Armin Kogler

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Armin Kogler (born September 4, 1959 in Innsbruck) was a former Austrian ski jumper. After his surprise win at the 1979 Ski-flying World Championships, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two overall World Cup victories (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill. He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980. Kogler's best Olympic finish was 5th in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage).

[edit] References

• FIS-Ski: Armin Kogler - statistics
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Sepp Walcher	Austrian Sportsman of the year 1979	Succeeded by Anton Innauer
Preceded by Anton Innauer	Austrian Sportsman of the year 1981 – 1982	Succeeded by Franz Klammer
Preceded by Berit Aunli & Tom Sandberg	Holmenkollen medal with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage 1984	Succeeded by Anette Bøe, Per Bergerud, & Gunde Svan

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