List of Famous people born in Tyrol, Austria
Heidi Neururer
Heidi Neururer is a professional snowboarder from Austria. Her speciality is the Parallel (Giant) Slalom.
Marco Friedl
Marco Friedl is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Werder Bremen.
Andreas Matt
Andreas Matt is an Austrian retired freestyle skier who specialised in the skicross discipline. He is the brother of alpine skiers Mario Matt and Michael Matt.
Josef Aschbacher
Josef Aschbacher is an Austrian space researcher and manager based in Paris, France. Since 1 March 2021, he is the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA). He previously served as ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes between 2016 - 2021.
Barbara Kappel
Barbara Kappel is an Austrian politician. From 2010 to 2014 she was a member of the FPÖ in the Vienna State Parliament and City Council. She then moved, initially as a non-attached member, to the European Parliament, where she was a member of the Europe of Nations and Freedom group until she left in June 2019.
Stephanie Brunner
Stephanie Brunner is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Schwaz, Tyrol, she specializes in the technical events of Slalom and Giant slalom, and made her World Cup debut on 17 March 2012. On the European Cup circuit, Brunner won the 2016 season title in giant slalom and was second in the overall standings.
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf is a German former professional ice hockey forward who played with the Iserolohn Roosters and EHC München in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Egon Schöpf
Egon Schöpf is an Austrian alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was born in Innsbruck the capital of Tyrol. In 1948 he finished fifth in the alpine skiing downhill event and sixth in the alpine skiing slalom competition. Four years later he participated in the 1952 downhill event and in the giant slalom competition but he was not able to finish one of these races.
Madeleine Egle
Madeleine Egle is an Austrian luger. She won bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and in 2018 another bronze metal at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Markus Prock
Markus Prock is an Austrian luger who competed between 1983 and 2002. Born in Innsbruck, Prock competed in six Winter Olympics winning three medals in the men's singles event with two silvers and one bronze (2002).