Andreas Felder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1962-03-06)6 March 1962 (age 63) Hall, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 191 m (627 ft) Kulm,9 March 1986 Planica,14 March 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 1980–1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 166 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 1 (1991) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian formerski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporariesJens Weißflog andMatti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in theWorld Cup and won the1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.
His big breakthrough came in the 1984/85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition inThunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behindMatti Nykänen. At the1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inSeefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill.
He won theFIS Ski Flying World Championships 1986 inBad Mitterndorf, the1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships inOberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. He won the ski jumping competition at the 1987Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season and won his only World Cup overall and also won the team large hill gold medal at theNordic World Ski Championships 1991.
He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the1992 Winter Olympics inAlbertville.[1] Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition inPlanica, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.
On 9 March 1986, he tied the world ski jumping distance record withMatti Nykänen at 191 metres (627 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships onKulm hill inTauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf,Austria.[2][3]
On 13 March 1987, he touched the ground at world record distance at 192 metres (630 ft) at the World Cup official training onVelikanka bratov GorišekinPlanica,Yugoslavia.[4][5] On the next day he landed at 191 metres (627 ft) and only tied his personal best, as this jump was achieved in the repeated third round, after and because of the world record byPiotr Fijas.[6]
In 1995 Felder replaced Heinz Koch as the head coach of Austrian ski jumping team. He ledReinhard Schwarzenberger to third place inFour Hills Tournament, andAndreas Goldberger to victory in the1995-96 World Cup, and a gold medal during theFIS Ski Flying World Championships 1996. In the following season he helped Goldberger win bronze medal during theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim. After the end of the season Felder resigned. He became team's head coach once again in 2018, replacingHeinz Kuttin. With Felder as his coach, Stefan Kraft won bronze in Seefeld in2019, and won the2019-20 World Cup.
Season | Overall | 4H | SF |
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1979/80 | — | 112 | N/A |
1980/81 | 13 | 74 | N/A |
1981/82 | 14 | 55 | N/A |
1982/83 | 46 | — | N/A |
1983/84 | 15 | 10 | N/A |
1984/85 | ![]() | 6 | N/A |
1985/86 | ![]() | 15 | N/A |
1986/87 | ![]() | 12 | N/A |
1987/88 | 23 | 28 | N/A |
1988/89 | 14 | 19 | N/A |
1989/90 | ![]() | 14 | N/A |
1990/91 | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
1991/92 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() |
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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9 March 1986 | Kulm K185 | Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf,Austria | 191 | 627 |
13 March 1987 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica,Yugoslavia | 192 | 630 |
Not recognized! Touched the ground at world record distance.[4]