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Austrian ski jumper

Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler in 1980
Country Austria
Born (1959-09-04) 4 September 1959 (age 65)Schwaz, Austria
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best 180 m (591 ft)Oberstdorf, 27 February 1981
World Cup career
Seasons 1980–1985
Starts 95
Podiums 37
Wins 13
Overall titles 2 (1981, 1982)
Medal record Men's ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Gold medal – first place 1982 Oslo Individual NH Silver medal – second place 1982 Oslo Team LH Silver medal – second place 1985 Seefeld Team LH Bronze medal – third place 1982 Oslo Individual LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships Gold medal – first place 1979 Planica Individual Silver medal – second place 1981 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overall titles (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill.

He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980.

Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of Martin Koch.

On 27 March 1980 he tied the world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft) Toni Innauer and Klaus Ostwald at Čerťák hill in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.[1]

On 26 February 1981 he set another ski jumping world record distance at 180 metres (591 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[2][3]

Season Overall 4H
1979/80 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 20
1980/81 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1981/82 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10
1982/83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 12
1983/84 11 14
1984/85 34 33
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1979/80 19 January 1980 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
2 20 January 1980 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
3 8 March 1990 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH
4 16 March 1980 Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken K105 LH
5 25 March 1980 Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 A K110 LH
6 1980/81 6 January 1981 Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K109 LH
7 14 February 1981 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH
8 10 March 1981 Sweden Falun Lugnet K89 NH
9 1981/82 17 January 1982 Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH
10 27 January 1982 Switzerland St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K96 NH
11 21 February 1982 Norway Oslo (WCS) Midtstubakken K85 NH
12 1982/83 1 January 1983 West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
13 11 March 1983 Norway Bærum Skuibakken K110 LH

Ski jumping world records

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Date Hill Location Metres Feet
27 March 1980 Čerťák K165 Harrachov, Czechoslovakia 176 577
26 February 1981 Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K175 Oberstdorf, West Germany 180 591
  1. ^ "Že prvi dan poletov je Kogler izenačil rekord (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 28 March 1980.
  2. ^ "17. svetovni rekord v Oberstdorfu (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 28 February 1981.
  3. ^ "Armin Kogler - Oberstdorf 1981 - 180 m - World record". YouTube. 26 February 1981. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
Awards
Preceded byAustria Sepp Walcher Austrian Sportsman of the year 1979 Succeeded byAustria Anton Innauer
Preceded byAustria Anton Innauer Austrian Sportsman of the year 1981 – 1982 Succeeded byAustria Franz Klammer