Andreas Felder ( German: Andreas Felder ; born March 6, 1962 , Hall in Tirol , Austria ) is a former Austrian ski jumper. Winner of the World Cup 1990/1991, silver medalist at the Albertville Olympic Games , two-time champion and multiple medalist of the World Jumping Championship, 1986 world champion in flight.
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| Original name | him. Andreas Felder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | March 6, 1962 (57 years old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Austria Hall in Tirol , Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 180 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 1x  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | 3x  4x , 1x  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Cup debut | January 4, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup Victories | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The best position at the end of the season | 1 ( 1990/1991 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sports career
Andreas Felder made his World Cup debut at the home stage of the Four Springboard Tours in Innsbruck on January 4, 1980, at the age of 18, where he took only 68th place. A year later, on February 13, 1981, the Austrian first climbed the podium - this is second place on the flight ramp in American Ironwood.
In 1982, the Austrian national team, together with Andreas Felder, won silver medals at the World Ski Jumping Championships in Oslo . The first Olympiad (Sarajevo-1984) ended unsuccessfully for the athlete: on the normal springboard, he showed the sixth result, on the big - the twenty-eighth and did not get into the team competition.
On December 8, 1984, Felder won his first victory at the World Cup stage - he obeyed the overseas start from the Canadian town of Thunder Bay. In the same season, the Austrian won two silver medals at the World Championships in Seefeld : on the middle springboard and in the team championship.
1986 - world champion in skiing in the individual championship, at competitions in the Austrian Bad Mittendorf .
In 1987, Felder became the world champion in ski jumping on the big springboard and the bronze medalist in the middle ski jumping championship in the German Obersdorf . And also received the title of Best Austrian athlete in 1987. He took part in the 1988 Olympics in Calgary .
The richest in victories at the stages for the jumper was the 1990/1991 season. He won seven stages and won first place in the overall World Cup . Also in the asset of this year you can put the gold of the World Cup in Val di Fiemme in the team.
At his third Olympics in Albertville, the Austrian did not perform very well, winning only a silver medal in the team. At the end of the year, he decided to end his sports career and did it very effectively: at his last competition in March 1992, Felder won two victories: first he won the team tournament in the Austrian national team, and the next day he celebrated his personal, twenty-fifth victory at the World Cup. After which I did not take part in competitions of the highest level.
Coaching career
After completing his sports career, Felder worked as the head coach of the Austrian jumpers (1995-1997), the head coach of the German biathlon team (1997-2000), the coach of the Austrian biathlon team and junior jumping.
Links
- Andreas Felder - statistics on the FIS website
- Andreas Felder - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com