Martin Koch (ski jumper)

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Martin Koch
Martin Koch (2011) cropped.jpg
Koch in 2011
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 (age 42)
Villach, Austria
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Personal best241.5 m (792 ft)
Vikersund, 11 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons 19992014
Starts271
Podiums23
Wins5
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Turin Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Liberec Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Oslo Team NH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Oslo Team LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Oberstdorf Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Planica Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Vikersund Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Oberstdorf Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Vikersund Individual
Updated on 17 January 2016.

Martin Koch (born 22 January 1982) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

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Career

Koch started his World Cup career in 1999 and finished in the top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times. This included two victories with the first being on 8 January 2011 in Harrachov. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Ski Flying World Championships and six gold medals in team events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and World Championships. He made his last World Cup jump on 22 March 2014 on the large hill in Planica.

Regarded as a ski flying specialist, [1] Koch held the Austrian national distance record with a jump of 241.5 metres in Vikersund in 2011, until this was beaten by countryman Gregor Schlierenzauer in the same event.

Koch is the nephew of Armin Kogler.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall4HSFNTJP
1998/99 995896
1999/00 492849
2000/01 36322829N/A
2001/02 820N/A22N/A
2002/03 3436N/AN/A
2003/04 N/A43N/A
2004/05 4859N/A48N/A
2005/06 1517N/A9N/A
2006/07 1211N/A16N/A
2007/08 1420N/A10N/A
2008/09 91149N/A
2009/10 88414N/A
2010/11 65Silver medal icon.svgN/AN/A
2011/12 1217Silver medal icon.svgN/AN/A
2012/13 293215N/AN/A
2013/14 7222N/AN/A

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
1 2010/11 8 January 2011   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Harrachov Čerťák HS205 (night)FH
25 February 2011   Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night)FH
3 2011/12 18 February 2012   Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night)FH
411 March 2012   Flag of Norway.svg Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134LH
518 March 2012   Flag of Slovenia.svg Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215FH

Notes

  1. "Noriaki Kasai writes history" Archived 2018-01-08 at the Wayback Machine . FIS. 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2015-01-15.

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