Karl Schnabl
Karl Schnabl ( born March 8, 1954 in Achomitz, community Hohenthurn, Carinthia ) was an Austrian ski jumper successful.
Sports career
The Springer talent of the bilingual club sports club Achomitz / Športno društvo Zahomec with the famous club coach Franz Wiegele was discovered in 1970 by the then Austrian Ski Coach Baldur Preiml and brought into the Skigymnasium in Stams (Tirol ). There he was soon able to come up with good performances. A few years later Karl Schnabl and Anton were Innauer had formed the protagonists of the Austrian ski jumping miracle team of the 1970s, the Professor Baldur Preiml together with Alois Lipburger, Willi Pürstl and Reinhold Bachler. In the season 1974/1975 Karl Schnabl was the most successful ski jumpers of the world's elite. Also 1975/1976 he dominated the ski circus.
After numerous individual wins and a third place at the Ski Flying World Championships in Kulm Schnabl drove in 1976 as one of the favorites for the Olympic Games in Innsbruck. These " home games " he was facing pressure from the media stand and secured a bronze medal on the normal hill and the Olympic gold medal in the large hill. He was able to catch in the second round already clear leading Innauer yet. At various ski big events Karl Schnabl reached 13 top ten finishes, bearing in mind that at that time there was no ski jumping World Cup and Karl Schnabl posted to success in many events that are now run as World Cup events of the FIS.
1976, after his Olympic victory came at the ceremonial reception in his home town, which is located in the German - Slovene-speaking area of Carinthia, an uproar by German national circles who wanted to disrupt the bilingual celebration by catcalls, heckling and turn off the microphone.
The season after the Olympic victory was not for the Austrian national team and also for Karl Schnabl as desired. In the suits and skis fit anything. After an injury in the 1978 World Cup in Lahti, he finished his career.
After the sports career
1978 ended Schnabl his sports career and began studying medicine in Innsbruck. 1984 Karl Schnabl was awarded his doctorate. He found his first job as a doctor in Villach Regional Hospital. In 1987 he received presents after further extensive training of the Austrian Academy of Physicians, the sports doctor diploma. In 1989 he opened his own sports medicine practice in Innsbruck and was also the team doctor of the Austrian ski jumper. Since 1994 he has headed the Sports Medicine Institute of Carinthia. He remained so competitive sports always connected.
Karl Schnabl is married and has one son. He lives in Latschach, community Magdalen mountain.
Sporting successes
Olympic Winter Games
- Innsbruck 1976: 3rd place normal hill, large hill 1st place
World Championships
- Kulm 1975: 3rd place Flugschanze
- Innsbruck 1976: 3rd place normal hill, large hill 1st place
- Vikersund 1977: 32nd Flugschanze
- Lahti 1978: 4th place normal hill