Wolfgang Loitzl

Wolfgang Loitzl (born 13 January 1980) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He was the winner of the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament and the 2009 Normal Hill World Champion.

Wolfgang Loitzl
Loitzl in Engelberg, 2014
Country	Austria
Born	(1980-01-13) 13 January 1980 Bad Ischl, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Personal best	213.5 m (700 ft) Planica, 20 March 2010
World Cup career
Seasons	1997–2015
Indiv. starts	356
Indiv. podiums	20
Indiv. wins	4
Team starts	34
Team podiums	27
Team wins	10
Four Hills titles	1 (2009)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 7 0 1 Ski Flying World Championships 1 0 1 Total 9 4 2 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 Lahti Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Individual NH 2009 Liberec Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2001 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 Planica Team 2004 Planica Team
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with seven golds (Individual normal hill: 2009, Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013) and one bronze (Team large hill: 2001). He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003.

Loitzl won the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament. In the final competition of the tournament in Bischofshofen, he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, only Anton Innauer (1976), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1998), Sven Hannawald (2003), Hideharu Miyahira (2003), and Peter Prevc (2015) have matched this feat.

On 21 February 2009 Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships at Liberec ahead of fellow Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer and Switzerland's Simon Ammann. Further success followed on 28 February the same year when Loitzl won gold as part of the Austrian quartet in the team large hill event.

The following season, Loitzl won gold in the large hill team event at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He also won gold in the ski flying team event at the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships.

His son Benjamin was born on 12 January 2005, his second child Nikolas was born on 10 February 2007. He has been married to Marika since 11 June 2006.

Olympic Games

Event	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team
Representing Austria
2002 Salt Lake City	—	—	4th
2010 Vancouver	11th	10th	Gold

World Championships

Representing Austria
2001 Lahti	13th	15th	Gold	Bronze
2005 Oberstdorf	6th	7th	Gold	Gold
2007 Sapporo	12th	—	N/A	Gold
2009 Liberec	Gold	6th	N/A	Gold
2011 Oslo	37th	—	—	—
2013 Val di Fiemme	17th	4th	—	Gold

Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
Representing Austria
2000 Vikersund	17th	N/A
2004 Planica	15th	Bronze
2010 Planica	6th	Gold

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1996/97	—	71	—	—	—
1997/98	31	31	—	25	28
1998/99	12	16	14	8	12
1999/00	22	21	20	21	25
2000/01	7	9	19	9	N/A
2001/02	29	36	N/A	34	N/A
2002/03	60	46	N/A	—	N/A
2003/04	28	35	N/A	13	N/A
2004/05	18	13	N/A	16	N/A
2005/06	29	22	N/A	—	N/A
2006/07	13	16	N/A	6	N/A
2007/08	10	16	N/A	16	N/A
2008/09			12	7	N/A
2009/10	6		9	7	N/A
2010/11	13	9	12	N/A	N/A
2011/12	30	31	25	N/A	N/A
2012/13	12	17	11	N/A	N/A
2013/14	29	15	12	N/A	N/A
2014/15	79	—	—	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2008/09	1 January 2009	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze HS140	LH
2		4 January 2009	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH
3		6 January 2009	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night)	LH
4		16 January 2009	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH

External links

• Wolfgang Loitzl at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Official website (in German)