Andreas Kofler

Andreas Kofler
File:Andreas Kofler (2011).jpg Kofler in 2011
Country	Austria
Born	(1984-05-17) 17 May 1984 Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski club	SV Innsbruck Bergisel
Personal best	233 m (764 ft) Vikersund, 26 Feb 2012
World Cup career
Seasons	2002–present
Individual wins	12
Team wins	15
Indiv. podiums	35
Team podiums	24
Yellow bibs	21
Indiv. starts	285
Team starts	29
Four Hills titles	1 (2010)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2006 Turin Individual LH 2006 Turin Team LH 2010 Vancouver Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Team LH 2011 Oslo Individual NH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2008 Oberstdorf Team 2012 Vikersund Team
Updated on 30 Mar 2015.

Andreas Kofler (born 17 May 1984) is an Austrian ski jumper who currently competes for the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV).

Career

Andreas Kofler grew up in Tyrol, in the Austrian Alps. He is a member of the ski jumping club SV Innsbruck-Bergisel, together with Gregor Schlierenzauer.

Kofler won his first individual competition in the World Cup on 4 February 2006. Two days later, he came in second place in the team competition. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Kofler won the silver medal in the individual competition, finishing only 0.1 points behind Thomas Morgenstern, his teammate on the squad with whom he would later win the Olympic gold medal in the team competition. At the Nordic Ski World Championships 2007 in Sapporo, Japan, Kofler won the gold medal in the team competition and finished in sixth place in the individual competition. At the end of the season, he arrived in second place at the Nordic Tournament, beaten only by Adam Małysz.

After starting well into the 2007/08 season, finishing in second place behind Morgenstern twice, Kofler crashed twice during competitions, in Engelberg and in Oberstdorf. Despite not being seriously injured, Kofler struggled to shake off his poor form for this and the next season.

In the 2009-2010, Kofler came in third place in Engelberg, ending his bad streak. During the same season, Kofler managed to win the prestigious Four Hills Tournament, ahead of Janne Ahonen and Wolfgang Loitzl, after winning the first event of the tournament in Oberstdorf. Kofler could not meet expectations in the first event (on the normal hill) of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, coming in 19th place. Nonetheless, he finished in fourth place on the large hill, only one point from the podium, and won the team competition with his teammates Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer—his second Olympic gold medal after 2006.

During the 2010/11 season, Kofler recorded three individual wins, including the first event of the season in Kuusamo, Finland.

Despite a training deficit due to back problems related to his spinal discs, Kofler started the 2011/12 season by winning the first two events, which took place in Lillehammer, Norway.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	4H	NT
2002/03	16	N/A	4	40
2003/04	21	N/A	30	29
2004/05	40	N/A	50	34
2005/06	7	N/A	8	4
2006/07	7	N/A	12
2007/08	13	N/A	30	7
2008/09	36	42	28	26
2009/10	4	12		6
2010/11	4	21	8	N/A
2011/12		12		N/A
2012/13	17	–	15	N/A
2013/14	12	–	25	N/A
2014/15	29	–	23	N/A
2015/16	37		48	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	2005/06	4 Feb 2006	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS 145	LH
2	2009/10	29 Dec 2009	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS 137 (night)	LH
3	2010/11	28 Nov 2010	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS 142	LH
4		19 Dec 2010	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS 137	LH
5		16 Jan 2011	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS 134	LH
6	2011/12	27 Nov 2011	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS 142 (night)	LH
7		3 Dec 2011	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 100 (night)	NH
8		4 Dec 2011	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 138	LH
9		18 Dec 2011	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS 137	LH
10		4 Jan 2012	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS 130	LH
11	2012/13	9 Dec 2012	Sochi	RusSki Gorki HS 106	NH
12		15 Dec 2012	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS 137	LH

Personal life

In 2007, Andreas Kofler started a four-year formation to become a member of the Austrian police force, as part of a program for competitive athletes. In May 2011, Kofler passed his final examinations and hence concluded his formation. His hobbies include telemark skiing, football, surfing and climbing. Andreas Kofler currently resides in Thaur, Tyrol.

External links

• Andreas Kofler at the International Ski Federation
• Official Website (German)