Andreas "Ringo" Ringhofer (born 19 December 1970) is an Austrian
ski mountaineer
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,
cross-country skier
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, cyclist and long-distance runner.
Ringhofer was a member of the national ski cross-country skiing squad for twelve years, and has been a member of the national team since the foundation of the ASKIMO. Also healthy restrictions since 2004 he took part in several competitions.
He is married with one daughter. Professionally he is a police officer and lives in
Schladming
Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably the ...
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
n Championship single
* 2002:
** 1st, International
Feuerkogel
Feuerkogel is a mountain located in Gmunden District and the state of Upper Austria, in the central part of the country, 200 km west of the capital Vienna. The summit of Feuerkogel is 1,592 meters above sea level. Feuerkogel forms the eastern ...
mountain run
* 2003:
** 1st, Styrian Championship team
** 1st, Planneralm mountain run
** 3rd,
Dolomitenmann
The Dolomitenmann is an extreme sports relay race held in September in the East Tyrolean, or so-called Dolomite Mountains of Austria, near the city of Lienz. The founder and organiser is Werner Grissmann, a former World Cup skier.
The Dolomite ...
Alois Stadlober
Alois Stadlober (born 11 April 1962 in Judenburg) is an Austrian former cross-country skier who competed from 1988 to 2000. He earned two medals at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in the 4 x 10 km relay and ...
Winter Olympics
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* 2000:
** 1st and course record, Hochwurzen-Berglauf
* 2001:
** 1st and course record, ''Hochwurzen-Berglauf''
* 2002:
** 1st and course record, ''Hochwurzen-Berglauf''
** 2nd, ''
Planai
Planai is a ski area in central Austria, the main mountain in the Schladming area in Styria.
It is one of four adjoining mountains, which includes Hauser Kaibling, Hochwurzen and Reiteralm, connected under the name Schladminger 4-Berge-Schauk ...
X-treme'' night ski marathon,
Planai
Planai is a ski area in central Austria, the main mountain in the Schladming area in Styria.
It is one of four adjoining mountains, which includes Hauser Kaibling, Hochwurzen and Reiteralm, connected under the name Schladminger 4-Berge-Schauk ...
Mountain Attack
The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach since 1999.
The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. The ...
World Championship
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vertical race
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** 9th, World Championship team race (together with
Alexander Lugger
Alexander Lugger (born 8 May 1968) is an Austrian ski mountaineer and coach of the national team.
Lugger was born in Lienz. He started ski mountaineering in 1984 and competed first in the ''Lesachtaler Skitourenlauf'' race in 1992. He holds sever ...
Champ Or Cramp
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* Champ S ...
** 1st, ''Ötzi-Alpin-Marathon'' team
** 2nd, Mountain Attack
** 2nd, Pizolada delle Dolomiti,
Moena
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** 2nd,
Sellaronda
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The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gherdëina, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino and Bell ...
Skimarathon (together with
Alois Blassing
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** 2nd, Fritschi-Dachstein-Xtreme within the Austrian Championship, Schladming
* 2007:
** 1st,
Sellrain
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Valley marathon
** 1st, Fritschi-Dachstein-Xtreme within the Austrian Championship, Schladming
** 3rd, Mountain Attack
* 2008:
** 1st, Mountain Attack
** 1st, Rofan Xtreme team (together with
Johann Wieland
Johann Wieland (born 1 January 1972) is an Austrian ski mountaineer.
Wieland started ski mountaineering in 1984 and competed first in the ''Preberlauf'' event in 1999. He has been member of the ASKIMO national team since 2008 and lives in Tamsw ...
and
Andreas Fischbacher
Andreas Fischbacher (born 30 October 1973) is an Austrian ski mountaineer.
Fischbacher was born in Ramsau am Dachstein. He started ski mountaineering in 1998.
Selected results
* 2000
** 1st, Hochwurzen-Berglauf
* 2008:
** 1st, Rofan Xtreme ...
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** 2nd, Rofan Xtreme single within the Austrian Championship
** 3rd, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with
Heinz Verbnjak
Heinz Verbnjak (born 2 September 1973 M3 Montafon Mountain Bike Marathon) from
** 4th,
World Championship
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single race
Marathon
* 2005:
** 3rd, LCC
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autumn marathon
* 2006:
** 2nd,
Wachau
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marathon
** 5th,
Graz
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