Sepp Weiler (22 January 1921,

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

– 24 May 1997) was a West German

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

who competed from 1952 to 1956.

Career

He finished tied for eighth in the individual large hill event at the

1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, was a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 195 ...

in Oslo. Weiler's best career finish was fifth in an individual normal hill event in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous c ...

in 1953. On 2-3 March 1950 he set two world records at 127 metres (417 ft) on

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze (''Heini Klopfer Ski Flying Hill'') is a ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was opened in 1950, and was later renamed after its architect, Heini Klopfer. A total of 21 world records have been set on the hill. ...

ski flying hill in

, West Germany.

Ski jumping world records

*Weiler jumped 133 metres after Dan Netzell set world record (Ljudska pravica; 4/3/1950).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weiler, Sepp 1921 births 1997 deaths People from Oberstdorf Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Olympic ski jumpers of West Germany Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics German male ski jumpers