2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
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The 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf
, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
, Innsbruck
and Bischofshofen
, located in Germany
and Austria
.
The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl
, who previously had not won a single World Cup
event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widhölzl
in 1999–2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann
, who was the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer
finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt
of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev
of Russia rounded out the top five.
HS137 Schattenbergschanze
, Germany
29 December 2008
HS140 Große Olympiaschanze
, Germany
1 January 2009
HS130 Bergiselschanze
, Austria
4 January 2009
HS140 Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
, Austria
6 January 2009
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...
was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...
, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...
, Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
and Bischofshofen
Bischofshofen
Bischofshofen is a city located in the Salzach valley in the Alps, in the District of Pongau, in Salzburgerland, Austria.The city is an important railway hub and lies at the Tauernautobahn, a highway route through the Alps....
, located in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
.
The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World...
, who previously had not won a single World Cup
Ski jumping World Cup
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is a ski jumping tournament held yearly by the International Ski Federation since 1979–80 season.- World Cup points :...
event in his career. Loitzl won the last three competitions at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen to claim the overall victory, and became the first Austrian to win the Four Hills since Andreas Widhölzl
Andreas Widhölzl
Height: 5' 10"Andreas Widhölzl is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2008...
in 1999–2000. The opening event at Oberstdorf was won by Switzerland' s Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...
, who was the overall World Cup leader at the time of the competition. Ammann also finished second overall in the Four Hills. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup...
finished third overall, while Martin Schmitt
Martin Schmitt
Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country...
of Germany and Dimitry Vassiliev
Dimitry Vassiliev
Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing in the World Cup since 1999. His best finish at the World Championships is fifth in the team normal hill in Oberstdorf 2005 while his best individual finish was seventh in the individual large hill at the Sapporo 2007.At...
of Russia rounded out the top five.
Overall standings
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Total points | Oberstdorf (Rk) | Garmisch (Rk) | Innsbruck (Rk) | Bis'hofen (Rk) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
Austria |
1123.7 | 285.2 (2) | 276.3 (1) | 261.0 (1) | 301.2 (1) |
| 2 | Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010... |
 Switzerland |
1091.1 | 286.4 (1) | 274.6 (2) | 245.7 (8) | 284.4 (2) |
| 3 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
Austria |
1077.1 | 280.1 (4) | 257.6 (4) | 260.3 (2) | 279.1 (4) |
| 4 | Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country... |
Germany |
1055.2 | 273.8 (5) | 245.2 (8) | 257.7 (3) | 278.5 (5) |
| 5 | Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing in the World Cup since 1999. His best finish at the World Championships is fifth in the team normal hill in Oberstdorf 2005 while his best individual finish was seventh in the individual large hill at the Sapporo 2007.At... |
 Russia |
1048.1 | 284.4 (3) | 239.6 (9) | 244.9 (9) | 279.2 (3) |
| 6 | Anders Jacobsen Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian ski jumper, representing Ringkollen Skiklubb, and the youngest Norwegian to have won the Four Hills Tournament. He has competed since 2003.-Early career:... |
 Norway |
1027.9 | 269.0 (6) | 247.0 (7) | 244.4 (10) | 267.5 (7) |
| 7 | Harri Olli Harri Olli Harri Olli is a Finnish former ski jumper who has been competing on World Cup level since 2002. He is best known for his silver medal in the individual large hill at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo... |
 Finland |
1019.2 | 268.5 (7) | 258.6 (3) | 239.6 (11) | 252.5 (10) |
| 8 | Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian ski jumper. Having won the world cup twice, the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each, the Grand Prix three times, and 12 gold medals at world championships and Olympic games, he is one of the most successful contemporary jumpers.- Career... |
Austria |
1001.0 | 254.7 (11) | 248.5 (6) | 250.6 (5) | 247.2 (16) |
| 9 | Matti Hautamäki Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki is a Finnish ski jumper.-Biography:Matti made his first ski-jumping attempts at the age of seven near his home town of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and his friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti followed them... |
Finland |
991.4 | 250.5 (13) | 237.1 (10) | 253.2 (4) | 250.6 (12) |
| 10 | Michael Neumayer Michael Neumayer Michael Neumayer is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2001. He won a silver medal in the team normal hill at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 32nd in the individual normal hill at those same championships.Neumayer also won a bronze in the team event... |
Germany |
986.3 | 259.8 (9) | 211.2 (24) | 246.5 (7) | 268.8 (6) |
| 11 | Martin Koch Martin Koch (ski jumper) Martin "Mascht" Koch is a ski jumper from Austria.A competitor since 1999, he has finished in the Top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times, including two victories with the first being on January 8, 2011 in Harrachov... |
Austria |
974.1 | 233.5 (23) | 249.0 (5) | 234.6 (14) | 257.0 (9) |
| 12 | Michael Uhrmann Michael Uhrmann Michael Uhrmann is a German ski jumper who has competed since 1995. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team large hill event at Salt Lake City in 2002.... |
Germany |
967.9 | 256.9 (10) | 222.9 (14) | 230.1 (16) | 258.0 (8) |
| 13 | Noriaki Kasai Noriaki Kasai , born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup... |
 Japan |
953.5 | 243.9 (17) | 220.5 (16) | 249.0 (6) | 240.1 (19) |
| 14 | Ville Larinto Ville Larinto Ville Larinto is a Finnish ski jumper. Larinto made his World Cup debut in 2007-08, and picked up his first World Cup points in the Four Hills opener at Oberstdorf, Germany on 30 December 2007, when he finished 29th.... |
Finland |
944.5 | 249.9 (14) | 221.9 (15) | 221.5 (24) | 251.2 (11) |
| 15 | Stephan Hocke Stephan Hocke Stephan Hocke is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2001. He won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the Team Large Hill event.... |
Germany |
937.1 | 247.3 (15) | 214.6 (20) | 226.1 (17) | 249.1 (15) |
Oberstdorf
HS137 SchattenbergschanzeSchattenbergschanze
Schattenbergschanze is a ski jumping hill located in Oberstdorf, Germany. The hill has held two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and has kicked-off the Four Hills Tournament on 30 December every year since 1952....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
29 December 2008
| Rank | Name | Nationality | |1st (m) | 2nd (m) | Points | Overall FHT points | Overall WC points (Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010... |
Switzerland |
136.5 | 134.0 | 286.4 | 286.4 (1) | 685 (1) |
| 2 | Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
Austria |
135.0 | 134.0 | 285.2 | 285.2 (2) | 439 (3) |
| 3 | Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing in the World Cup since 1999. His best finish at the World Championships is fifth in the team normal hill in Oberstdorf 2005 while his best individual finish was seventh in the individual large hill at the Sapporo 2007.At... |
Russia |
134.5 | 136.0 | 284.4 | 284.4 (3) | 185 (9) |
| 4 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
Austria |
133.0 | 134.0 | 280.1 | 280.1 (4) | 560 (2) |
| 5 | Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country... |
Germany |
134.5 | 129.0 | 273.8 | 273.8 (5) | 248 (6) |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
HS140 Große OlympiaschanzeGroße Olympiaschanze
The Große Olympiaschanze is a ski jumping hill located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-1936 Winter Olympics:At the 1936 Winter Olympics, it hosted the ski jumping event and the ski jumping part of the nordic combined event. It also host the opening and closing ceremonies of those games...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
1 January 2009
| Rank | Name | Nationality | |1st (m) | 2nd (m) | Points | Overall FHT points | Overall WC points (Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
Austria |
134.5 | 136.5 | 276.3 | 561.5 (1) | 539 (3) |
| 2 | Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010... |
Switzerland |
140.0 | 134.5 | 274.6 | 561.0 (2) | 765 (1) |
| 3 | Harri Olli Harri Olli Harri Olli is a Finnish former ski jumper who has been competing on World Cup level since 2002. He is best known for his silver medal in the individual large hill at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo... |
Finland |
133.0 | 131.5 | 258.6 | 527.1 (4) | 284 (6) |
| 4 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
Austria |
134.0 | 130.5 | 257.6 | 537.7 (3) | 610 (2) |
| 5 | Martin Koch Martin Koch (ski jumper) Martin "Mascht" Koch is a ski jumper from Austria.A competitor since 1999, he has finished in the Top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times, including two victories with the first being on January 8, 2011 in Harrachov... |
Austria |
134.5 | 128.0 | 249.0 | 482.5 (11) | 230 (8) |
Innsbruck
HS130 BergiselschanzeBergiselschanze
Bergiselschanze is a ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, annually hosting the third competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament....
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
4 January 2009
| Rank | Name | Nationality | |1st (m) | 2nd (m) | Points | Overall FHT points | Overall WC points (Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
Austria |
126.5 | 128.5 | 261.0 | 822.5 (1) | 639 (3) |
| 2 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
Austria |
126.0 | 127.5 | 260.3 | 798.0 (3) | 690 (2) |
| 3 | Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country... |
Germany |
128.5 | 125.5 | 257.7 | 776.7 (4) | 340 (5) |
| 4 | Matti Hautamäki Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki is a Finnish ski jumper.-Biography:Matti made his first ski-jumping attempts at the age of seven near his home town of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and his friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti followed them... |
Finland |
123.5 | 128.0 | 253.2 | 740.8 (9) | 241 (10) |
| 5 | Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian ski jumper. Having won the world cup twice, the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each, the Grand Prix three times, and 12 gold medals at world championships and Olympic games, he is one of the most successful contemporary jumpers.- Career... |
Austria |
124.5 | 125.0 | 250.6 | 753.8 (8) | 359 (4) |
Bischofshofen
HS140 Paul-Ausserleitner-SchanzePaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze was opened in 1941, and re-built in 2003, and is a ski jumping venue in Bischofshofen, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup, annually hosting the fourth and final competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
6 January 2009
| Rank | Name | Nationality | |1st (m) | 2nd (m) | Points | Overall FHT points | Overall WC points (Rank) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
Austria |
142.5 | 141.5 | 301.2 | 1123.7 (1) | 739 (3) |
| 2 | Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010... |
Switzerland |
137.5 | 140.5 | 284.4 | 1091.1 (2) | 877 (1) |
| 3 | Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing in the World Cup since 1999. His best finish at the World Championships is fifth in the team normal hill in Oberstdorf 2005 while his best individual finish was seventh in the individual large hill at the Sapporo 2007.At... |
Russia |
138.0 | 138.5 | 279.2 | 1048.1 (5) | 303 (8) |
| 4 | Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
Austria |
138.5 | 136.0 | 279.1 | 1077.1 (3) | 740 (2) |
| 5 | Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country... |
Germany |
138.5 | 136.5 | 278.5 | 1055.2 (4) | 385 (4) |