Hans Wallner (born 29 May 1953) is an Austrian former
ski jumper
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.
Career
He won a silver medal in the team large hill event at the
1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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in
Oslo
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. Wallner's best finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was 6th in the individual large hill at
Innsbruck
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in
1976
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. He finished fifth in the
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1975. Wallner's lone ski jumping victory came in a large hill event at
Sapporo
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in 1981. After retiring he coached the Italian national team for a period.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
References
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1953 births
Living people
Austrian male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers for Austria
Austrian ski jumping coaches
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
People from Villach-Land
Sportspeople from Carinthia (state)
20th-century Austrian people
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