Willi Egger
Appearance
Wilhelm "Willi" Egger (7 October 1932 – 29 April 2008) was an Austrian Nordic combined skier and ski jumper who competed from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s.
Born in Murau, he won three events as a ski jumper in the Four Hills Tournament with wins each in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1957–58), Innsbruck (1961–62), and Bischofshofen (1961–62). Egger also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 12th in the individual large hill event at Innsbruck in 1964.
Egger also finished 16th in the Nordic combined event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
References
- Willi Egger at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation. Ski jumping
- Willi Egger's profile at Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1932 births
- 2008 deaths
- People from Murau
- Austrian Nordic combined skiers
- Austrian ski jumpers
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Austria
- Olympic ski jumpers of Austria
- Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Nordic skiing biography stubs
- Austrian ski jumping biography stubs