Hermann Weinbuch (born 22 March 1960 in
Bischofswiesen
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,
Bavaria
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,
West Germany
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) is a former
West German
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nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
skier who won four medals at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...
during the 1980s. In 1985, he won the 15 km individual and 3 x 10 km team gold medals, then followed it up two years later with two more medals (gold: 3 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km individual).
Weinbuch also competed at the
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
in
Sarajevo
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in the Nordic combined event, finishing 8th.
He also competed at the
Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
It takes place in March ...
, winning the Nordic combined event twice (1985, 1987). Weinbuch was awarded the
Holmenkollen medal in 1987 (Shared with
Matti Nykänen
Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time, .).
At the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...
in
Turin
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, he was a trainer on the German national Nordic combined team that would win a complete of medals (
Georg Hettich - individual gold, sprint bronze; team silver).
References
External links
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Holmenkollen medalists- click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Holmenkollen winners since 1892- click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file
1960 births
Nordic combined skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
German male Nordic combined skiers
German male ski jumpers
Holmenkollen medalists
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Living people
Olympic Nordic combined skiers of West Germany
FIS Nordic Combined World Cup winners
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
People from Berchtesgadener Land
Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria
Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers of West Germany
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