Career
In the downhill contest she finished 19th. Four years later she finished fourth in the 1952 Olympic downhill event. In the same year she finished 17th in the giant slalom competition and 22nd in the slalom contest.
Mahringer was born in Linz.
She wed fellow skier Ernst Spiess in 1954. Together they founded the Mayrhofen Ski School.
In 1955, they opened "Riki’s Skikindergarten", the world"s first children"s ski school.