Andreas Felder

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.

Andreas Felder
Country Austria
Born (1962-03-06) 6 March 1962
Hall, Austria
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best191 m (627 ft)
Kulm, 9 March 1986
Planica,14 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons1980–1992
Individual wins25
Indiv. podiums51
Team podiums2
Indiv. starts166
Team starts2
Overall titles1 (1991)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 Albertville Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1982 Oslo Team LH
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place1986 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

His big breakthrough came in the 1984/85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behind Matti Nykänen. At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill.

He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1986 in Bad Mitterndorf, the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. He won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season and won his only World Cup overall and also won the team large hill gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1991.

He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.[1] Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in Planica, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19th, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.

Ski flying

On 9 March 1986, he tied the world ski jumping distance record with Matti Nykänen at 191 metres (627 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships on Kulm hill in Tauplitz/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 on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, 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 by Piotr Fijas.[6]

Coaching

In 1995 Felder replaced Heinz Koch as the head coach of Austrian ski jumping team. He led Reinhard Schwarzenberger to third place in Four Hills Tournament, and Andreas Goldberger to victory in the 1995-96 World Cup, and a gold medal during the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1996. In the following season he helped Goldberger win bronze medal during the FIS 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, replacing Heinz Kuttin. With Felder as his coach, Stefan Kraft won bronze in Seefeld in 2019, and won the 2019-20 World Cup.

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF
1979/80 —112N/A
1980/81 1374N/A
1981/82 1455N/A
1982/83 46—N/A
1983/84 1510N/A
1984/85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)6N/A
1985/86 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)15N/A
1986/87 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)12N/A
1987/88 2328N/A
1988/89 1419N/A
1989/90 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)14N/A
1990/91 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)10
1991/92 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)63rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1984/858 December 1984  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K89NH
2 8 December 1984  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
3 15 December 1984  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K114LH
4 16 December 1984  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
5 3 March 1985  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K113LH
6 8 March 1985  Sweden FalunLugnet K112LH
7 1985/8615 February 1986  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
8 16 February 1986  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken K155FH
9 23 February 1986  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
10 1986/8714 March 1987  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia PlanicaVelikanka bratov Gorišek K185FH
11 21 March 1987  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken K105LH
12 1989/904 March 1990  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
13 7 March 1990  Sweden ÖrnsköldsvikParadiskullen K82NH
14 17 March 1990  Norway RaufossLønnbergbakken K90NH
15 1990/911 December 1990  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale K86NH
16 8 December 1990  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K90NH
17 8 December 1990  Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder K120LH
18 1 January 1991  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
19 6 January 1991  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111LH
20 2 March 1991  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K90NH
21 3 March 1991  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä K114LH
22 1991/921 January 1992  Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
23 17 January 1992  Switzerland St. MoritzOlympiaschanze K95NH
24 19 January 1992  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze K120LH
25 29 March 1992  Slovenia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH

Ski jumping world records
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
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]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andreas Felder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "Zmagoslavje Avstrijcev na 9. SP (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 10 March 1986.
  3. "Andreas Felder - Kulm 1986 - 191 m - World record". YouTube. 9 March 1986. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
  4. "Felder z znamenjem, ki ne velja (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  5. "Andreas Felder na treningu pod Poncami poletel 192m (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 March 1987.
  6. "Felderju sobotna tekma, Fijasu pa svetovni rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 March 1987.


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