Andreas Felder

Andreas Felder
Country  Austria
Born (1962-03-06) 6 March 1962
Hall, Austria
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best 191 m (627 ft)
Kulm, 9 March 1986
World Cup career
Seasons 19801992
Individual wins 25
Indiv. podiums 51
Team podiums 2
Yellow bibs 37
Indiv. starts 166*
Team starts 2
Overall titles 1 (1991)
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. 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. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19th, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H SF
1979/80 112N/A
1980/81 1374N/A
1981/82 1455N/A
1982/83 46N/A
1983/84 1510N/A
1984/85 2nd, silver medalist(s)6N/A
1985/86 3rd, bronze medalist(s)15N/A
1986/87 3rd, bronze medalist(s)12N/A
1987/88 2328N/A
1988/89 1419N/A
1989/90 3rd, bronze medalist(s)14N/A
1990/91 1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)10
1991/92 3rd, bronze medalist(s)63rd, bronze medalist(s)

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1984/858 December 1984  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K89NH
2 8 December 1984  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
3 15 December 1984  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K114LH
4 16 December 1984  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
5 3 March 1985  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K113LH
6 8 March 1985  Sweden FalunLugnet K112LH
7 1985/8615 February 1986  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
8 16 February 1986  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
9 23 February 1986  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
10 1986/8714 March 1987  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
11 21 March 1987  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken K105LH
12 1989/904 March 1990  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
13 7 March 1990  Sweden ÖrnsköldsvikParadiskullen K82NH
14 17 March 1990  Norway RaufossLønnbergbakken K90NH
15 1990/911 December 1990  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
16 8 December 1990  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K90NH
17 8 December 1990  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
18 1 January 1991  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
19 6 January 1991  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111LH
20 2 March 1991  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
21 3 March 1991  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K114LH
22 1991/921 January 1992  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
23 17 January 1992  Switzerland St. MoritzOlympiaschanze K95NH
24 19 January 1992  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
25 29 March 1992  Slovenia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH

References

Awards
Preceded by
Michael Hadschieff
Austrian Sportsman of the year
1987
Succeeded by
Peter Seisenbacher


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