Hubert Neuper (born 29 September 1960) is a former Austrian
ski jumper
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
. He was the winner of the first
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internation ...
title in
1979/80.
Career
His best known success was at the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
in
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,303.
The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba, southwest of Plattsburgh. ...
, where he won a silver medal in the individual large hill event. Neuper also earned a silver in the team large hill competition at the
1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, ...
in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
. He runs a ski school in
Bad Mitterndorf
Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut in the Austrian state of Styria.
Situated between Salzburg and Graz, it is a popular winter sports resort and also as a location for walking and cycling in the summer. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of tw ...
in Austria.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
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1960 births
Austrian male ski jumpers
Living people
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic ski jumpers of Austria
Ski jumpers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Porsche Supercup drivers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
People from Liezen District
Sportspeople from Styria
20th-century Austrian people