Maximilian Mechler
Maximilian Mechler ( born January 3, 1984 in Isny ) is a German ski jumper. Mechler is sports soldier in the German army and member of the WSV Isny. His greatest achievement is winning the silver medal with the German team at the Ski Flying World Championships 2012 in Vikersund.
Career
Mechler met for the first time on 1 January 2000 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen at the Four Hills Tournament at the international level. At the Junior World Championship 2001 in Karpacz Szklarska he jumped with the team to third place. In the same year he was at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Vuokatti Second on the normal hill. His best individual result he won the World Cup in Trondheim in 2003 with third place. In summer 2003, he won his only Grand Prix in Innsbruck. Mechler caught up in the Four Hills Tournament 2003/ 04 with 11th place his best overall result. With the team he won first place in the World Cup competition in Willingen 2005. However, after his performance deteriorated over several years, which is why Mechler rarely started in the World Cup. In the seasons 2005/ 06 and 2006/ 2007, he still succeeded in several jumping the qualification. In the 2007 /08 season Mechler was in no more World Cup at the start and has even launched for the first time in the FIS Cup. In the 2008 /09 season he was nominated for the kick-off of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf again on the national group for the World Cup and was eliminated in the qualifying as the 51st of scarce. Also in Garmisch -Partenkirchen Mechler could not qualify as a 54 for jumping. In Sapporo since the 2004/ 05 season he won the first time in World Cup points and was ranked 23 These eight -point score was Mechler at the end of the 75th place in the overall standings. In Notodden he won the end of 2009 a FIS Cup. This season, he was again able to multiply points and was again with eight points in the standings 74 After a weak start in the summer of 2010, when Mechler the 2nd round once not reached in the Continental and Japanese Hakuba 43 and 37 jumpers only the courts 41 and 32 finished, he scored in Liberec in tenth and sixth in Klingenthal its best results in years. Also next winter, he scored several times World Cup points. Mechler won so far a total of six Continentalcupspringen, including three in the season 2010/11.
After the 2012/2013 season, which ended Mechler than 43 of the overall World Cup, the German Ski Federation decided in his squad classification to let him out of the classical training groups either, which means he has to prepare individually at the base Hinterzarten on the season.