Martin Koch (ski jumper) explained

Martin Koch
Birth Date:22 January 1982
Birth Place:Villach, Austria
Height:186 cm
Personalbest:241.5m (792.3feet)
Vikersund, 11 February 2011
Offwebsite:martinkoch.at
Seasons:19992014
Wins:5
Teamwins:11
Totalpodiums:23
Teampodiums:25
Individual Starts:271
Team Starts:28
Updated:17 January 2016

Martin Koch (born 22 January 1982) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

Career

Koch started his World Cup career in 1999 and finished in the top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times. This included two victories with the first being on 8 January 2011 in Harrachov. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Ski Flying World Championships and six gold medals in team events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and World Championships. He made his last World Cup jump on 22 March 2014 on the large hill in Planica.

Regarded as a ski flying specialist,[1] Koch held the Austrian national distance record with a jump of 241.5 metres in Vikersund in 2011, until this was beaten by countryman Gregor Schlierenzauer in the same event.

Koch is the nephew of Armin Kogler.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center99 58 96
scope=row align=center49 28 49
scope=row align=center36 32 28 29 N/A
scope=row align=center8 20 N/A 22 N/A
scope=row align=center34 36 N/A N/A
scope=row align=centerN/A 43 N/A
scope=row align=center48 59 N/A 48 N/A
scope=row align=center15 17 N/A 9 N/A
scope=row align=center12 11 N/A 16 N/A
scope=row align=center14 20 N/A 10 N/A
scope=row align=center9 11 4 9 N/A
scope=row align=center8 8 4 14 N/A
scope=row align=center6 5 align=center bgcolor=silverN/A N/A
scope=row align=center12 17 align=center bgcolor=silverN/A N/A
scope=row align=center29 32 15 N/A N/A
scope=row align=center72 22 N/A N/A

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1 align=center rowspan=28 January 2011   Čerťák HS205 (night) FH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2 5 February 2011   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night) FH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3 align=center rowspan=318 February 2012   Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night) FH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"4 11 March 2012   Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"5 18 March 2012   Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215 FH

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fis-ski.com/ski-jumping/news-multimedia/news/article=noriaki-kasai-writes-history.html "Noriaki Kasai writes history"