Andreas Däscher (born 9 June 1927) is a Swiss former
ski jumper who is best known for developing the
parallel style, or Däscher technique, in the 1950s. This technique became widely used throughout ski jumping until the early 1990s.
This technique was the standard technique until the
V-style was developed by
Jan Boklöv in 1985. The Daescher technique superseded the
Kongsberger technique developed by
Jacob Tullin Thams and
Sigmund Ruud (both from
Norway) after
World War I in
Kongsberg.
Erich Windisch, a German Olympic ski jumper, who developed in 1949 a jumping technique in which the jumper's arms are slightly arched and pointing downward, is also credited along with Däscher of developing the revamped aerodynamic jumping style that was used in elite competition for over 30 years.
His brother,
Hans Däscher
Hans Däscher (born 29 June 1930) was a Swiss ski jumper who competed during the 1950s. He finished 20th in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Däscher's best individual finish was 18th in a normal hill event in ...
, was also a ski jumper.
Career
On 3 March 1950, he set the ski jumping world record distance for a very short period of time at 130 metres (426.5 ft) on
Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in
Oberstdorf,
West Germany.
Däscher's best Olympic finish was 6th in the large Hill at the
1956 Winter Olympics
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. He was born in
Davos
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Four Hills Tournament
Overall standings
Ski jumping world record
Notes
References
External links
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Olympic Ski Jumping History- ski jumping history
* Wallechinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-Meter Hill. ''The Complete Book of the Olympics.'' p. 621.
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1927 births
Living people
Swiss male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers of Switzerland
People from Davos
Sportspeople from Graubünden