Rudolf Wanner
Rudolf " Rudi " Wanner (born 28 January 1951 in Seefeld, Tyrol) is a former Austrian ski jumper.
Career
Through his father Rudi came as a 9- year-old to jump sport, 1970, he celebrated at the Four Hills Tournament 1970/71 his debut in the Austrian national team. The first highlight of the young career was the participation in the Olympic Games in Sapporo, where he 26 on the normal hill and reached the 46 seats on the large hill. At the World Championships in Falun 1974 he came only on the large hill used and occupied the 21th Place. In the Ski Flying World Championships in 1972 and 1973, he showed places 15 and 20
To Rudi Wanner and the older Springer Reinhold Bachler and Walter Schwabl built the new head coach Baldur Preiml from 1974 /75 Austrian " Dream Team ", which with young talent like Toni Innauer, Karl Schnabl, Alois Lipburger, Willi Pürstl, Hans Wallner, Hans Millonig, Edi Federer, Rupert Gürtler and Alfred Pungg international competition at times dominated and Austria made her the nation 's leading ski next to the GDR.
Wanner was overtaken by the rapid development, so that he did not participate in the season 1974/75 on the major events such as the Four Hills Tournament and Ski Flying World Championships. However, Wanner fought together with the 6 -year-older Reinhold Bachler back: When touring 1975/76 he was fifth overall and also qualified for the team for the Olympic Games 1976 in Innsbruck. On his home hill in Seefeld he reached 7th place his best finish at a major international event. In the following years, but remained out of further success, he missed qualifying for the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 1978, and finished after the winter 78/79 his career. Rudi Wanner was in the years 1975 and 1976, two-time champion in the Nordic combined.