Manuel Poppinger
Manuel Poppinger ( born May 19, 1989 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian ski jumper.
Career
Poppinger announced on 18 December 2004 at a FIS race in Seefeld his international debut, finishing in 53rd place. After another FIS races he jumped on January 21, 2006 in Ljubno first time in the FIS Cup and became an instant third party. The following day, he was tenth. Two weeks later gave Poppinger in Villach his Continental Cup debut. In the end he was 44 then jumped Poppinger again in FIS races, where he won a competition in Einsiedeln, as well as several times in the FIS Cup.
In the summer of 2007, he jumped in Villach again in the Continental Cup. While he missed the second passage at the first competition as the 37th, get him in the second event as the 30th his first COC points. In the winter he ever won an FIS race in Seefeld and Pragelato. In Ramsau Poppinger was disqualified in the first COC- jumping and was on the second 14 At the Junior World Cup in Zakopane, he started in the team, bringing with Thomas Thurnbichler, David Unterberger and Andreas Strolz the silver medal.
In the 2008 /09 season Poppinger often went in the Continental Cup at the start and managed in Villach seventh his first top ten result in the Continental Cup. Also in the Alpine Cup, he scored good results and jumped several times on the podium. In the 2009/10 season Poppinger occurred only at Continental Cups and FIS few cups. However, it did not achieve good Rersultate. Only at the Continental Cup in Lillehammer with positions 13 and 16 reach him notable success. Get no successes to him also in the summer of 2010. When the FIS Cup in Villach he came in the second passage, while it was only this once in the COC.
However, at the start of the winter his form began to rise again. In Erzurum he finished eleventh and fourth and seventh and 13th in Engelberg Based on these results Poppinger was nominated in the National Group for the two competitions in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen. After he failed to qualify in Innsbruck, he was able to qualify in Bischofshofen and was in his first World Cup competition in the 45th Four Hills Tournament standings he finished with 80 points 61st place. For the rest of the season Poppinger started regularly in the Continental and almost always came in the second round. His best result in the Continental Cup, he scored 10 March 2012 in Kuopio, Finland, when he finished second behind compatriot Wolfgang Loitzl.
In Engelberg Poppinger could achieve his first victory in a Continental Cup competitions on 28 December 2013 at Gross- Titlis -Schanze. On January 18, 2014 he won the team competition in Zakopane third place with the Austrian team, achieving his first podium in the World Cup.