Reinhold Bachler

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Reinhold Bachler
Reinhold Bachler.jpg
CountryFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born(1944-12-26)26 December 1944
Eisenerz, Nazi Germany
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Ski clubWSV Eisenerz
Personal best172 m (564 ft)
Planica, Yugoslavia
(20 March 1977)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Grenoble Individual NH
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1968 Grenoble Individual NH

Reinhold Bachler (born 26 December 1944) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He was born in Eisenerz, and competed from 1968 to 1978.

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Career

His best-known finish was a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. He later worked as a coach from 1982 to 2000.

On 12 March 1967, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 154 metres (505 ft) on Vikersundbakken hill in Vikersund, Norway. [1] [2]

On 20 March 1977, as trial jumper set his personal best and hill record at the same time, which lasted for two years at 172 metres (564 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek K165 in Planica, Yugoslavia. [3] [4]

Ski jumping world record

DateHillLocationMetresFeet
12 March 1967   Vikersundbakken Vikersund, Norway 154505

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References

  1. "Bachler - 154 m (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 13 March 1967.
  2. "Reinhold Bachler - Vikersund 1967 - 154 m - World record". YouTube. 12 March 1967. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  3. "Planica 177 v številkah (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1977.
  4. "Sobota bila Bogdanova (page 11)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 21 March 1977.