Balthasar Schneider
Balthasar Schneider ( born November 27, 1984 in Egg ) is a former austrian ski jumper.
Career
Schneider made his international debut for the season 1999/ 00 in Ski Jumping Continental Cup. In his first season he reached with 60 points ranked 127 overall. In the following season 2000/ 01 he improved to 97 points at No. 92 overall.
On 1 February 2001 Schneider started in the Junior World Championship 2001 in Karpacz. In the team competition on the normal hill, he secured together with Stefan Kaiser, Manuel Fettner and Florian Liegl behind the Finnish team the silver medal. On January 4, 2002 Schneider 2001/ 02 in Innsbruck was in the Four Hills Tournament for the first time at a World Cup competition in the National group. As a 41 on the Bergiselschanze and also as a 33 on the Paul Ausserleitner hill in Bischofshofen, however, Schneider missed first World Cup points.
In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2002 in Schonach he repeated the silver medal success on the normal hill together with Fettner, Christoph Strickner and Christian Nagiller. In the individual competition Schneider finished in 19th place. On the Zaō -Hill in Yamagata Schneider won a little later his first Continental Cup. In the second jump he stood in third place on the podium again.
In the Summer Grand Prix 2002 Schneider succeeded in Lahti twice a good result in the top ten. Despite this success, he started at the beginning of the 2002/ 03 first in the Continental Cup, before moving to good results in St. Moritz, Engelberg and Seefeld in Tirol in January in the World Cup squad. Already in his first competition in the Four Hills Tournament 2002/ 03 in Innsbruck, he was 14th at the end clearly in the points. Also in Hakuba and Sapporo he reached the points. In February Schneider moved back into the Continental Cup. He jumped straight into brown again in third position on the podium. At the beginning of the season 2003/ 04 he cutter back into the A-team and achieved surprising in Kuusamo than 13 a good top 20 placement. Once in Trondheim he failed at the points a few days later, he again went back to the Continental. In February and March 2004, he invariably come in all jumping rankings in the top ten, including six podium finishes.
At the beginning of the 2004/05 season pass Schneider in Rovaniemi his next two victories. In addition, he boarded in Lahti also the podium. Once at the Continental Cup in Bischofshofen on the first jump he landed in January to second place, to him in times of jumping scored his fourth overall victory. Until his fifth victory passed two more years with mixed results. With the season 2006/ 07 Schneider denied his most successful season. So he secured in Westby and Iron Mountain 's individual victories six and seven and at the end of the season the Continental Cup overall victory. Then he moved again to the end of the season in the World Cup and jumped in Oslo on a very good 12th place.
After Schneider missed good rankings in the Summer Grand Prix 2007, he went in September, and finally the beginning of the 2007/08 season again in the Continental Cup at the start. However, Schneider was unable to repeat the success of the 2006/07 season in the following years. Even with occasional start in the World Cup it no longer made a breakthrough. His last jump Schneider denied in January 2011 in Bischofshofen.
On June 13, 2012 Balthasar Schneider announced the end of his active career. He announced to dedicate themselves to promoting the future of his younger brother, Sepp Schneider and the Nordic skiing in Vorarlberg.
His Longest jump he succeeded on March 7, 2004 in the ski flying in Vikersund to 216.5 meters. This length has since been considered the Vorarlberg State record.