Andreas Widhölzl

Andreas Widhölzl
Widhölzl in Holmenkollen, 2006
Country  Austria
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976
St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best 231 m (758 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons 1993
1995–2007
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
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2006 TurinTeam LH
1998 NaganoIndividual NH
1998 NaganoTeam LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2005 OberstdorfTeam NH
2005 OberstdorfTeam LH
1999 RamsauTeam LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
2000 VikersundIndividual
2006 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
2004 PlanicaTeam
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles.

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 4H SF NT JP
1992/93 —55—N/AN/A
1994/95 2618—N/AN/A
1995/96 203716N/A21
1996/97 1514133rd, bronze medalist(s)16
1997/98 3rd, bronze medalist(s)73rd, bronze medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)7
1998/99 71421406
1999/00 2nd, silver medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)562nd, silver medalist(s)
2000/01 12162852N/A
2001/02 45N/A21N/A
2002/03 3rd, bronze medalist(s)12N/A41N/A
2003/04 2917N/A—N/A
2004/05 816N/A19N/A
2005/06 1018N/A8N/A
2006/07 3322N/A34N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1996/979 March 1997  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K114LH
2 1997/9820 December 1997  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
3 5 February 1998  Japan SapporoŌkurayama K120LH
4 1 March 1998  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K175FH
5 4 March 1998  Finland KuopioPuijo K120 (night)LH
6 1998/9912 December 1998  Germany OberhofHans-Renner-Schanze K120LH
7 6 January 1999  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
8 1999/004 December 1999  Italy PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K120 (night)LH
9 5 December 1999  Italy PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K120 (night)LH
10 1 January 2000  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K115LH
11 3 January 2000  Austria InnsbruckBergiselschanze K110LH
12 6 January 2000  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
13 5 February 2000  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
14 6 February 2000  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
15 2001/0224 January 2002  Japan HakubaHakuba K120LH
16 26 January 2002  Japan SapporoŌkurayama K120LH
17 2002/0330 November 2002  Finland KuusamoRukatunturi K120 (night)LH
18 2004/0515 January 2005  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH

References

  1. ↑ Andreas Widhölzl; Heinz Schnürle (2009), Mein Höhenflug, Holzgerlingen: SCM Hänssler, ISBN 978-3-7751-5050-7
  2. ↑ "Laufbahn - Andreas Widhölzl". Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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