Andreas Buder

Andreas Buder ( May 22nd, 1979 in Scheibbs ) is a former Austrian alpine skier. The Downhill and Super -G specialist is a member of the Ski Club Goestling and was a member of the national team since 2008 of the Austrian Ski Federation. In 1998 he was junior world champion in the downhill and reached the World Cup three podiums. For health reasons, he ended his career in January 2011.

Career

Buder grew in Gostling an der Ybbs on came early to the local ski club. He attended the Skihauptschule in Lilienfeld and then Skihandelsschule Waidhofen an der Ybbs. After a few good finishes at the Austrian Youth Championships he was inducted into the junior squad of the Austrian Ski Federation ( Austrians ) 1996. From the beginning, he concentrated largely on the speed disciplines Downhill and Super -G. In December of the same year he took part in his first three European Cup races, but came not here yet in the points. In February 1997, he first drew international attention when he reached the fourth place in the downhill at the Junior World Championships in Schladming. In the 1997/98 season Buder was often used in the European Cup. Already in the first season downhill Piancavallo he reached the fifth place and in Altenmarkt he also scored a top 10 result. The first big success he achieved at the Junior World Championship 1998 in Megeve, when he secured the title in the downhill before the Italians Matteo Berbenni and the American Scott Macartney. Thus he arrived at the season finale in Crans -Montana for his first World Cup competition, where he finished 19th in the downhill.

After his first serious injury could Buder throughout winter 1998/99 not participate in competitions. On 14 December 1999 he was the first European Cup race after his forced break, the super -G in Obereggen, already on the seventh place and during the winter was followed by a further five top-10 results, where he twice in fourth just under the podium missed. On 8 January 2000, he was also in the World Cup downhill in Chamonix to use, which he finished in 28th position and thus won his first World Cup points. In the European Cup season 2000/ 01 the Lower Austria can take the second place in the second departure of Altenmarkt and third place in the downhill in Sestriere, the first podium. But to another World Cup inserts it did not for the time being. The final breakthrough in the European Cup then succeeded him in the winter of 2001 /02. On 20 December 2001 he celebrated his first victory in the second departure of Saalbach -Hinterglemm, after he had the day before been driven to second place. With another victory in the first departure from Tarvisio and numerous top 10 places he secured for the first time winning the Downhill Europe Cup and fifth in the overall standings. Thus he had for the next season a Fixstartplatz in the World Cup and he rose after four years in the European Cup squad on the A-team of the Austrian Ski Federation. In the first six World Cup downhill of the season 2002/ 03 he went three times into the top 15 and achieved its best result in ninth place on the Saslong in Val Gardena. On 17 January he arrived, however, in the first of two runs at the Lauberhorn in Wengen to fall and had to end the season prematurely.

In the 2003 /04 season Buder had to start in the European Cup again. He succeeded in attaining Although three second places (2x departure and 1x Super -G), but in fourth or sixth in the discipline votes he missed a renewed Fixstartplatz for the World Cup. So he came in the next winter only to a World Cup competition in the downhill in Bormio, in which he finished in 16th place. In the European Cup he achieved in the 2004/05 season with four podium finishes second in the downhill standings, so he 's return to the World Cup secured. At winter's end, he was still Austrian champion in the super -G. At the start of the World Cup season 2005/06 Buder was able to classify most in the points, but top rankings went from first. This changed after the new year. On 21 January he reached the eighth place on the Streif in Kitzbühel and a week later he ran third in the downhill in Garmisch- Partenkirchen in the World Cup for the first time on the podium. He also came in the selection for the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, but failed in the internal team qualification. End of March, he scored his second Austrian championship, this time in the downhill.

In the World Cup season 2006/ 07 Buder drove in five runs into the top ten. His best result was sixth place in Val d'Isere. He also took part in the internal team to qualify for the World Championships in Åre, but could not prevail against his enemies. In the first downhill race of the season 2007/ 08 Buder reached third in Lake Louise his second podium finish and the end of December, he scored second place in Bormio his best World Cup result. Three weeks later, his career was interrupted for a long time. On 16 January 2008, Buder crashed in the second free practice for departure in Kitzbühel so heavy that he had to be transported by helicopter. He retired in the overthrow of a fracture of the tibial head to. In December 2008, he announced that due to persistent pain in the 2008/ 09 season no comeback is still possible. Only at the beginning of the 2009/10 season Buder was back in two European Cup races at the start. On 28 November 2009 he played his first World Cup race for over 22 months. After the first three World Cup downhill for Buder disappointing ran because he could not classify in the top 30, and he still had problems with the injured knee, he decided the season to end prematurely. The next winter he again tried a comeback and launched on December 18, 2010 in the World Cup downhill in Val Gardena that he finished 47th. Because of persistent pain in his right knee, which he had three years earlier seriously injured in a fall in Kitzbuhel, Buder announced on January 18, 2011 his retirement from ski racing known.

Sporting successes

World Cup

Junior World Championships

  • Schladming 1997: 4th exit
  • Megève 1998: 1st exit, 7 Super -G

European Cup

  • Season 2001/ 02: 1st exit summary
  • Season 2004/ 05: 2nd exit summary
  • 14 podium finishes, including two victories:

Other successes

  • 2-times Austrian Champion (Super -G in 2005, departure 2006)
  • 3 wins in FIS races (all in the Super -G)
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