Andreas Felder

Andreas Felder
Andreas Felder
Country	Austria
Born	6 March 1962 (age 62); Hall, Austria
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Personal best	191 m (627 ft); Kulm, 9 Mar 1986
World Cup career
Seasons	1980–1992
Individual wins	25
Indiv. podiums	51
Team podiums	2
Yellow bibs	37
Indiv. starts	166*
Team starts	2
Overall titles	1 (1991)
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
	Updated on 14 Dec 2015.

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed in the 1980s and early 1990s. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. Felder finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup, including a No. 1 ranking in the 1990/91 season. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill competition.

Career

His big breakthrough came in the 1984–85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behind Matti Nykänen. At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill. He won the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1986 in Bad Mitterndorf, the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. Felder also won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season, Felder won his only Overall World Cup title and also won the team large hill gold medal at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in Planica, Slovenia.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	4H
1979/80	–	N/A	112
1980/81	13	N/A	74
1981/82	14	N/A	55
1982/83	46	N/A	–
1983/84	15	N/A	10
1984/85		N/A	6
1985/86		N/A	15
1986/87		N/A	12
1987/88	23	N/A	28
1988/89	14	N/A	19
1989/90		N/A	14
1990/91		10
1991/92			6

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1984/85	8 Dec 1984	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K-89	NH
2		8 Dec 1984	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K-120	LH
3		15 Dec 1984	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K-114	LH
4		16 Dec 1984	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K-86	NH
5		3 Mar 1985	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-113	LH
6		8 Mar 1985	Falun	Lugnet K-112	LH
7	1985/86	15 Feb 1986	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K-155	FH
8		16 Feb 1986	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K-155	FH
9		23 Feb 1986	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-120	LH
10	1986/87	14 Mar 1987	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K-185	FH
11	1986/87	21 Mar 1987	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K-105	LH
12	1989/90	4 Mar 1990	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-90	NH
13		7 Mar 1990	Örnsköldsvik	Paradiskullen K-82	NH
14		17 Mar 1990	Raufoss	Lønnbergbakken K-90	NH
15	1990/91	1 Dec 1990	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K-86	NH
16		8 Dec 1990	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K-90	NH
17		8 Dec 1990	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K-120	LH
18		1 Jan 1991	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K-107	LH
19		6 Jan 1991	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-111	LH
20		2 Mar 1991	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-90	NH
21		3 Mar 1991	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-114	LH
22	1991/92	1 Jan 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K-107	LH
23		17 Jan 1992	St. Moritz	Olympiaschanze K-95	NH
24		19 Jan 1992	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-120	LH
25		29 Mar 1992	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K-120	LH