Andreas Felder

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Andreas Felder
Country 
World Cup career
Seasons19801992
Starts166
Podiums51
Wins25
Overall titles1 (1991)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1982 Oslo Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former

1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.

Career

His big breakthrough came in the 1984/85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition in

Seefeld
, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill.

He won the

Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
.

He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.[1] Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in Planica, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.

Ski flying

On 9 March 1986, he tied the world ski jumping distance record with

On 13 March 1987, he touched the ground at world record distance at 192 metres (630 ft) at the World Cup official training on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Yugoslavia.[4][5] On the next day he landed at 191 metres (627 ft) and only tied his personal best, as this jump was achieved in the repeated third round, after and because of the world record by Piotr Fijas.[6]

Coaching

In 1995 Felder replaced Heinz Koch as the head coach of Austrian ski jumping team. He led

2019-20 World Cup
.

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF
1979/80 112 N/A
1980/81 13 74 N/A
1981/82 14 55 N/A
1982/83 46 N/A
1983/84 15 10 N/A
1984/85 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 N/A
1985/86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 15 N/A
1986/87 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12 N/A
1987/88 23 28 N/A
1988/89 14 19 N/A
1989/90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 14 N/A
1990/91 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 10
1991/92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1984/85 8 December 1984   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
2 8 December 1984   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
3 15 December 1984   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH
4 16 December 1984   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH
5 3 March 1985   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K113 LH
6 8 March 1985   Sweden Falun Lugnet K112 LH
7 1985/86 15 February 1986   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken K155 FH
8 16 February 1986   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken K155 FH
9 23 February 1986   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
10 1986/87 14 March 1987   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Planica Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 FH
11 21 March 1987   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken K105 LH
12 1989/90 4 March 1990   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH
13 7 March 1990   Sweden Örnsköldsvik Paradiskullen K82 NH
14 17 March 1990   Norway Raufoss Lønnbergbakken K90 NH
15 1990/91 1 December 1990   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH
16 8 December 1990   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K90 NH
17 8 December 1990   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
18 1 January 1991   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
19 6 January 1991   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111 LH
20 2 March 1991   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH
21 3 March 1991   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K114 LH
22 1991/92 1 January 1992   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
23 17 January 1992   Switzerland St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K95 NH
24 19 January 1992   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 LH
25 29 March 1992   Slovenia Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
9 March 1986  
Kulm
K185
Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, Austria 191 627
13 March 1987   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Yugoslavia 192 630

  Not recognized! Touched the ground at world record distance.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Felder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Zmagoslavje Avstrijcev na 9. SP (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1986.
  3. ^ "Andreas Felder - Kulm 1986 - 191 m - World record". YouTube. 9 March 1986. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Felder z znamenjem, ki ne velja (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  5. ^ "Andreas Felder na treningu pod Poncami poletel 192m (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  6. ^ "Felderju sobotna tekma, Fijasu pa svetovni rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.

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Awards
Preceded by
Austrian Sportsman of the year

1987
Succeeded by