| Andreas Goldberger | |
| Birth Date: | 1972 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ried im Innkreis, Austria |
| Height: | 172 cm |
| Personalbest: | 225 m (738 ft) Planica, 18 March 2000 |
| Seasons: | 1991–2005 |
| Wins: | 20 |
| Teamwins: | 4 |
| Totalpodiums: | 63 |
| Teampodiums: | 12 |
| Individual Starts: | 288 |
| Team Starts: | 15 |
| Wcoveralls: | 3 (1993, 1995, 1996) |
| Fhtitles: | 2 (1993, 1995) |
| Sftitles: | 2 (1995, 1996) |
| Updated: | 10 February 2016 |
Andreas "Andi" Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper.
In 1994 he became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres, but did not manage to stand.
He won the World Cup overall titles three times (1993, 1995, 1996), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992/93, 1994/95), with multiple medals in the Nordic World Championships and Winter Olympics.
Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater.
On 17 March 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia, he recorded a jump of 202 metres (663 ft);[1] [2] this made him the first man to ever to jump over two hundred metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event).
On 18 March 2000, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 225 metres (738 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia[3] It stood for the next three years.
In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[4] Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.
Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place).
In 2006 he officially ended his career with his final jump as a test jumper in Kulm, Austria.
After ending his ski jumping career he immediately became an expert co-commentator on the Austrian national TV station ORF, where he still works today.
| Season | Overall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row align=center | 37 | 47 | 14 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 8 | 38 | align=center bgcolor=silver | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | align=center bgcolor=#A57164 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#A57164 | align=center bgcolor=#A57164 | 13 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | N/A | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | 7 | align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37 | N/A | align=center bgcolor=silver | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 8 | align=center bgcolor=silver | 5 | 69 | 7 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 17 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 16 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 17 | 9 | 34 | 9 | 16 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 14 | 26 | 7 | align=center bgcolor=silver | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 13 | 9 | N/A | 16 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 12 | 9 | N/A | — | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 18 | 24 | N/A | 27 | N/A | ||||
| scope=row align=center | 36 | 28 | N/A | 69 | N/A |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 1 | align=center rowspan=2 | 4 January 1993 | Bergiselschanze K109 | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 2 | 6 January 1993 | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 3 | align=center rowspan=2 | 17 December 1993 | Tremplin du Praz K120 | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 4 January 1994 | Bergiselschanze K109 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 5 | align=center rowspan=10 | 11 December 1994 | Srednja Bloudkova K90 | NH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 6 January 1995 | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 7 | 8 January 1995 | Mühlenkopfschanze K120 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 21 January 1995 | Miyanomori K90 | NH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 28 January 1995 | Salpausselkä K90 | NH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 8 February 1995 | Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 12 February 1995 | Holmenkollbakken K110 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 18 February 1995 | Vikersundbakken K175 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 19 February 1995 | Vikersundbakken K175 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 25 February 1995 | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 15 | align=center rowspan=6 | 4 January 1996 | Bergiselschanze K109 | LH | ||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 16 | 14 January 1996 | Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 17 | 21 January 1996 | Ōkurayama K115 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 18 | 28 January 1996 | Wielka Krokiew K116 | LH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 19 | 11 February 1996 | Kulm K185 | FH | |||
| scope=row style="text-align:center;" | 20 | 9 March 1996 | Čerťák K180 | FH |
| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 1994 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 202 | 663 | |
| 18 March 2000 | Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 | Planica, Slovenia | 225 | 738 |