Alois Lipburger (27 August 1956 – 4 February 2001) was an Austrian

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Career

He won a silver medal in the individual large hill competition at the

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. Lipburger's only two individual world cup wins came in a

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competition in the

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in 1981. After his career, he worked as a ski jumping coach. However, he died in an automobile accident while returning from a World Cup event in

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in 2001.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipburger, Alois 1956 births 2001 deaths Austrian male ski jumpers Austrian ski jumping coaches FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping People from Bregenz District Road incident deaths in Germany Skiers from Vorarlberg 20th-century Austrian people