Fencing

thumb|180px|[[Siegfried Flesch|Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch]]

  • Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy) (1882–1961), saber fencer, Olympic silver
  • Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), sabre fencer, Olympic bronze
  • Dr. Otto Herschmann (1877–1942), saber fencer, Olympic silver; 100-m freestyle in swimming, Olympic silver
  • Ellen Preis (1912–2007), foil fencer, 3-time world champion (1947, 1949, and 1950), Olympic champion, 17-time Austrian champion

Formula One

thumb|180px|Alexander Wurz at the [[2007 British Grand Prix ]]

thumb|180px|Niki Lauda in 1976

Austria has produced two Formula One champions, Jochen Rindt and Niki Lauda. The following is a list of drivers.

  • Gerhard Berger (1959–)
  • Harald Ertl (1948–1982), Died in 1982 due to an aircraft accident
  • Patrick Friesacher (1980–), Drove for Minardi in 2005, scoring three points in the infamous 2005 United States Grand Prix
  • Christian Klien (1983–), Drove for Red Bull Racing and HRT in F1.
  • Niki Lauda (1949–2019), three time Formula one world champion
  • Helmut Marko (1943–), former driver and current advisor to Red Bull Racing
  • Roland Ratzenberger (1960–1994), died in 1994 due to race related accident
  • Jochen Rindt (1942–1970), Formula one world champion, died in 1970 due to race related accident
  • Karl Wendlinger (1968–), currently driving in the FIA GT Championship
  • Toto Wolff (1972–), motorsport executive, currently team principle of Mercedes-Benz
  • Alexander Wurz (1974–), currently driving for Honda (as a test driver)

Football

thumb|180px|[[Hans Krankl]]

thumb|180px|[[Peter Pacult]]

thumb|180px|[[Julian Weinberger]]

The Bundesliga is Austria's professional football league.

  • David Alaba (1992–) – defender
  • Marko Arnautović (1989–) – player
  • Stefan Bliem (1983–) – goalkeeper
  • Fritz Dünmann (1884–1942) – striker
  • Otto Fischer (1901–1941), left winger and coach
  • Toni Fritsch (1945–2005), former Austrian football player and former placekicker for several National Football League teams (American football)
  • Andreas Herzog (1968–) – footballer and manager
  • Josef Hickersberger (1948–), football player and coach
  • Veli Kavlak (1988–) – player
  • Hans Krankl (1953–), footballer and coach
  • Božo Kovačević (1979–)
  • Peter Pacult
  • Yasin Pehlivan (1989–) – midfielder
  • Emanuel Pogatetz (1983–)
  • Toni Polster (1964–)
  • Herbert Prohaska (1955–)
  • Helmut Riegler (1976–)
  • Harald Ruckendorfer (1982–)
  • Paul Scharner (1980–) – player
  • Max Scheuer (1895–1941), defender; national team
  • Heinrich Schönfeld (1900 – 1976), forward and manager
  • Matthias Sindelar (1903–1939), nicknamed "the Mozart of football", Voted the greatest Austrian football player of all time.
  • Julian Weinberger (1985–) – FIFA referee

Hockey

thumb|180px|[[André Burakovsky]]

  • Christoph Brandner, NHL hockey player
  • André Burakovsky, Austria-born Swedish, left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
  • Robert Burakovsky, Sweden, right wing (NHL)
  • Reinhard Divis, NHL hockey player
  • Hans Dobida, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame
  • Michael Grabner
  • Thomas Vanek, NHL hockey player
  • Walter Wasservogel, inductee into the IIHF Hall of Fame

Mountaineering

  • Karl Blodig, first to climb all alpine mountains above 4000m
  • Hermann Buhl, first ascent of Nanga Parbat (1953), first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)
  • Kurt Diemberger, first ascents of Broad Peak (1957) and Dhaulagiri (1960)
  • Peter Habeler, first ascent of Mount Everest without oxygen (together with Reinhold Messner)
  • Heinrich Harrer, first ascent of the Carstensz Pyramid
  • Fritz Moravec, first ascent of Gasherbrum II together with Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart
  • Ludwig Purtscheller, first ascent of Kilimanjaro (1889)
  • Marcus Schmuck, first ascent of Broad Peak (1957), initiator and leader of the OEAV Karakoram Expedition
  • Herbert Tichy, first ascent of Cho Oyu
  • Fritz Wintersteller, first ascent of Broad Peak (1957)

Sailing

  • Andreas Geritzer, sailor
  • Roman Hagara, sailor (Olympic champion 2000 and 2004 with Hans-Peter Steinacher)
  • Hans-Peter Steinacher, sailor (Olympic champion 2000 and 2004 with Roman Hagara)

Skating

thumb|180px|[[Fritzi Burger]]

  • Fritzi Burger, figure skater, Olympic 2x silver, World Championship 2x silver
  • Emese Hunyady, speed skater (Olympic champion 1994)
  • Felix Kasper, figure skater, Olympic bronze

Skiing

thumb|180px|[[Anna Fenninger]]

thumb|180px|[[Renate Götschl]]

  • Armin Assinger (1964–)
  • Dieter Bartsch (1948–), coach
  • Michaela Dorfmeister (1973–), Olympic champion
  • Christoph Ebenbichler (1983–)
  • Stephan Eberharter (1969–), Olympic champion
  • Anna Fenninger (1969–), Olympic champion
  • Andreas Goldberger (1972–), ski jumper
  • Renate Götschl (1975–)
  • Christl Haas (1943–2001)
  • Hansi Hinterseer (1954–)
  • Marcel Hirscher (1989–)
  • Franz Klammer (1953–)
  • Stefan Kraft, ski jumper (world record holder)
  • Hermann Maier (1972–), Olympic champion
  • Ulrike Maier, Olympic champion (1967–1994)
  • Annemarie Moser-Pröll (1953–), Olympic champion
  • Patrick Ortlieb (1967–), Olympic champion
  • Benjamin Raich (1978–), Olympic champion
  • Toni Sailer (1935–2009), won all three gold medals, earning the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing
  • Gregor Schlierenzauer, ski jumper
  • Karl Schnabl (1954–), ski jumper
  • Karl Schranz (1938–)
  • Thomas Stangassinger (1965–), Olympic champion
  • Hubert Strolz (1962–), Olympic champion
  • Ernst Vettori (1964–), ski jumper
  • Anita Wachter (1967–), Olympic champion
  • Felix Gottwald (1976–), Olympic champion

Swimming

thumb|180px|[[Judith Deutsch, Hedy Bienenfeld, Coach Zsigo Wertheimer, Fritzi Löwy, and Luci Goldner]]

180px|thumb|[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]

  • Margarete "Grete" Adler, Olympic bronze (4x100-meter freestyle relay)
  • Hedy Bienenfeld (1907–1976), Austrian-American Olympic swimmer
  • Alfred Guth (1908–1996), Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete
  • Judith Haspel (born "Judith Deutsch"), held every Austrian women's middle and long distance freestyle record in 1935
  • Otto Herschmann, Olympic silver (100-m freestyle)
  • Mirna Jukić, swimmer
  • Ruth Langer (1921–1999), Austrian swimmer
  • Fritzi Löwy (1910–1994), Olympic swimmer
  • Klara Milch, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
  • Paul Neumann, Olympic champion (500-m freestyle)
  • Maxim Podoprigora, Olympic swimmer
  • Shoshana Ribner, Israeli Olympic swimmer
  • Markus Rogan, swimmer
  • Otto Scheff (born "Otto Sochaczewsky"), Olympic champion (400-m freestyle) and 2x bronze (400-m freestyle, 1,500-m freestyle)
  • Josephine Sticker, Olympic bronze (4x100-m freestyle relay)
  • Otto Wahle, 2x Olympic silver (1,000-m freestyle, 200-m obstacle race) and bronze (400-m freestyle); International Swimming Hall of Fame

Table tennis

180px|thumb|[[Richard Bergmann]]

  • Richard Bergmann, table tennis, 7-time world champion, Hall of Fame
  • Erwin Kohn, table tennis world champion
  • Alfred Liebster, table tennis player
  • Werner Schlager, table tennis player (world champion 2003)

Tennis

thumb|180px|[[Sybille Bammer]]

thumb|180px|[[Eva Duldig]]

  • Sybille Bammer (born 1980)
  • Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
  • Werner Eschauer
  • Nikola Hofmanova
  • Melanie Klaffner
  • Julian Knowle
  • Daniel Köllerer
  • Stefan Koubek
  • Oliver Marach
  • Patricia Mayr
  • Jürgen Melzer (born 1981), World No. 8
  • Yvonne Meusburger (born 1983)
  • Uberto De Morpurgo (1896–1961), Austrian-born Italian tennis player, World No. 8
  • Thomas Muster (born 1967), former World No. 1, 1995 French Open Champion
  • Tamira Paszek (born 1990)
  • Barbara Paulus (born 1970), World No. 10
  • Alexander Peya (born 1980)
  • Felix Pipes, Olympic silver (doubles)
  • Sylvia Plischke
  • Barbara Schett (born 1976)
  • Dominic Thiem (born 1993), 2020 US Open Champion, World No. 3
  • Barbara Schwartz (born 1979)

Weightlifting

thumb|180px|[[Hans Haas]]

  • Robert Fein (1907–1975), Olympic Champion weightlifter
  • Hans Haas (1906–1973), weightlifter, Olympic champion (lightweight), silver
  • Mickey Hirschl (1906–1991), weightlifting junior champion

Wrestling

  • Mickey Hirschl, wrestler, 2x Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman)
  • Fred Oberlander, wrestler; world champion (freestyle heavyweight)

Other notables in sport

thumb|180px|Georg Totschnig

thumb|180px|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]

  • Edin Ibrahimovic, volleyball player
  • Kate Allen, triathlete (Olympic champion 2004)
  • Toni Fritsch, NFL football player, Super Bowl VI champion
  • Stephanie Graf, runner (not related to German tennis player Steffi Graf)
  • Alfred Guth (1908–1996), Austrian-born American water polo player, swimmer, and Olympic modern pentathlete
  • Walter Hahn, professional wrestler, known as his ring name "Gunther"
  • Claudia Heill, judoka
  • Mickey Hirschl, wrestler, 2x Olympic bronze (heavyweight freestyle and Greco-Roman), shot put and discus junior champion, weightlifting junior champion, and pentathlon champion
  • Alfred König (1913–1987), Austrian-Turkish Olympic sprinter
  • Sylven Landesberg (born 1990), American-Israeli-Austrian basketball player
  • Manfred Magnus (born 1939), motorcycle racer
  • Jasmin Ouschan, pool-billiards player
  • Rowby-John Rodriguez, darts player
  • Nicole Trimmel, kickboxer
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger, body builder
  • Peter Seisenbacher, judoka (Olympic champion 1984 and 1988)
  • Christoph Sieber, surfer (Olympic champion 2000)
  • Mensur Suljović, darts player
  • Elisabeth Theurer, horse rider
  • Georg Totschnig, cyclist
  • Christine Wolf, golfer

References