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

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. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and

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. He finished in the top three overall six times in the

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and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 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

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, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behind

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. At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill. He won the

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, the

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in Oberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. He won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season and won his only World Cup overall and also won the team large hill gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1991. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the

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. Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in

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, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19th, 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

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at 191 metres (627 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championhips on Kulm hill in

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. 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

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. 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

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Coaching

In 1995 Felder replaced Heinz Koch as the head coach of Austrian ski jumping team. He led Reinhard Schwarzenberger to third place in

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, and Andreas Goldberger to victory in the 1995-96 World Cup, and a gold medal during the

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. In the following season he helped Goldberger win bronze medal during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim. After the end of the season Felder resigned. He became team's head coach once again in 2018, replacing

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. With Felder as his coach, Stefan Kraft won bronze in Seefeld in

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, and won the 2019-20 World Cup.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Ski jumping world records

Not recognized! Touched the ground at world record distance.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Felder, Andreas 1962 births Austrian male ski jumpers Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Living people Olympic ski jumpers of Austria Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria People from Hall in Tirol Sportspeople from Tyrol (state)