Sport in Austria

The most popular sports are association football, alpine skiing and ice hockey.

Similar sports such as snowboarding and ski jumping are also widely popular, and Austrian athletes such as Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Hermann Maier, Toni Sailer and Marcel Hirscher are widely regarded as some of the greatest alpine skiers of all time.

Jochen Rindt was crowned 1970 champion, after being killed in practice for a race; he also won the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The latter has also held the Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, the Superbike World Championship, the European Formula Two Championship, and the top German series such as the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the Super Tourenwagen Cup.

Teams from Austria have won the European Football League championship the Eurobowl final many times.

American football in Austria is one of the more popular team sports for participation and spectators.

Austria is an active member of the WDSF and hosts many annual competitions such as Austrian Open and world championships.

Popularizing DanceSport, Austrian television holds annual Dancing Stars show that enjoys its 9th season as of 2014.