Thomas Hörl | |
Nationality: | Austria |
Fullname: | Thomas Hörl |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1981 |
Birth Place: | Saalfelden, Austria |
Personalbest: | 224.5m (736.5feet) Planica, 16 March 2000 |
Seasons: | 2000–2003 |
Updated: | 18 May 2015 |
Thomas Hörl (born 20 August 1981) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2003.
After winning the Alpen Cup in 1996 at the age of fifteen, together with medalling in junior level competitions, Hörl started his senior level World Cup career in Bischofshofen on 8 January 2000. At the end of that season, on 16 March 2000 in Planica, he set a world record jump of 224.5m (736.5feet).[1]
Hörl retired from ski jumping after the 2003 Continental Cup season.