Andreas Widhölzl

Andreas Widhölzl
Widhölzl in Holmenkollen, 2006
Country	Austria
Born	14 October 1976 St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best	231 m (758 ft) Planica, 20 Mar 2005
World Cup career
Seasons	1993 1995–2007
Individual wins	18
Team wins	6
Indiv. podiums	49
Team podiums	18
Yellow bibs	4
Indiv. starts	288
Team starts	22
Four Hills titles	1 (2000)
Nordic titles	1 (1998)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2006 Turin Team LH 1998 Nagano Individual NH 1998 Nagano Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 Oberstdorf Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH 1999 Ramsau Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2000 Vikersund Individual 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles. He has three children: Jana, Noah and Elea.

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	SF	JP	4H	NT
1992/93	–	–	N/A	55	N/A
1994/95	26	–	N/A	18	N/A
1995/96	20	16	21	37	N/A
1996/97	15	13	16	14
1997/98			7	7
1998/99	7	21	6	14	40
1999/00		5			6
2000/01	12	28	N/A	16	52
2001/02	4	N/A	N/A	5	21
2002/03		N/A	N/A	12	41
2003/04	29	N/A	N/A	17	–
2004/05	8	N/A	N/A	16	19
2005/06	10	N/A	N/A	18	8
2006/07	33	N/A	N/A	22	34

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1996/97	9 March 1997	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH
2	1997/98	20 December 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
3		5 February 1998	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH
4		1 March 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
5		4 March 1998	Kuopio	Puijo K95 (night)	NH
6	1998/99	12 December 1998	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH
7		6 January 1999	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
8	1999/00	4 December 1999	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K120 (night)	LH
9		5 December 1999	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K120 (night)	LH
10		1 January 2000	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH
11		3 January 2000	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K110	LH
12		6 January 2000	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
13		5 February 2000	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
14		6 February 2000	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
15	2001/02	24 January 2002	Hakuba	Hakuba K120	LH
16		26 January 2002	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH
17	2002/03	30 November 2002	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K120 (night)	LH
18	2004/05	15 January 2005	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH

References

1. Andreas Widhölzl; Heinz Schnürle (2009), Mein Höhenflug, Holzgerlingen: SCM Hänssler, ISBN 978-3-7751-5050-7
2. "Laufbahn - Andreas Widhölzl". Retrieved 2 January 2013.

• FIS Newsflash 177 on Widhölzl's retirement announcement. 30 April 2008.
• Andreas Widhoelzl at the International Ski Federation