Overview
- Riedel, who died Sunday after a short, severe illness, was 88, his son Peter said in an online obituary.
- The family will hold a small private funeral and asks for donations to ASC Oberwiesenthal instead of flowers or formal condolences.
- He won the 1961 giant slalom at Adelboden in Switzerland and later raced at the 1960, 1964, and 1968 Olympics, placing 13th in the 1968 slalom.
- France barred him and other East German athletes from the 1962 World Championships in Chamonix because it did not admit competitors from the Soviet bloc.
- He left top-level racing after East Germany cut support for alpine skiing and then studied sports in Leipzig and coached in Oberwiesenthal, including work with ski-jumping star Jens Weißflog.