Rudolf Dietrich

Rudolf " Rudi " Dietrich ( born August 13, 1929 in Innsbruck, † 11 September 2004 in Seefeld in Tirol ) was an Austrian ski jumper. He took part in the Winter Olympics in 1952 and won several FIS - jumping.

Career

Dietrich learned as a child skiing and began after the Second World War with the ski jumping as a 15- year-old. After leaving school he trained as a chimney sweep, which is why he was never able to concentrate entirely on the sport. End of the 1940s the connection succeeded him to the Austrian top. In February 1950 he was in Bad Aussee Austrian ski jumping champion and in March of the same year he won with a distance of 103.0 meters, the opening competition on the newly built ski flying hill at Kulm. He also won in this winter, the FIS Jumping on the normal hill in Mutters and Zell am Ziller and on the large hill at Bergisel. In the winter of 1951 he finished the ski flying event at Kulm in third place. In February 1952 Dietrich took part in the Winter Olympics in Oslo, where he finished with jumps of 63.0 and 62.5 m as the second best Austrian the 21th Place. In January 1953 he started at the first Four Hills Tournament, where he finished 15th overall. His best individual result was a 15th place at the Grand Olympic ski jump in Garmisch -Partenkirchen. In February 1953 he also won the FIS competition in Garmisch. In the Four Hills Tournament 1953/54, his best result was a 15th place again, this time on the Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf. However, he lacked when jumping in Garmisch, which is why he did not come in the overall standings. For the Nordic World Ski Championships 1954 in Falun, Sweden, he could not qualify within the Austrian team. Based on his professional duties Dietrich found less and less time for the sport, which is why he ended his career at the age of 25 years after the 1954/55 season. In the following years he still operated motorcycle racing and won some mountain races.