Werner Schuster (sportsman)

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Werner Schuster (born 4 September 1969 in Hirschegg) is an Austrian ski jumping coach and a former ski jumper who competed from 1987 to 1995. [1] He was the head coach of the German ski jumping national team from 2008 to 2019.

From 1998 to 2007 he worked as a coach in Stams ski school (Schigymnasium Stams). In 2007 he became the head coach of Swiss ski jumping national team. [2] In March 2008 Schuster was appointed as the head coach of the German national team, replacing Peter Rohwein. [3]

Werner Schuster is married and has two children. [4]

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