Wolfgang Loitzl
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Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austria
n ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
with six golds (Individual normal hill: 2009, Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005, 2007, 2009) and one bronze (Team large hill: 2001).
He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004
and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003.
Loitzl won the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
. In the final competition of the tournament in Bischofshofen
, he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, only Anton Innauer (1976), Kazuyoshi Funaki
(1998), Sven Hannawald
(2003) http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf, and Hideharu Miyahira
(2003) http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf have matched this feat.
On February 21, 2009, Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships at Liberec
ahead of fellow Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer
and Switzerland's Simon Ammann
. Further success followed on February 28 the same year when Loitzl won gold as part of the Austrian quartet in the team large hill event.
His son Benjamin was born on January 12, 2005, his second child Nikolas was born on February 10, 2007. He has been married to Marika since June 11, 2006.
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...
n ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...
with six golds (Individual normal hill: 2009, Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005, 2007, 2009) and one bronze (Team large hill: 2001).
He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 2004 took place on 20-22 February 2004 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fifth time. Planica hosted the championships previously in 1972, 1979, 1985, and 1994...
and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003.
Loitzl won the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
2008–09 Four Hills Tournament
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....
. In the final competition of the tournament in 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....
, he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, only Anton Innauer (1976), Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki
, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....
(1998), Sven Hannawald
Sven Hannawald
Sven Hannawald is a former German ski jumper who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. Hannawald won the Four Hills Tournament once. He also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, as well as three medals each in the Olympic Winter Games and the FIS Ski-Flying World...
(2003) http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf, and Hideharu Miyahira
Hideharu Miyahira
is a retired Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers and one bronze .Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team...
(2003) http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf have matched this feat.
On February 21, 2009, Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships at Liberec
Liberec
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. Located on the Lusatian Neisse and surrounded by the Jizera Mountains and Ještěd-Kozákov Ridge, it is the fifth-largest city in the Czech Republic....
ahead of fellow Austrian 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...
and 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...
. Further success followed on February 28 the same year when Loitzl won gold as part of the Austrian quartet in the team large hill event.
His son Benjamin was born on January 12, 2005, his second child Nikolas was born on February 10, 2007. He has been married to Marika since June 11, 2006.