Andreas Däscher (9 June 1927 – 4 August 2023) was a Swiss

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who is best known for developing the parallel style, or Däscher technique, in the 1950s. This technique became widely used throughout ski jumping until the early 1990s. This technique was the standard technique until the V-style was developed by

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in 1985. The Daescher technique superseded the Kongsberger technique developed by Jacob Tullin Thams and Sigmund Ruud (both from

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) after

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. Erich Windisch, a German Olympic ski jumper, who developed in 1949 a jumping technique in which the jumper's arms are slightly arched and pointing downward, is also credited along with Däscher of developing the revamped aerodynamic jumping style that was used in elite competition for over 30 years.

Career

On 3 March 1950, he set the ski jumping world record distance for a very short period of time at 130 metres (426.5 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in

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. Däscher's best Olympic finish was 6th in the large Hill at the

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. He was born in

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Personal life and death

His brother, Hans Däscher, was also a ski jumper. Andreas Däscher died in

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on 4 August 2023, at the age of 96.''Trauerfall Däscher Andreas.''
In: todesanzeigenportal.ch (14 August 2023).

Four Hills Tournament

Overall standings

Ski jumping world record

Notes

References

External links

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Olympic Ski Jumping History
- ski jumping history * Wallechinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-Meter Hill. ''The Complete Book of the Olympics.'' p. 621. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Däscher, Andreas 1927 births 2023 deaths Swiss male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Switzerland Skiers from Davos 20th-century Swiss sportsmen