Josef Bradl

Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl (8 January 1918 – 3 March 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s.[1] He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria.

Josef Bradl
Photo from Zakopane (1939)
Country Austria
 Nazi Germany
Born(1918-01-08)8 January 1918
Wasserburg am Inn,
German Empire
Died3 March 1982(1982-03-03) (aged 64)
Mühlbach am Hochkönig,
Austria
Ski clubSC Mühlbach am Hochkönig
SC Bischofshofen
SC Salzburg
Personal best130 m (430 ft)
Oberstdorf, Germany
(1951)
Four Hills titles1 (1953)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
1939 Zakopane Individual LH

Career

He won the ski jumping gold medal at the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane while competing under Nazi Germany in the wake of Austria being annexed in late 1938. He was the first man to perform a "flight" of more than 100 meters, on 15 March 1936 in Planica, Slovenia.

Following World War II, Bradl wasn't allowed to compete in 1948 Olympics because he was a Sturmbannführer in the paramilitary Nazi organization Sturmabteilung. He returned to competition in the early 1950s and was the first winner of the Four Hills Tournament in 1952/53, this time representing his home country of Austria. He would earn one of his post-war victories at the Olympia hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany in 1953 as part of the Four Hills tournament, then earn his final career victory the following year in Bischofshofen, Austria. He lived in Mühlbach am Hochkönig in the province (state) Salzburg where he died in March 1982.

After retiring, he became a ski jumping coach, coaching the national teams of Germany and Austria.

Ski jumping world records

First standing jump over 100 metres in history.

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
15 March 1936   Bloudkova velikanka K106 Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia 101.5 333
15 March 1938   Bloudkova velikanka K106 Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia 107 351

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josef Bradl Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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