Salzburg chronicle for city and country, April 21, 1937
Along with Pepi Jennewein from St. Anton, Willi Walch (1912-1941) from Stuben was the most successful racer for Ski-Club Arlberg in the late 1930s. From an international perspective, he was the greatest winter sports athlete in Vorarlberg until the Second World War. He was famous for his elegant skiing style, which he used to win numerous prestigious races. At the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships in Chamonix in 1937, he won the silver medal in slalom. Two years later, he was once again runner up in the world championship in the combination and also won the bronze medal in slalom. There, he was already starting for the German Reich. The Nazi propaganda styled Walch, as well as Pepi Jennewein and other Ski-Club Arlberg racers, as idols for German youth. Willi Walch was killed in 1941 in the Second World War on the first day of the Russian campaign.
