Martin Höllwarth (born 13 April 1974) is an Austrian former

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 ...

Career

At the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

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, he won three silver medals. At the

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

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, he won bronze in the team large hill competition. Höllwarth's biggest successes were 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 e ...

where he earned six medals, including three golds (team normal hill in 2001 and 2005; team large hill in 2005) and three bronzes (individual normal hill in 2001; team large hill in 1999 and 2001). On 4 February 2001, whilst returning from an event in

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, a car driven by Höllwarth was involved in an accident in which Austrian coach Alois Lipburger died. Höllwarth and another passenger, fellow ski jumper and countryman

Andreas Widhölzl Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles. Career Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won t ...

, escaped with minor injuries. Höllwarth announced his retirement at the 2007/08 season.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Ski jumping world record

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollwarth, Martin 1974 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics World record setters in ski flying People from Schwaz Sportspeople from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian people 21st-century Austrian people