Austrian ice climbing competitions

The Austrian Ice Climbing Championship and 4th International Carinthian and East Tyrolean Championship took place in Kotschach at the start of January.

Orietta Bonaldo

January 2004

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With ice climbing competitions few and far between this winter, attention shifted away from discussions about the defunct Ice World Cup to the reality of the 4th International Carinthian and East Tyrolean Championship. The event, held in Kotschach on 10-11 January, took place on the same ice structure used a week earlier for the Austrian Championships.

Marco MÃ¼ller from Switzerland won the Austrian Championships, ahead of Stefan Bauhofer and Markus Bendler, while Claudia Colussi from italy dominated the women's event, winning both the Austrian Championship and the regional Carinthian and East Tyrolean Championship.

Attention now shifts to the World Championship in Saas Fee at the end of January, the Slovenian Championships in Solcava at the start of February, and an interesting Duathlon comprised on ski mountaineering and ice climbing in Kotschach on 1 February. For further information check out www.obergailtal.at

4Â° Int. KÃ¤rntner - Osttiroler Meisterschaft 2004
10-11 January 2004

Results men
1 Hostnik Primoz SLO
2 Baier Otmar AUT
3 Odermatt Urs CH
4 Klotz Andreas AUT
5 Schmidt Rudi AUT
6 Berger Harald AUT
7 Bauhofer Stephan GER
8 Vonmetz Christoph ITA
9 Purat Rudi AUT

Results women
1 Colussi Claudia ITA
2 Kraft Gundi GER
3 Pacher Claudia AUT
4 Cian Silvia ITA
5 Bonaldo Orietta ITA

Austrian Ice Climbing Championship
3-4 January 2004

Results men
1 MÃ¼ller Marco CH
2 Bauhofer Stefan GER
3 Bendler Markus AUT
4 Schiestl Mathias AUT
5 Roman Tschurtschenthaler ITA
6 Klarer Iwan CH
7 Berger Harald AUT
8 Piccolruaz Christian AUT
9 Grmovsek Andreij SLO

Results women
1 Colussi Claudia ITA
2 Victoria Berger AUT
3 Grmovsek Tanja SLO
4 Cian Silvia ITA
5 Pacher Claudia AUT