Andreas Goldberger

Andreas Goldberger
Personal information
Full name	Andreas Goldberger
Born	(1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Professional information
Personal best	225 m (738 ft) Planica, 18 Mar 2000
World Cup
Seasons	1991–2005
Wins	20 (+4 Team)
Additional podiums	43 (+8 Team)
Total podiums	63 (+12 Team)
Overall titles	3 (1993, 1995, 1996)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Competitor for  Austria Olympic Games Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Individual LH Bronze 1994 Lillehammer Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Gold 2001 Lahti Team NH Silver 1993 Falun Individual NH Silver 1995 Thunder Bay Individual LH Bronze 1993 Falun Individual LH Bronze 1993 Falun Team LH Bronze 1997 Trondheim Individual NH Bronze 2001 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships Gold 1996 Kulm Individual Silver 1992 Harrachov Individual Bronze 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 30 Mar 2015.

Andreas Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

Career

In a career spanning nearly fifteen years, he won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup three times (1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992–93, 1994–95), with multiple medals in the Ski Jumping World Championships and Winter Olympics.

Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater. In 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, he recorded a jump of 202 metres; this made him the first man to ever to jump over 200 metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event). In 2000, also at Planica, he jumped 225 m and set a world record which stood until 2003.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	JP	4H	NT
1990–91	37	14	N/A	47	N/A
1991–92	8	02 !	N/A	38	N/A
1992–93	01 !	03 !	N/A	01 !	N/A
1993–94	03 !	13	N/A	03 !	N/A
1994–95	01 !	01 !	N/A	01 !	N/A
1995–96	01 !	01 !	02 !	7	N/A
1996–97	8	5	7	02 !	69
1997–98	17	15	16	4	40
1998–99	17	34	16	9	9
1999–00	5	4	4	5	5
2000–01	14	7	N/A	26	02 !
2001–02	13	N/A	N/A	9	16
2002–03	12	N/A	N/A	9	–
2003–04	18	N/A	N/A	24	27
2004–05	36	N/A	N/A	28	69

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1992-93	4 Jan 1993	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K-109	LH
2		6 Jan 1993	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120	LH
3	1993-94	17 Dec 1993	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K-120	LH
4		4 Jan 1994	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K-109	LH
5	1994-95	11 Dec 1994	Planica	Bloudek Normal Hill K-92	NH
6		6 Jan 1995	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120	LH
7		8 Jan 1995	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K-120	LH
8		21 Jan 1995	Sapporo	Miyanomori K-90	NH
9		28 Jan 1995	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-90	NH
10		8 Feb 1995	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K-120 (night)	LH
11		12 Feb 1995	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K-110	LH
12		18 Feb 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K-175	FH
13		19 Feb 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K-175	FH
14		25 Feb 1995	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K-182	FH
15	1995-96	4 Jan 1996	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K-109	LH
16		14 Jan 1996	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-120	LH
17		21 Jan 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K-115	LH
18		28 Jan 1996	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K-116	LH
19		11 Feb 1996	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K-185	FH
20		9 Mar 1996	Harrachov	Čerťák K-180	FH

Controversy

In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[1] Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.

End of career

Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place). Goldberger officially retired and ended his career with his final jump as a V-jumper on 13 January 2006 at flying hill in Kulm, Austria. He jumps at World Cup competition as a V-jumper with helmet cam for Austrian national TV station ORF, where he works as a co-commentator.

References

• Andreas Goldberger at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Official homepage (German)