Andreas Widhölzl

Andreas Widhölzl
File:Andreas Widhölzl 2006 (2).jpg Widhölzl in Holmenkollen, 2006
Country	Austria
Born	(1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
Height
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 30 Mar 2015.

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. 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.

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 Mar 1997	Lahti	Salpausselkä K-114	LH
2	1997-98	20 Dec 1997	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K-120	LH
3		5 Feb 1998	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K-120	LH
4		1 Mar 1998	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K-175	FH
5		4 Mar 1998	Kuopio	Puijo K-95 (night)	NH
6	1998-99	12 Dec 1998	Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K-120	LH
7		6 Jan 1999	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120	LH
8	1999-00	4 Dec 1999	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K-120 (night)	LH
9		5 Dec 1999	Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K-120 (night)	LH
10		1 Jan 2000	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K-115	LH
11		3 Jan 2000	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K-110	LH
12		6 Jan 2000	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K-120	LH
13		5 Feb 2000	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K-120	LH
14		6 Feb 2000	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K-120	LH
15	2001-02	24 Jan 2002	Hakuba	Hakuba K-120	LH
16		26 Jan 2002	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K-120	LH
17	2002–03	30 Nov 2002	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K-120 (night)	LH
18	2004-05	15 Jan 2005	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS 200	FH

References

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