British television viewers began to tune in more regularly to Ski Sunday each week to follow the performances of a surprise hero, but Bartelski failed to improve on his biggest result.
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He finished 7th in Schladming in February 1982 and also had a 13th place and two 15th place finishes during that winter season.
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Bartelski stunned the ski-ing world during his performance at the World Cup at Val Gardena, Italy on 13 December 1981 when he finished the downhill in 2 minutes 07.52 seconds, just 0.11 behind the race winner Austria's Erwin Resch.
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Konrad Bartelski (born 27 May 1954) is a former British alpine ski racer who produced the best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill race at Val Gardena.
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Towards the end of his career, Bartelski began to make appearances in the commentary box for Ski Sunday on BBC television - the programme which gained him his fame in his home country.
Konrad Bartelski was a student of the BSN between 1960 and 1972, Konrad was the son of a KLM pilot and no one at that time could have foreseen that he would go on to become a world champion runner up in downhill skiing.
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