Andreas Widhölzl
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Widhölzl in Holmenkollen, 2006
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Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Johann in Tirol, Austria |
14 October 1976 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 231 m (758 ft) Planica, 20 Mar 2005 |
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Seasons | 1993 1995–2007 |
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Individual wins | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yellow bibs | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 288 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four Hills titles | 1 (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nordic titles | 1 (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 30 Mar 2015. |
Andreas Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles. He has three children: Jana, Noah and Elea.
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Career
Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won two Olympic bronzes and two world championship medals, along with sixteen victories in World Cup events. During this time came his victory in the 1999/2000 Four Hills Tournament. During this season, he came second in the ski-jumping World Cup. In the next five years, he won only one World Cup event, however, in 2005 he twice won the world championship with the Austrian National Team and a year later he was part of the Austrian Team that won the Team Olympic Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. In March 2008, following health problems, he ended his fifteen-year-long World Cup ski-jumping career.
Widhölzl was interested in ski-jumping from an early age, his interest coming from watching the sport on television.[1] At around this time he joined the Tyrolese Ski Federation and learnt to ski. When he was seven years old, a school friend convinced him to join the Fieberbrunner Weitenjäger. After a few years, Widhölzl earned his first success in the district and regional championships for his age group.[2]
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | SF | JP | 4H | NT |
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1992–93 | – | – | N/A | 55 | N/A |
1994–95 | 26 | – | N/A | 18 | N/A |
1995–96 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 37 | N/A |
1996–97 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | |
1997–98 | 7 | 7 | |||
1998–99 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
1999–00 | 5 | 6 | |||
2000–01 | 12 | 28 | N/A | 16 | 52 |
2001–02 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 5 | 21 |
2002–03 | N/A | N/A | 12 | 41 | |
2003–04 | 29 | N/A | N/A | 17 | – |
2004–05 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 16 | 19 |
2005–06 | 10 | N/A | N/A | 18 | 8 |
2006–07 | 33 | N/A | N/A | 22 | 34 |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Place | Hill | Size |
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1 | 1996-97 | 9 Mar 1997 | Lahti | Salpausselkä K-114 | LH |
2 | 1997-98 | 20 Dec 1997 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-120 | LH |
3 | 5 Feb 1998 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama K-120 | LH | |
4 | 1 Mar 1998 | Vikersund | Vikersundbakken K-175 | FH | |
5 | 4 Mar 1998 | Kuopio | Puijo K-95 (night) | NH | |
6 | 1998-99 | 12 Dec 1998 | Oberhof | Hans-Renner-Schanze K-120 | LH |
7 | 6 Jan 1999 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120 | LH | |
8 | 1999-00 | 4 Dec 1999 | Predazzo | Trampolino dal Ben K-120 (night) | LH |
9 | 5 Dec 1999 | Predazzo | Trampolino dal Ben K-120 (night) | LH | |
10 | 1 Jan 2000 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze K-115 | LH | |
11 | 3 Jan 2000 | Innsbruck | Bergiselschanze K-110 | LH | |
12 | 6 Jan 2000 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120 | LH | |
13 | 5 Feb 2000 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K-120 | LH | |
14 | 6 Feb 2000 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze K-120 | LH | |
15 | 2001-02 | 24 Jan 2002 | Hakuba | Hakuba K-120 | LH |
16 | 26 Jan 2002 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama K-120 | LH | |
17 | 2002–03 | 30 Nov 2002 | Kuusamo | Rukatunturi K-120 (night) | LH |
18 | 2004-05 | 15 Jan 2005 | Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf | Kulm HS 200 | FH |
References
- FIS Newsflash 177 on Widhölzl's retirement announcement. 30 April 2008.
- Andreas Widhoelzl at the International Ski Federation
- Pages with broken file links
- 1976 births
- Austrian ski jumpers
- Living people
- Olympic ski jumpers of Austria
- Olympic gold medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics