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Ossi Reichert

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Olympic medal record
Women's Alpine skiing
Representing  Germany
Gold medal – first place 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Giant Slalom
Silver medal – second place 1952 Oslo Slalom

Rosa "Ossi" Reichert (July 25, 1925 in Gunzesried - July 16, 2006) was a German Alpine skier.

She participated in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where she won a silver medal in the slalom beating her fellow German Annemarie Buchner to bronze medal.

After having injured an ankle in 1954, she came back to win the giant slalom and Germany's sole gold medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Reichert also was German champion three time. She retired to run the hotel of her parents in her home town the Allgäu region.