André Kiesewetter
André Kiesewetter (born 20 August 1969) is an East German/German former ski jumper.
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| Born | 20 August 1969 Neuhaus am Rennweg, East Germany | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||
| Personal best | 191 m (627 ft) Planica, 23 March 1991 | ||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||
| Seasons | 1990–1991 1993–1994 | ||||||||||
| Individual wins | 2 | ||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 4 | ||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 33 | ||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 10 February 2016. | |||||||||||
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Career
He won the bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had his best individual finish of 7th in the individual large hill at those championships. Kiesewetter has two World Cup individual career wins in 1990 and 1991. In 1991 Planica World Cup Ski Flying competition he jumped 196 meters which was at that time longest jump ever, but unfortunately he touched snow with hands, otherwise this would be world record.
World Cup
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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| 1 | 1990/91 | 2 December 1990 | .svg.png){kind=small} | MacKenzie Intervale K114 | LH |
| 2 | 15 December 1990 |  | Miyanomori K90 | NH |
Invalid ski jumping world record
This is the longest parallel style ski jump in history.
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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| 23 March 1991 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Yugoslavia | 196 | 643 |
Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.
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