Sepp Weiler

Sepp Weiler
Sepp Weiler
Country	West Germany
Born	22 January 1921; Oberstdorf, Weimar Republic
Died	24 May 1997 (aged 76); Kempten, Germany
Ski club	SC Oberstdorf
Personal best	133 m (436 ft); Oberstdorf, West Germany; (3 March 1950)

Sepp Weiler (22 January 1921, Oberstdorf, Bavaria – 24 May 1997) was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1956.

Career

He finished tied for eighth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Weiler's best career finish was fifth in an individual normal hill event in Austria in 1953.

On 2-3 March 1950 he set two world records at 127 metres (417 ft) and 133 metres (436 ft) at Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[1][2]

Ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
2 March 1950	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	Oberstdorf, West Germany	127	417
3 March 1950	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze	Oberstdorf, West Germany	133	436

References

"Sepp Weiler" (in German). skiclub-oberstdorf.de. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
"Danes 250 tekmovalcev: V Oberstdorfu je šlo 135 metrov daleč" (in slovene). Slovenski poročevalec. 4 March 1950.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Sepp Weiler at the International Ski Federation. GER nationality

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[1] "Sepp Weiler" (in German). skiclub-oberstdorf.de. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[2] "Danes 250 tekmovalcev: V Oberstdorfu je šlo 135 metrov daleč" (in slovene). Slovenski poročevalec. 4 March 1950.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)