Description
Anton "Toni" Innauer is an Austrian former ski jumper.
His best-known success was at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where he won a gold medal in the individual normal hill event. Innauer also won a silver medal in the individual large hill at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1975. He also won the silver medal at the Ski flying World Championships in Vikersund in 1977.
Innauer retired from competitions in 1980 due to an ankle injury. In 1987, he graduated from the University of Graz with a degree in philosophy, psychology, and sports science. His thesis was on the sociology of ski jumping. Between 1987 and 1989, he was a ski jumper and ski jumping coach. In 1989?1992 and 2001?2002, he trained the Austrian ski jumping team. In 1993?2001 and since 2002, he has been director of Nordic skiing in the Austrian Ski Federation. He is also the ski jumping expert for German TV channel ZDF.
At a 1976 ski jumping event in Oberstdorf, Germany, Innauer became the first person to achieve perfect marks from all five judges.
Born
April 1st, 1958 in Bezau (Age 66)
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