Armin Kogler

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Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler in 1980
Country Austria
Born (1959-09-04) 4 September 1959 (age 64)
Schwaz, Austria
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best180 m (591 ft)
Oberstdorf, 27 February 1981
World Cup career
Seasons19801985
Starts95
Podiums37
Wins13
Overall titles2 (1981, 1982)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Oslo Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1982 Oslo Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Oslo Individual LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1979 Planica Individual
Silver medal – second place 1981 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

Career

After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overall titles (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill.

He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980.

Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of Martin Koch.

On 27 March 1980 he tied the world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft) Toni Innauer and Klaus Ostwald at Čerťák hill in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.[1]

On 26 February 1981 he set another ski jumping world record distance at 180 metres (591 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[2][3]

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H
1979/80 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 20
1980/81 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1981/82 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10
1982/83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12
1983/84 11 14
1984/85 34 33

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/80 19 January 1980   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
2 20 January 1980   Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
3 8 March 1990   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH
4 16 March 1980   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken K105 LH
5 25 March 1980   Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 A K110 LH
6 1980/81 6 January 1981   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K109 LH
7 14 February 1981   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH
8 10 March 1981   Sweden Falun Lugnet K89 NH
9 1981/82 17 January 1982   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH
10 27 January 1982   Switzerland St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K96 NH
11 21 February 1982   Norway Oslo (WCS) Midtstubakken K85 NH
12 1982/83 1 January 1983   West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
13 11 March 1983   Norway Bærum Skuibakken K110 LH

Ski jumping world records

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
27 March 1980   Čerťák K165 Harrachov, Czechoslovakia 176 577
26 February 1981   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K175 Oberstdorf, West Germany 180 591

References

  1. ^ "Že prvi dan poletov je Kogler izenačil rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 28 March 1980.
  2. ^ "17. svetovni rekord v Oberstdorfu (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 28 February 1981.
  3. ^ "Armin Kogler - Oberstdorf 1981 - 180 m - World record". YouTube. 26 February 1981. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.

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