Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 – 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, considered among the best in the sport.

[4] He also won world titles both years in the combined, then a "paper" race, but awarded with medals by the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Through 2014, Sailer remains the youngest male gold medalist in Olympic alpine skiing.

Two years after the 1956 Olympics, Sailer won three gold medals and one silver at the 1958 World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria.

He won five of six possible Olympic/World Championship races, missing a perfect record with a silver in the Bad Gastein slalom, seven-tenths of a second back.

[8][9] In 1957–71, he appeared in a handful of movies, most of them shallow comedies at least partly set in alpine regions, with Sailer showing off his talent.

[12] Sailer, although not associated with any political party, announced in January 2004 that he would run for Mayor of Kitzbühel.

[18] It was announced in January 2008 that Sailer had laryngeal cancer, for which he had been undergoing chemotherapy in the preceding months.