Andreas Goldberger

Andreas "Andi" Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

Andreas Goldberger
Goldberger in 2011
Country	Austria
Born	(1972-11-29) 29 November 1972 (age 52) Ried im Innkreis, Austria
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Personal best	225 m (738 ft) Planica, 18 March 2000
World Cup career
Seasons	1991–2005
Indiv. starts	288
Indiv. podiums	63
Indiv. wins	20
Team starts	15
Team podiums	12
Team wins	4
Overall titles	3 (1993, 1995, 1996)
Four Hills titles	2 (1993, 1995)
Ski Flying titles	2 (1995, 1996)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 2 World Championships 1 2 4 Ski Flying World Championships 1 1 1 Total 2 3 7 Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Individual LH 1994 Lillehammer Team LH Ski Jumping World Championships 2001 Lahti Team NH 1993 Falun Individual NH 1995 Thunder Bay Individual LH 1993 Falun Individual LH 1993 Falun Team LH 1997 Trondheim Individual NH 2001 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying Ski Flying World Championships 1996 Kulm Individual 1992 Harrachov Individual 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

In 1994 he became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres, but did not manage to stand.

Career

He won the World Cup overall titles three times (1993, 1995, 1996), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992/93, 1994/95), with multiple medals in the Nordic World Championships and Winter Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater.^{[citation needed]}

History was made

On 17 March 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia, he recorded a jump of 202 metres (663 ft);^[1][2] this made him the first man to ever to jump over two hundred metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event).^{[citation needed]}

World record

On 18 March 2000, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 225 metres (738 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia^[3] It stood for the next three years.

Controversy

In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[4] Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.

End of career

Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place).

In 2006 he officially ended his career with his final jump as a test jumper in Kulm, Austria.

After ending his ski jumping career he immediately became an expert co-commentator on the Austrian national TV station ORF, where he still works today.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1990/91	37	47	14	N/A	N/A
1991/92	8	38		N/A	N/A
1992/93				N/A	N/A
1993/94			13	N/A	N/A
1994/95				N/A	N/A
1995/96		7		N/A
1996/97	8		5	69	7
1997/98	17	4	15	40	16
1998/99	17	9	34	9	16
1999/00	5	5	4	5	4
2000/01	14	26	7		N/A
2001/02	13	9	N/A	16	N/A
2002/03	12	9	N/A	—	N/A
2003/04	18	24	N/A	27	N/A
2004/05	36	28	N/A	69	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1992/93	4 January 1993	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
2		6 January 1993	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
3	1993/94	17 December 1993	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K120	LH
4		4 January 1994	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
5	1994/95	11 December 1994	Planica	Srednja Bloudkova K90	NH
6		6 January 1995	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
7		8 January 1995	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
8		21 January 1995	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH
9		28 January 1995	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90	NH
10		8 February 1995	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH
11		12 February 1995	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K110	LH
12		18 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
13		19 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
14		25 February 1995	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182	FH
15	1995/96	4 January 1996	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
16		14 January 1996	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
17		21 January 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K115	LH
18		28 January 1996	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH
19		11 February 1996	Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
20		9 March 1996	Harrachov	Čerťák K180	FH

Ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
17 March 1994	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Slovenia	202	663
18 March 2000	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Slovenia	225	738

  Not recognized. Ground touch at world record distance, but first ever jump over 200 metres.