André Kiesewetter

André Kiesewetter
André Kiesewetter
Country	East Germany (1989-90); Germany (1990-1994)
Born	20 August 1969; Neuhaus am Rennweg,; East Germany
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Personal best	191 m (627 ft); Planica, 23 March 1991
World Cup career
Seasons	1990–1991; 1993–1994
Individual wins	2
Indiv. podiums	4
Indiv. starts	33
Men's ski jumping
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
	Updated on 10 February 2016.

André Kiesewetter (born 20 August 1969) is an East German/German former ski jumper.

Career

He won the bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had his best individual finish of 7th in the individual large hill at those championships. Kiesewetter has two World Cup individual career wins in 1990 and 1991. In 1991 Planica World Cup Ski Flying competition he jumped 196 meters which was at that time longest jump ever, but unfortunately he touched snow with hands, otherwise this would be world record.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF
1989/90	—	—	N/A
1990/91	11	25	6
1992/93	—	69	—
1993/94	—	76	—

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1990/91	2 December 1990	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
2	1990/91	15 December 1990	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH

Invalid ski jumping world record

This is the longest parallel style ski jump in history.

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
23 March 1991	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Yugoslavia	196	643

Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.

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External links

Andre Kiesewetter at the International Ski Federation

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