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. Felder finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup, including a No. 1 ranking in the 1990/91 season. 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 competition.

Andreas Felder
Country	Austria
Born	(1962-03-06) 6 March 1962 Hall, Austria
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best	191 m (627 ft) Kulm, 9 March 1986 Planica,14 March 1987
World Cup career
Seasons	1980–1992
Individual wins	25
Indiv. podiums	51
Team podiums	2
Indiv. starts	166
Team starts	2
Overall titles	1 (1991)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 1992 Albertville Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1987 Oberstdorf Individual LH 1991 Val di Fiemme Team LH 1982 Oslo Team LH 1985 Seefeld Individual NH 1985 Seefeld Team LH 1987 Oberstdorf Individual NH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1986 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
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. Felder also won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season, Felder won his only Overall World Cup title and also won the team large hill gold medal at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. 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.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF
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

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1984/85	8 December 1984	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K89	NH
2		8 December 1984	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K120	LH
3		15 December 1984	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K114	LH
4		16 December 1984	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K86	NH
5		3 March 1985	Lahti	Salpausselkä K113	LH
6		8 March 1985	Falun	Lugnet K112	LH
7	1985/86	15 February 1986	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K155	FH
8		16 February 1986	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K155	FH
9		23 February 1986	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
10	1986/87	14 March 1987	Planica	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	FH
11		21 March 1987	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K105	LH
12	1989/90	4 March 1990	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90	NH
13		7 March 1990	Örnsköldsvik	Paradiskullen K82	NH
14		17 March 1990	Raufoss	Lønnbergbakken K90	NH
15	1990/91	1 December 1990	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale K86	NH
16		8 December 1990	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K90	NH
17		8 December 1990	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K120	LH
18		1 January 1991	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K107	LH
19		6 January 1991	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K111	LH
20		2 March 1991	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90	NH
21		3 March 1991	Lahti	Salpausselkä K114	LH
22	1991/92	1 January 1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K107	LH
23		17 January 1992	St. Moritz	Olympiaschanze K95	NH
24		19 January 1992	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
25		29 March 1992	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka K120	LH

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.

References

• Andreas Felder at the International Ski Federation
• "Holmenkollen winners since 1892". Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2007. – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Michael Hadschieff	Austrian Sportsman of the year 1987	Succeeded by Peter Seisenbacher