Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former
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 fin ...
.
Career
After his surprise win at the
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overall titles (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the
1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill.
He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the
1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in
Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the
ski jumping
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 final ...
event at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
It takes place in March and has been arranged every ...
in 1980.
Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
in
Lake Placid.
For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the
Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with
Lars-Erik Eriksen and
Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of
Martin Koch.
On 27 March 1980 he tied the world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft)
Toni Innauer and
Klaus Ostwald at
Čerťák
Čerťák is a ski jumping stadium with two hills in Harrachov in the Czech Republic.
It was built in 1979 and both hill officially opened in 1980. The venue is most notable for being one of five ski flying hills in the world, though it also has ...
hill in
Harrachov
Harrachov (; ) is a town in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, close to the border with Poland. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. It is known as one of the most popular Czech ski resorts.
Administrative divisio ...
,
Czechoslovakia
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.
On 26 February 1981 he set another ski jumping world record distance at 180 metres (591 ft) on
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in German ...
,
West Germany
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.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
Ski jumping world records
References
External links
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* - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
* - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
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1959 births
Austrian male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Holmenkollen medalists
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Living people
Olympic ski jumpers for Austria
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Sportspeople from Schwaz
Skiers from Tyrol (federal state)
20th-century Austrian sportsmen