Wolfgang Loitzl (born 13 January 1980) 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 ...

. He was the winner of the

2008–09 Four Hills Tournament The 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament was held at the four traditional venues of Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, located in Germany and Austria. The tournament was won by Austria's Wolfgang Loitzl, who previously ha ...

and the 2009 Normal Hill World Champion.

Career

He won seven 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 e ...

with seven golds (Individual normal hill: 2009, Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) and one bronze (Team large hill: 2001). He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the

FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 2004 took place on 19–22 February 2004 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fifth time. Planica hosted the championships previously in 1972, 1979, 1985, and 1994. The team event, consisting of two jumps, ...

and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003. Loitzl won the

. In the final competition of the tournament in

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route cr ...

, he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, only

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(1998),

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(2003),

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(2003), and

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(2015) have matched this feat. On 21 February 2009 Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships at

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ahead of fellow Austrian

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and Switzerland's

Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010. His other achievements include winning t ...

. Further success followed on 28 February the same year when Loitzl won gold as part of the Austrian quartet in the team large hill event. The following season, Loitzl won gold in the large hill team event at the

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. He also won gold in the ski flying team event at the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships. His son Benjamin was born on 12 January 2005, his second child Nikolas was born on 10 February 2007. He has been married to Marika since 11 June 2006.

Olympic Games

World Championships

Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

Wins

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loitzl, Wolfgang 1980 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in ski jumping People from Bad Ischl FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Upper Austria 21st-century Austrian people