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Andreas Goldberger
Country Austria
Born (1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 51)
Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Personal best225 m (738 ft)
Planica, 18 Mar 2000
World Cup career
Seasons1991–2005
Starts288
Podiums63
Wins20
Discipline titles3 (1993, 1995, 1996)
Four Hills titles2 (1993, 1995)
Ski Flying titles2 (1995, 1996)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 2
World Championships 1 2 4
Ski Flying World Championships 1 1 1
Total 2 3 7
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Lahti Team NH
Silver medal – second place 1993 Falun Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1995 Thunder Bay Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Falun Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Falun Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Trondheim Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lahti Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Kulm Individual
Silver medal – second place 1992 Harrachov Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

Career

In a career spanning nearly fifteen years, he won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup three times (1993, 1995, 1996), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992/93, 1994/95), with multiple medals in the Ski Jumping World Championships and Winter Olympics.

Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater. In 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, he recorded a jump of 202 metres; this made him the first man to ever to jump over 200 metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event). In 2000, also at Planica, he jumped 225 m and set a world record which stood until 2003.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF JP 4H NT
1990/91 37 14 N/A 47 N/A
1991/92 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A 38 N/A
1992/93 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A
1993/94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 13 N/A 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A
1994/95 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A
1995/96 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 N/A
1996/97 8 5 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 69
1997/98 17 15 16 4 40
1998/99 17 34 16 9 9
1999/00 5 4 4 5 5
2000/01 14 7 N/A 26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2001/02 13 N/A N/A 9 16
2003/03 12 N/A N/A 9 –
2003/04 18 N/A N/A 24 27
2004/05 36 N/A N/A 28 69

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 1992/93 4 January 1993 Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH
2 6 January 1993 Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 LH
3 1993/94 17 December 1993 France Courchevel Tremplin du Praz K120 LH
4 4 January 1994 Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH
5 1994/95 11 December 1994 Slovenia Planica Srednja Bloudkova K90 NH
6 6 January 1995 Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 LH
7 8 January 1995 Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K120 LH
8 21 January 1995 Japan Sapporo Miyanomori K90 NH
9 28 January 1995 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH
10 8 February 1995 Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH
11 12 February 1995 Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken K110 LH
12 18 February 1995 Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken K175 FH
13 19 February 1995 Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken K175 FH
14 25 February 1995 Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182 FH
15 1995/96 4 January 1996 Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH
16 14 January 1996 Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
17 21 January 1996 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH
18 28 January 1996 Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 LH
19 11 February 1996 Austria Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 FH
20 9 March 1996 Czech Republic Harrachov Čerťák K180 FH

Controversy

In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1] Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.

End of career

Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place). Goldberger officially retired and ended his career with his final jump as a V-jumper on 13 January 2006 at flying hill in Kulm, Austria. He jumps at World Cup competition as a V-jumper with helmet cam for Austrian national TV station ORF, where he works as a co-commentator.

References

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Records
Preceded by World's longest ski jump
225 m (738 ft)
18 March 2000 – 20 March 2003 		Succeeded by
Awards
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the year
1993 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Austrian Sportsman of the year
1996 		Succeeded by
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