Hubert Neuper

Hubert Neuper (born 29 September 1960) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He was the winner of the first FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title in 1979/80.

Hubert Neuper
Country Austria
Born (1960-09-29) 29 September 1960
Bad Aussee, Austria
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
World Cup career
Seasons19801985
Individual wins8
Indiv. podiums23
Indiv. starts65
Overall titles1 (1980)
Four Hills titles2 (1980, 1981)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games/
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place1980 Lake PlacidIndividual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Silver medal – second place 1982 Oslo Team LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

His best known success was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he won a silver medal in the individual large hill event. Neuper also earned a silver in the team large hill competition at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo. He runs a ski school in Bad Mitterndorf in Austria.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall 4H
1979/80 1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
1980/81 41st place, gold medalist(s)
1981/82 2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
1982/83 3126
1983/84 6932
1984/85 83

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/801 January 1980  West Germany Garmisch-PartenkirchenGroße Olympiaschanze K107LH
2 4 January 1980  Austria InnsbruckBergiselschanze K104LH
3 22 March 1980  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia PlanicaBloudkova velikanka K120LH
4 1980/8130 December 1980  West Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K110LH
5 21 January 1981  Switzerland St. MoritzOlympiaschanze K94NH
6 1981/826 January 1982  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K109LH
7 13 March 1982  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm K165FH
8 14 March 1982  Austria Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm K165FH
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