Austrian Ski Championships 1911

The 5th Austrian Ski Championship took place as part of the fifth association competition of the Austrian Ski Association from February 18 to 19, 1911 in Mitterndorf in the Kronland Styria .

For the second time, a representative of the German Ski Association was crowned Austrian ski champion for 1911 with the Thuringian Karl Böhm-Hennes , who had also won the German ski championship shortly before .

organization

The Austrian Ski Federation decided at its in on 7 and 8 September 1910 Salzburg held the fourth meeting of representatives of the championship skiing for the year 1911 in Mitterndorf in the Styrian Salzkammergut on 5 and 6 February 1911 to bring to removal.

Prices

For the winner of the composite run and thus for the new Austrian ski master, Archduke Friedrich donated a bronze statue that represented a skier at rest as an honorary award . The Mitterndorf winter sports department also awarded an honorary prize to the winner of the combined junior run . The other prizes consisted of the official badges of the Central European Ski Association .

Attendees

In addition to numerous well-known participants from Vienna , Graz and Innsbruck , the meeting between this year's German master Karl Böhm-Hennes and last year's Austrian master Franz Buchberger from Bohemia was eagerly awaited, as both competed in the same competition for the first time and both big ones Chances of victory were granted.

Competitions

Jumping senior 1st class

space	country	athlete	society	Expanse	grade
1	AUT	Heinrich Rudiger	V.St.SL Graz	25 m / 3 gest.	1,742
2	GER	Andreas Sattler	TV 1860 Munich	30.5 m	1,982
3	AUT	Hans Rudiger	V.St.SL Graz	22.0 m	2,342
4th	AUT	Lieutenant Elsner	V.St.SL Graz	?	?
5	GER	Karl Boehm-Hennes	Ernst Valley	?	?

Date: February 19, 1911
12 participants In
addition to competition, there were a number of other jumps that were able to inspire the numerous audience. Thus achieved Sepp Bildstein (V.St.SL Graz) 31.0 m, Böhm-Hennes 29.0 m, Sattler m 33.5, Hans Rüdiger 30.0 m, Richard Baumgartner (V.St.SL Graz) 28, 5 m, Josef Filzer 31.0 m, Karl Gruber (Munich) 23.0 m, Elsner 32.5 m and Grettler (V.St. SL Graz) 30.5 m.

Sepp Bildstein jumped the day after the championship competition as part of the city competition in nearby Bad Aussee, in which he was victorious with the Graz team, with 41 meters (stood) a new Austrian jumping record. The previous record of Hannes Schneider was 35 m, the world record of the Norwegian Harald Smith , who lives in Davos , was 45 meters.

Jumping senior citizens 2nd class

space	country	athlete	society	Expanse	grade
1	AUT	Josef Obereder	V.St.SL Graz	23.5 m / 3 gest.	1.983
2	AUT	Josef Rosegger	WSV Bad Aussee	20.0 m / 3 gest.	2,366
3	GER	Siegfried König	Munich	20.5 m	3.092

Date: February 19, 1911
8 participants
As a supporting program some participants showed the double jumps that were very popular at the time. Here came Karl Böhm-Hennes and Sepp Bildstein m to 27.0 and Karl Gruber and Siegfried King to 23.0 meters.

Cross-country seniors

space	country	athlete	society	time	grade
1	GER	Karl Boehm-Hennes	Ernst Valley	1: 00.04
2	AUT	Franz Buchberger	SSLV "Rübezahl" Rennerbauden	1: 02.45
3	AUT	Adolf Pucher	Bad Aussee	1: 09.31
4th	AUT	Elsner	V.St.SL Graz	1: 09.55
5	AUT	Steinberger		1: 14.35
6th	GER	Siegfried König	Munich	1: 14.45
7th	AUT	Franz Bernhofer	The White Elf Vienna	1: 15.03

Date: February 18, 1911
16 participants
The runners had to cover a distance of 18 km starting at the Lopernalm, continuing to the Maseralm and via the Bergeralm to the Plan. The route had 200 m steep counter-gradients and the weather conditions were difficult to cope with, so that great demands were made on the participants in terms of endurance and driving skills.

Compound run

space	country	athlete	society	grade
1	GER	Karl Boehm-Hennes	Ernstthal	1,866
2	AUT	Franz Buchberger	SSLV "Rübezahl" Rennerbauden	2.509
3	AUT	Lieutenant Elser	V.St.SL Graz	2,978

Date: February 18-19, 1911

More competitions

In addition to the competitions belonging to the Austrian championship, there were also competitions in the junior run over 8 km with 24 participants and a youth run over 5 km with 26 runners. In the junior jump with 20 participants, Karl Matt from the Salzburg Ski Club won , making him senior.

swell

• Mitterndorf. Championship of Austria in: Illustrated (Austrian) Sports Journal of February 25, 1911, p. 4
• The ski championship of Austria in: Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung of February 26, 1911, p. 215
• The championship races of the Austrian Ski Association in: Salzburger Volksblatt of February 20, 1911, p. 11
• The ski competitions in Mitterndorf in: Salzburger Volksblatt of February 21, 1911, p. 7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winter sports: The Austrian Ski Association Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung of September 17, 1910, p. 1249
2. ↑ On the Austrian ski championship Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung of February 19, 1911, p. 184
3. ↑ On the Austrian ski championship Allgemeine Sport-Zeitung of February 19, 1911, p. 184