.…

Austrian Formula 1

🏎️ Formula 1

GB

Formula 1

Austrian

Gerhard Berger

Driver

Austrian Formula 1 racing driver who competed from 1984-1997, winning 10 Grand Prix races and achiev…

NL

Formula 1

Austrian

Niki Lauda

Formula 1 Driver

Austrian Formula 1 racing driver who won three World Championships and became legendary for his rema…

Austrian Darts

🎯 Darts

MS

Darts

Austrian

Mensur Suljovic

Professional Darts Player

Austrian professional darts player, born in Bosnia, who became Austria's first PDC major champion by…

Austrian Winter Sports

⛷️ Winter Sports

AG

Winter Sports

Austrian

Anna Gasser

Big Air / Slopestyle

Austrian snowboarder who became Olympic champion in Big Air at PyeongChang 2018, making history as t…

FK

Winter Sports

Austrian

Franz Klammer

Downhill Skier

Austrian alpine ski racer who dominated downhill skiing in the 1970s, winning Olympic gold at Innsbr…

HM

Winter Sports

Austrian

Hermann Maier

Alpine Skier

Austrian alpine ski racer who won two Olympic gold medals in 1998 and became one of the most success…

MH

Winter Sports

Austrian

Marcel Hirscher

Alpine Skier

Austrian alpine ski racer who dominated the World Cup circuit, winning 8 consecutive overall titles …

TS

Winter Sports

Austrian

Toni Sailer

Alpine Skier

Austrian alpine ski racer who became the first person to win all three alpine skiing events at a sin…

Austrian Motorsport

🏁 Motorsport

JR

Motorsport

Austrian

Jochen Rindt

Racing Driver

The only posthumous Formula 1 World Champion — Jochen Rindt was killed in qualifying at Monza 1970 w…

Austrian Table Tennis

🏓 Table Tennis

LJ

Table Tennis

Austrian

Liu Jia

Professional Table Tennis Player

Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin, multiple European Champion and four-time Olympian re…