Andreas Widhölzl

Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles.

Career

Early years

Widhölzl was interested in ski-jumping from an early age, his interest coming from watching the sport on television. At around this time he joined the Tyrolese Ski Federation and learnt to ski. When he was seven years old, a school friend convinced him to join the Fieberbrunner Weitenjäger. After a few years, Widhölzl earned his first success in the district and regional championships for his age group.

World Cup debut

Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won two Olympic bronzes and two world championship medals, along with sixteen victories in World Cup events.

Four Hills Tournament

During this time came his victory in the 1999/2000 Four Hills Tournament. During this season, he came second in the ski-jumping World Cup. In the next five years, he won only one World Cup event, however, in 2005 he twice won the world championship with the Austrian National Team and a year later he was part of the Austrian Team that won the Team Olympic Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics.

End of career

In March 2008, following health problems, he ended his fifteen-year-long World Cup ski-jumping career.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1992/93	—	55	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	26	18	—	N/A	N/A
1995/96	20	37	16	N/A	21
1996/97	15	14	13		16
1997/98		7			7
1998/99	7	14	21	40	6
1999/00			5	6
2000/01	12	16	28	52	N/A
2001/02	4	5	N/A	21	N/A
2002/03		12	N/A	41	N/A
2003/04	29	17	N/A	—	N/A
2004/05	8	16	N/A	19	N/A
2005/06	10	18	N/A	8	N/A
2006/07	33	22	N/A	34	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1996/97	9 March 1997	Template:Flagicon Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH
2	1997/98	20 December 1997	Template:Flagicon Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
3		5 February 1998	Template:Flagicon Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH
4		1 March 1998	Template:Flagicon Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
5		4 March 1998	Template:Flagicon Kuopio	Puijo K120 (night)	LH
6	1998/99	12 December 1998	Template:Flagicon Oberhof	Hans-Renner-Schanze K120	LH
7		6 January 1999	Template:Flagicon Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
8	1999/00	4 December 1999	Template:Flagicon Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K120 (night)	LH
9		5 December 1999	Template:Flagicon Predazzo	Trampolino dal Ben K120 (night)	LH
10		1 January 2000	Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH
11		3 January 2000	Template:Flagicon Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K110	LH
12		6 January 2000	Template:Flagicon Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
13		5 February 2000	Template:Flagicon Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
14		6 February 2000	Template:Flagicon Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
15	2001/02	24 January 2002	Template:Flagicon Hakuba	Hakuba K120	LH
16		26 January 2002	Template:Flagicon Sapporo	Ōkurayama K120	LH
17	2002/03	30 November 2002	Template:Flagicon Kuusamo	Rukatunturi K120 (night)	LH
18	2004/05	15 January 2005	Template:Flagicon Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH

Invalid ski jumping world record

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
17 March 2005	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	Planica, Slovenia	234.5	769

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References

• FIS Newsflash 177 on Widhölzl's retirement announcement. 30 April 2008.
• Template:FIS ski jumper