Hubert Schwarz

Hubert Schwarz (* September 13, 1960 in the village of Oberau ) is a retired German skier who was successful in the Nordic combined and ski jumping.

  • 2.2.1 World Cup statistics

Career

Black began his international career with a focus on ski jumping. So he made ​​his debut at the Four Hills Tournament 1977/78. With a ranking of 21 in Oberstdorf on the Schattenbergschanze he immediately landed on a good spot in the midfield. It was the best finish of the tour, which he finished on the 28th place of the tour overall standings. It was thus also in the episode his successful career. In the Four Hills Tournament 1978/79 he was only ranked 65 overall. However, He reached the highest individual score with rank 17 in Oberstdorf.

In 1979, he won his first national title. In the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 1979 in Mt St Anne, he started for the first time as a Nordic skier and won the bronze medal in the individual.

For the season 1979/80 Black 1979/80 on December 30, 1979 was in the Four Hills Tournament in his debut World Cup Ski Jumping. After only two jumping he was at the end of the tour ranked 73 overall.

At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid Black started in jumping as well as in the combination. After he landed in ski jumping from the normal and large hill only on the squares 25 and 41, he finished the combination single in ninth. Just a few days after the games, he started at the Junior World Championships in 1980 at the Örnsköldsvik, Sweden again in the combination and secured it in the singles gold medal.

On December 30, 1980, he jumped the last time at a World Cup competition, winning 11 out again five World Cup points with which he could finish the season in 70th place. In addition, he reached it his best ski jumping individual World Cup result of the career. As a result, he focused mainly only on the combination.

At the Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo, he just missed his first World Cup medal with the team as a fourth. On December 29, 1983, he was in Oberwiesenthal his debut in the World Cup Nordic Combined. With a ranking of 11, he proved so immediately his skills and won first World Cup points. In January 1984, he succeeded for the first time in Schonach sixth a top 10 result. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 in Rovaniemi, he reached the fifth place with the team. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, he was ranked 24 in singles.

At the beginning of the 1984/85 season he achieved in Planica with second place his first World Cup podium. Also in St. Moritz in January in Schonach she stood on the podium. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 in Seefeld in Tirol, he surprisingly won with Thomas Müller and Hermann wine book the gold medal in the team competition. After another good results he finished his successful World Cup season at the end of the third overall.

In the season 1985/86 Black failed to continue its winning streak. Only at the last World Cup of the season he reached in Štrbské Pleso again the podium. In January 1987, he Schonach the first and only win was in his career.

His greatest sporting achievements later he managed a good year at the Olympic Games in Calgary in 1988, when he won together with Hans -Peter Pohl and Thomas Müller the gold medal in the relay. In individual he could only reach rank 13 with his now 27 years. The last World Cup of the season in Oslo, he finished 14th place in the same year he won for the second time the national singles title of the combination.

In his last three World Cups as part of the 1988/89 season he managed only a tenth place. After the season, which he finished in 22nd place overall, he ended his active career.

Schwarz studied by end of his career from 1990 to 1994 Business Administration. He then took over as managing director of finance at the DSV Verwaltungs GmbH, a company of the German Ski Association.

At leisure until 1990 committed as a regular soldier black football played in the county league.

Achievements

Ski Jumping

World Cup rankings

Four Hills Tournament rankings

Nordic Combined

World Cup Stats

The table shows the achieved placings in detail.

  • Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
  • Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
  • Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
  • Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline
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