Armin Kogler

Armin Kogler ( born September 4, 1959 in Schwaz ) is a former star of Austrian ski jumper.

Career

After the World Championship title in ski flying in 1979, Kogler 1981 a new world record in ski jumping at (180 m). In the years that followed, two overall victories in the Ski Jumping World Cup and the World Champion title on the normal hill. In 1984 the first Austrian Kogler the Holmenkollen medal.

Since 1989, Kogler works as a commercial pilot at Tyrolean Airways and as a co- commentator and analyzer at ski transfers in the service of the ORF. End of February 2007, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and therefore could not comment on the Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. In the 2007 /08 season, he joined as a co- commentator for the ORF on again.

Kogler 's golfer and president of his home club GC Mieminger Plateau.

Kogler has two daughters, his nephew is the Austrian ski jumper Martin Koch.

Achievements

World Cup wins

World Cup rankings

Sporting successes

  • Ski Flying World Championships 1979: 1st place 1981: 2nd place
  • Ski Jumping World Cup: overall victory in 1981 and 1982, finishing second in 1980, third overall in 1983, 14 individual victories
  • World Championships in Oslo 1982: 1st place on the normal hill, 3rd place on the large hill, 2nd place in the team competition
  • Austrian Sportsman of the Year 1979, 1981 and 1982
  • 82 top ten finishes in ski big events
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 FIS Ski-Flying World Championships Winter Olympic Games Baldur Preiml Karl Schnabl Toni Innauer Alois Lipburger Hubert Neuper Martin Koch (ski jumper) Big Thunder Ski Jumping Center Finland Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze Olympiaschanze Midtstubakken List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Hans-Georg Aschenbach Heinz Kuttin Masahiko Harada Wolfgang Loitzl Thomas Morgenstern Anders Bardal Walter Steiner Klaus Ostwald Dieter Thoma Jaroslav Sakala Sven Hannawald Gregor Schlierenzauer Simon Ammann Robert Kranjec Severin Freund Ari-Pekka Nikkola Espen Bredesen Martin Schmitt Jakub Janda Kamil Stoch
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