Dirk Else

Dirk Else
nation	Germany
birthday	August 27, 1977
place of birth	Erlabrunn ,  GDR
Career
society	SV Oberwiesenthal
National squad	since 1999
Pers. Best	205 m ( Planica 2000)
status	resigned
End of career	2003
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	0January 1, 2000
Overall World Cup	50th ( 2001/02 )
Four Hills Tournament	43rd ( 2001/02 )
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Debut in the Grand Prix	August 27, 1995
Overall Grand Prix	26. ( 1999 )
Ski Jumping Continental Cup (COC)
Debut in the COC	0March 4, 1995
COC wins (individual)	04 ( details )
Overall ranking COC	01. ( 1999/00 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 4th 8th 3  Team jumping 0 1 0

Dirk Else (born August 27, 1977 in Erlabrunn ) is a former German ski jumper .

Career

Else made his debut in the Ski Jumping Continental Cup in March 1995 . He won this in the 1999/00 season . On January 1, 2000, he made his debut in the World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . He jumped to 39th place. On January 4th, 2002 he won his first World Cup points with 19th place in Innsbruck . He also scored points in the following jumping competitions and ended the 2001/02 season in 50th place in the overall World Cup ranking. In the following season he only started in a few World Cup competitions. However, after he remained unsuccessful in the Continental Cup, he ended his active ski jumping career in 2003.

The personal best of Dirk Else is 205 meters, achieved in a training event for the Ski Jumping World Cup on March 17th, 2000 on the ski jumping hill in Planica ( Slovenia ).

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
2001/02	50.	049
2002/03	84.	001

Web links

• Dirk Else in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)