Thomas Hörl (born 20 August 1981) 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 ...

who competed from 1997 to 2003.

Career

After winning the Alpen Cup in 1996 at the age of fifteen, together with medalling in junior level competitions, Hörl started his senior level

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career in

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on ...

on 8 January 2000. At the end of that season, on 16 March 2000 in

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, he set a

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jump of . Hörl retired from ski jumping after the 2003 Continental Cup season.

Ski jumping world record

References

External links

* 1981 births Austrian male ski jumpers Living people People from Saalfelden World record setters in ski flying Skiers from Salzburg (federal state) {{Austria-skijumping-bio-stub