Wolfgang Loitzl

Wolfgang Loitzl
Loitzl inEngelberg,2014
Country	Austria
Born	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 Bad Ischl,Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best	213.5 m (700 ft) Planica,20 March 2010
World Cup career
Seasons	1997–2015
Starts	356
Podiums	20
Wins	4
Four Hills titles	1 (2009)
Medal record Men'sski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 7 0 1 Ski Flying World Championships 1 0 1 Total 9 4 2 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 Lahti Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Individual NH 2009 Liberec Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2001 Lahti Team LH Men'sski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 Planica Team 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Wolfgang Loitzl(born 13 January 1980) is an Austrian formerski jumper.He was the winner of the2008–09 Four Hills Tournamentand the2009 Normal Hill World Champion.

Career

He won seven medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championshipswith 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 theFIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003.

Loitzl won the2008–09 Four Hills Tournament.In the final competition of the tournament inBischofshofen,he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, onlyAnton Innauer(1976),Kazuyoshi Funaki(1998),Sven Hannawald(2003),Hideharu Miyahira(2003), andPeter Prevc(2015) havematchedthis feat.

On 21 February 2009 Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships atLiberecahead of fellow AustrianGregor Schlierenzauerand Switzerland'sSimon Ammann.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 the2010 Winter Olympics.He also won gold in the ski flying team event at the2010 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

Event	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team
RepresentingAustria
2002 Salt Lake City	—	—	4th
2010 Vancouver	11th	10th	Gold

World Championships

RepresentingAustria
2001 Lahti	13th	15th	Gold	Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf	6th	7th	Gold	Gold
2007 Sapporo	12th	—	N/A	Gold
2009 Liberec	Gold	6th	N/A	Gold
2011 Oslo	37th	—	—	—
2013 Val di Fiemme	17th	4th	—	Gold

Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
RepresentingAustria
2000 Vikersund	17th	N/A
2004 Planica	15th	Bronze
2010 Planica	6th	Gold

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1996/97	—	71	—	—	—
1997/98	31	31	—	25	28
1998/99	12	16	14	8	12
1999/00	22	21	20	21	25
2000/01	7	9	19	9	N/A
2001/02	29	36	N/A	34	N/A
2002/03	60	46	N/A	—	N/A
2003/04	28	35	N/A	13	N/A
2004/05	18	13	N/A	16	N/A
2005/06	29	22	N/A	—	N/A
2006/07	13	16	N/A	6	N/A
2007/08	10	16	N/A	16	N/A
2008/09			12	7	N/A
2009/10	6		9	7	N/A
2010/11	13	9	12	N/A	N/A
2011/12	30	31	25	N/A	N/A
2012/13	12	17	11	N/A	N/A
2013/14	29	15	12	N/A	N/A
2014/15	79	—	—	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2008/09	1 January 2009	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große OlympiaschanzeHS140	LH
2		4 January 2009	Innsbruck	BergiselschanzeHS130	LH
3		6 January 2009	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-SchanzeHS140(night)	LH
4		16 January 2009	Zakopane	Wielka KrokiewHS134(night)	LH

External links

• Wolfgang Loitzlat theInternational Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Official website(in German)