Andreas Goldberger

Andreas " Andi " Goldberger ( born November 29, 1972 in Ried, Upper Austria ) is a former Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of the 1990s.

Career

Growing up is " Goldi " in Upper Austria's forest cell. His parents Herta and Rudolf operate a farm there. Goldberger has two siblings, Johanna and Rudolf. He currently lives in St. Lorenz am Mondsee in Upper Austria.

After 14 years of World Cup history Goldberger ended his career on 29 May 2005. Since the winter of 2005/ 06 he worked as a co-commentator and expert ski jumping for the ORF. He is also still in the company of his manager Edi Federer. His last appearance as an active jumper he had on 13 January 2006 at the Ski Flying World Championships in Kulm. Hubert Neuper organized on this day A Tribute to Andreas Goldberger.

Goldberger posted 175 top- ten finishes at ski jumping events 1991 and 2005. He could had formed the success story of the Austrian ski jumping miracle team of the 1970s and early 1980s with Karl Schnabl and Anton Innauer, Hubert Neuper and Armin Kogler, the Professor Baldur Preiml, and the success of the two "twins" Andreas Ernst Vettori fields and continue in the 1980s and early 1990s with his career.

Sporting successes

Olympic Winter Games

Olympic Winter Games in 1994 in Lillehammer

  • Bronze medal in the individual competition ( large hill )
  • Bronze medal in the team competition ( large hill )

World Championships

1993 World Championships in Falun

  • Silver in the individual jumping ( normal hill )
  • Bronze medal in the individual competition ( large hill )
  • Bronze medal in the team competition ( large hill )

1995 World Cup in Thunder Bay

  • Silver in the individual competition ( large hill )

World Championship 1997 in Trondheim

  • Bronze medal in the individual jumping ( normal hill )

2001 World Championships in Lahti

  • Gold in team jumping ( normal hill )
  • Bronze medal in the team competition ( large hill )

Ski Flying World Championships

  • Silver in Harrachov 1992
  • Gold in Tauplitz 1996
  • Bronze with the team in Planica 2004

Four Hills Tournament

  • Overall winner: 1992/93, 1994/95
  • 2nd Place: 1996/97
  • 3rd place: 1993/94

World Cup

  • Overall World Cup winner: 1992 /93 1994/95 1995/96
  • 3rd place in the overall World Cup: 1993/94

Individual World Cup victories

20 World Cup victories

World Cup rankings

Records

  • On 17 March 1994 Goldberger jumped in Planica the first man over 200 meters, but could not stand the plunge. The first official "two hundreds" is therefore Toni Nieminen counted, who was a jump on 203 meters on the same day.
  • 2000 succeeded Goldberger also in Planica, a 225 - meter jump, which he then set a new ski flying world record.

Awards

Drug scandal

In 1997, Goldberger admitted to having used cocaine. There was a nearly six -month ban of the Austrian Ski Federation. Goldberger wanted to change the bandage and start for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but finally remained in the Austrian Ski Federation, but could not build on his earlier successes thereafter. He had even entertaining accepted the Serbian citizenship, but he returned again after the Austrians had taken him back.

Dancing with the Stars

As of March 10, 2006 Goldberger took part in the second season of the ORF -show Dancing with the Stars. Together with dance partner Julia Polai he reached the second place behind Manuel Ortega.

Personal

On June 13, 2013 Goldberger married his longtime girlfriend Astrid Brandauer, whom he had met in 2004 while skiing. The marriage took place in a civil ceremony in St. Johann im Pongau and then church on the book mountain in Bischofshofen instead.

Winter Olympic Games Nordic skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 FIS Ski-Flying World Championships FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 Nordic Tournament 1995 FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping Mondsee (lake) Toni Innauer Bergiselschanze Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze France Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium Finland Gross-Titlis-Schanze Wielka Krokiew Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series) Walter Steiner Hans-Georg Aschenbach Klaus Ostwald Dieter Thoma Jaroslav Sakala Sven Hannawald Gregor Schlierenzauer Simon Ammann Robert Kranjec Severin Freund List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Wolfgang Loitzl Stefan Horngacher Thomas Morgenstern Martin Koch (ski jumper) Ari-Pekka Nikkola Espen Bredesen Martin Schmitt Jakub Janda Anders Bardal Kamil Stoch List of Four Hills Tournament winners Nikolay Kamenskiy Helmut Recknagel Max Bolkart Horst Queck Ingolf Mork Rainer Schmidt Jochen Danneberg Manfred Deckert Sigurd Pettersen 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) 2007–08 Four Hills Tournament 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament 2009–10 Four Hills Tournament 2010–11 Four Hills Tournament 2011–12 Four Hills Tournament 2012–13 Four Hills Tournament 2013–14 Four Hills Tournament Thomas Diethart Integrated Authority File
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