The Austrian Ski Association (Österreichischer Skiverband, abbrev.
ÖSV (in German)), is the winter sports federation for Austria.
[3] In 2017 the former alpine skier Nicola Spiess-Werdenigg reported serious cases of sexual abuse in the ÖSV in the 1970s.
[4] After his death, the former Austrian ski legend Toni Sailer, formerly an official of the ÖSV, was accused of having been used for the consumption of alcohol and to this came the accusations of sexual violence against a woman for facts that occurred in the 1970s.
[5] On 27 February 2019 it was announced that the two Austrian cross-country skiers Dominik Baldauf and Max Hauke were arrested following an anti-doping raid.