| Armin Kogler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Armin Kogler in 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1959 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
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| 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 |  | 20 |
| 1980/81 |  | |
| 1981/82 | | 10 |
| 1982/83 |  | 12 |
| 1983/84 | 11 | 14 |
| 1984/85 | 34 | 33 |
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979/80 | 19 January 1980 |  Thunder Bay | Big Thunder K89 | NH |
| 2 | 20 January 1980 | Thunder Bay | Big Thunder K120 | LH | |
| 3 | 8 March 1990 |  Lahti | Salpausselkä K88 | NH | |
| 4 | 16 March 1980 |  Oslo | Holmenkollbakken K105 | LH | |
| 5 | 25 March 1980 |  Štrbské Pleso | MS 1970 A K110 | LH | |
| 6 | 1980/81 | 6 January 1981 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K109 | LH |
| 7 | 14 February 1981 |  Sapporo | Ōkurayama K110 | LH | |
| 8 | 10 March 1981 |  Falun | Lugnet K89 | NH | |
| 9 | 1981/82 | 17 January 1982 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama K110 | LH |
| 10 | 27 January 1982 |  St. Moritz | Olympiaschanze K96 | NH | |
| 11 | 21 February 1982 | Oslo (WCS) | Midtstubakken K85 | NH | |
| 12 | 1982/83 | 1 January 1983 |  Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Große Olympiaschanze K107 | LH |
| 13 | 11 March 1983 | Bærum | Skuibakken K110 | LH |
| 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 |
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