Andreas Felder

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.

Andreas Felder
Country Austria
Born (1962-03-06) 6 March 1962
Hall, Austria
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best191 m (627 ft)
Kulm, 9 March 1986
Planica,14 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons1980–1992
Individual wins25
Indiv. podiums51
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts166
Team starts2
Overall titles1 (1991)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH
1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
1982 Oslo Team LH
1985 Seefeld Individual NH
1985 Seefeld Team LH
1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
1986 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

His big breakthrough came in the 1984/85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behind Matti Nykänen. At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill.

He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1986 in Bad Mitterndorf, the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. He won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season and won his only World Cup overall and also won the team large hill gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1991.

He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.[1] Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in Planica, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19th, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.

Ski flying

On 9 March 1986, he tied the world ski jumping distance record with Matti Nykänen at 191 metres (627 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championhips on Kulm hill in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria.[2][3]

On 13 March 1987, he touched the ground at world record distance at 192 metres (630 ft) at the World Cup official training on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia.[4][5] On the next day he landed at 191 metres (627 ft) and only tied his personal best, as this jump was achieved in the repeated third round, after and because of the world record by Piotr Fijas.[6]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF
1979/80 —112N/A
1980/81 1374N/A
1981/82 1455N/A
1982/83 46—N/A
1983/84 1510N/A
1984/85 6N/A
1985/86 15N/A
1986/87 12N/A
1987/88 2328N/A
1988/89 1419N/A
1989/90 14N/A
1990/91 10
1991/92 6

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1984/858 December 1984   Thunder BayBig Thunder K89NH
2 8 December 1984   Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
3 15 December 1984   Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K114LH
4 16 December 1984   Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
5 3 March 1985   LahtiSalpausselkä K113LH
6 8 March 1985   FalunLugnet K112LH
7 1985/8615 February 1986   VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
8 16 February 1986   VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
9 23 February 1986   EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
10 1986/8714 March 1987   PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
11 21 March 1987   OsloHolmenkollbakken K105LH
12 1989/904 March 1990   LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
13 7 March 1990   ÖrnsköldsvikParadiskullen K82NH
14 17 March 1990   RaufossLønnbergbakken K90NH
15 1990/911 December 1990   Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
16 8 December 1990   Thunder BayBig Thunder K90NH
17 8 December 1990   Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
18 1 January 1991   Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
19 6 January 1991   BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111LH
20 2 March 1991   LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
21 3 March 1991   LahtiSalpausselkä K114LH
22 1991/921 January 1992   Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
23 17 January 1992   St. MoritzOlympiaschanze K95NH
24 19 January 1992   EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
25 29 March 1992   PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH

Ski jumping world records
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
9 March 1986   Kulm K185 Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 191 627
13 March 1987   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Yugoslavia 192 630

  Not recognized! Touched the ground at world record distance.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Felder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "Zmagoslavje Avstrijcev na 9. SP (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1986.
  3. "Andreas Felder - Kulm 1986 - 191 m - World record". YouTube. 9 March 1986.
  4. "Felder z znamenjem, ki ne velja (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  5. "Andreas Felder na treningu pod Poncami poletel 192m (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  6. "Felderju sobotna tekma, Fijasu pa svetovni rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.
Awards
Preceded by
Michael Hadschieff		 Austrian Sportsman of the year
1987		 Succeeded by
Peter Seisenbacher


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