Andreas Widhölzl

Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles.

Andreas Widhölzl
Widhölzl in Holmenkollen, 2006
Country Austria
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976
St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best231 m (758 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2005
World Cup career
Seasons1993
1995–2007
Individual wins18
Team wins6
Indiv. podiums49
Team podiums18
Indiv. starts288
Team starts22
Four Hills titles1 (2000)
Nordic titles1 (1998)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2006 TurinTeam LH
1998 NaganoIndividual NH
1998 NaganoTeam LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2005 OberstdorfTeam NH
2005 OberstdorfTeam LH
1999 RamsauTeam LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
2000 VikersundIndividual
2006 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
2004 PlanicaTeam
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won two Olympic bronzes and two world championship medals, along with sixteen victories in World Cup events. During this time came his victory in the 1999/2000 Four Hills Tournament. During this season, he came second in the ski-jumping World Cup. In the next five years, he won only one World Cup event, however, in 2005 he twice won the world championship with the Austrian National Team and a year later he was part of the Austrian Team that won the Team Olympic Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. In March 2008, following health problems, he ended his fifteen-year-long World Cup ski-jumping career.

Widhölzl was interested in ski-jumping from an early age, his interest coming from watching the sport on television.[1] At around this time he joined the Tyrolese Ski Federation and learnt to ski. When he was seven years old, a school friend convinced him to join the Fieberbrunner Weitenjäger. After a few years, Widhölzl earned his first success in the district and regional championships for his age group.[2]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1992/93 —55—N/AN/A
1994/95 2618—N/AN/A
1995/96 203716N/A21
1996/97 15141316
1997/98 77
1998/99 71421406
1999/00 56
2000/01 12162852N/A
2001/02 45N/A21N/A
2002/03 12N/A41N/A
2003/04 2917N/A—N/A
2004/05 816N/A19N/A
2005/06 1018N/A8N/A
2006/07 3322N/A34N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1996/979 March 1997   LahtiSalpausselkä K114LH
2 1997/9820 December 1997   EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
3 5 February 1998   SapporoŌkurayama K120LH
4 1 March 1998   VikersundVikersundbakken K175FH
5 4 March 1998   KuopioPuijo K120 (night)LH
6 1998/9912 December 1998   OberhofHans-Renner-Schanze K120LH
7 6 January 1999   BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
8 1999/004 December 1999   PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K120 (night)LH
9 5 December 1999   PredazzoTrampolino dal Ben K120 (night)LH
10 1 January 2000   Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K115LH
11 3 January 2000   InnsbruckBergiselschanze K110LH
12 6 January 2000   BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120LH
13 5 February 2000   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
14 6 February 2000   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze K120LH
15 2001/0224 January 2002   HakubaHakuba K120LH
16 26 January 2002   SapporoŌkurayama K120LH
17 2002/0330 November 2002   KuusamoRukatunturi K120 (night)LH
18 2004/0515 January 2005   Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS200FH

Invalid ski jumping world record
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
17 March 2005   Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 Planica, Slovenia 234.5 769

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References
  1. Andreas Widhölzl; Heinz Schnürle (2009), Mein Höhenflug, Holzgerlingen: SCM Hänssler, ISBN 978-3-7751-5050-7
  2. "Laufbahn - Andreas Widhölzl". Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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