Alexander Pointner

Alexander Pointner
Pointner at the 2013 World Cup
nation	Austria
birthday	January 1, 1971
place of birth	Grieskirchen,  Austria
size	182 cm
Weight	74 kg
job	Ski jumping coach
Career
society	SV Innsbruck-Bergisel
National squad	since 1988
status	resigned
End of career	1999
Medal table
JWM medals 2 × 0 × 0 × Universiade medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Ski jumping junior world championship gold 1989 Vang team gold 1990 Štrbské Pleso team  Winter Universiade silver 1997 Muju Large hill
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	January 3, 1988
Overall World Cup	29th ( 1991/92 )
Ski flying world cup	14th (1991/92)
Four Hills Tournament	40th ( 1992/93 )
last change: August 17, 2012

Alexander Pointner (born January 1, 1971 in Grieskirchen , Upper Austria ) is a former Austrian ski jumper and was the head coach of the Austrian national ski jumping team until April 11, 2014. In this position he was the most successful trainer both in the history of the Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV) and in that of ski jumping.

Life

Athletic career

Alexander Pointner received his athletic training at the Stams ski school from the later ÖSV head coach Alois Lipburger and Anton Innauer , his mentor to the present day. His international career got off to a promising start. At two Junior World Championships, 1989 in Vang and 1990 in Štrbské Pleso , he jumped in the team to gold. In the World Cup, Alexander Pointner was never able to fulfill the hopes placed in him. While his teammates such as Andreas Goldberger , Heinz Kuttin and Martin Höllwarth were among the figureheads of the ÖSV-Adler during his active time, Alexander Pointner was denied a World Cup victory and participation in major events. The best place in the World Cup was a ninth place. Alexander Pointner ended his active career after seriously injuring himself during a training jump in Stams in 1993 (broken thigh), and in 1997 while skiing on the Kulm. Before that, he won the silver medal on the large hill at the Winter Universiade in Muju, South Korea .

Coaching

Alexander Pointner started his career as a coach while he was still active as an athlete. In 1992 he completed his training as a ski jumping instructor, and in 1998 he passed the state ski jumping trainer examination.

He started working as a trainer in 1995 for the Tyrolean Ski Association. From 1996 Alexander Pointner was the first full-time ski jumping trainer there. In 1999 he moved to the Austrian Ski Association as assistant coach of the head coach at the time, Alois Lipburger , until he had a fatal accident in a traffic accident in 2001. From 2001 to 2002 he held the same office under Anton Innauer . After that he was coach of the ÖSV training group II (former designation: B-Kader-Trainer) until 2004. For the 2004/05 season, Anton Innauer, who was Nordic Director of the ÖSV from 1993 to March 2010, promoted Alexander Pointner to head coach of the Austrian national team. The team around Thomas Morgenstern , Gregor Schlierenzauer , Wolfgang Loitzl , Andreas Kofler and Martin Koch was able to celebrate numerous successes in the World Cup, at the Olympic Games, World Championships and the Four Hills Tournament, so that Pointner today with 32 medals at major events, 17 of them gold, four World Cup victories as well six victories in a row at the Four Hills Tournament is considered the most successful trainer in ski jumping history and the history of the ÖSV. After the 2013/14 season, Pointner's contract was not renewed, he was replaced by Heinz Kuttin .

Private

Since 1995, Alexander Pointner has been married to the former volleyball player and educationalist Angela Pointner, with whom he has four children. The couple lived in Kematen in Tyrol from 1995 to 2005 , after which the Pointner family moved back to Innsbruck . On December 17, 2015 Pointner died 17-year-old daughter after it after a suicide attempt on November 5, 2014, a year in a vegetative state had lain. In 2015, Angela Pointner published the fantasy novel Phie and the Hades Root . Phie and the memory of the stones followed in 2017 .

Coach successes

World cup

Overall World Cup

• 2007/08 : Victory by Thomas Morgenstern and second place by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2008/09 : Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer with a point record of 2083 points and third place by Wolfgang Loitzl
• 2009/10 : Second place by Gregor Schlierenzauer and third place by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2010/11 : Victory by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2011/12 : Second place by Gregor Schlierenzauer and third place by Andreas Kofler
• 2012/13 : Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer

Ski flying world cup

• 2008/09: Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2009/10: Second place by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2010/11: Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer, second place by Martin Koch and third place by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2011/12: Second place by Martin Koch
• 2012/13: Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2013/14: Third place by Gregor Schlierenzauer

Nations ranking

• Winner 2004/05 , 2005/06 , 2006/07 , 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11 with the point record of 7508 points, 2011/12 and 2013/14

World Cup victories

• 99 victories in individual World Cup competitions, of which

  52 wins by Gregor Schlierenzauer,

  22 victories by Thomas Morgenstern,

  12 wins by Andreas Kofler,

  5 victories by Martin Koch,

  4 wins by Wolfgang Loitzl,

  2 wins by Thomas Diethart

  1 victory by Andreas Widhölzl ,

  1 victory by Martin Höllwarth ,

• 19 victories in World Cup team competitions

Four Hills Tournament

• 2004/05 : Second place by Martin Höllwarth and third place by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2006/07 : Second place by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2007/08 : Second place by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2008/09 : Victory by Wolfgang Loitzl and third place by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2009/10 : Victory by Andreas Kofler and third place by Wolfgang Loitzl
• 2010/11 : Victory by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2011/12 : Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer, second place by Thomas Morgenstern and third place by Andreas Kofler
• 2012/13 : Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2013/14 : Victory by Thomas Diethart and second place by Thomas Morgenstern

  Record with six wins in a row

Nordic Tournament

• 2006: Victory by Thomas Morgenstern
• 2008: Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer
• 2009: Victory by Gregor Schlierenzauer

FIS team tour

• Winner 2010 , 2011 and 2012

Major events

• from 2005 to 2014 32 medals at major events, 17 of which were gold

Olympic games

• Turin 2006 :

  Large hill: Gold by Thomas Morgenstern and silver by Andreas Kofler

  Team: Gold from Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Widhölzl

• Vancouver 2010 :

  Team: Gold by Andreas Kofler, Wolfgang Loitzl Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer with a record lead of 72.1 points

  Normal hill: Bronze by Gregor Schlierenzauer

  Large hill: Bronze by Gregor Schlierenzauer

• Sochi 2014 :

  Team: Silver from Michael Hayböck, Thomas Morgenstern, Thomas Diethart and Gregor Schlierenzauer

Nordic World Ski Championships

• Oberstdorf 2005 :

  Team normal hill: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern and Martin Höllwarth

  Large hill team: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern and Martin Höllwarth

• Sapporo 2007 :

  Team: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern

  Normal hill: Bronze by Thomas Morgenstern

• Liberec 2009 :

  Normal hill: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl and silver by Gregor Schlierenzauer

  Team: Gold from Wolfgang Loitzl, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer

• Oslo 2011 :

  Normal hill: Gold by Thomas Morgenstern and silver by Andreas Kofler

  Large hill: Gold from Gregor Schlierenzauer and silver from Thomas Morgenstern

  Normal hill team: Gold from Gregor Schlierenzauer, Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern

  Large hill team: Gold from Gregor Schlierenzauer, Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern

  Record with victories in all four disciplines and six out of eight possible medals

• Val di Fiemme 2013 :

  Team: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl, Manuel Fettner , Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer

  Normal hill: Silver by Gregor Schlierenzauer

  Mixed team: silver and a. by Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer

Ski flying world championships

• Kulm 2006 :

  Singles: silver from Andreas Widhölzl and bronze from Thomas Morgenstern

• Oberstdorf 2008 :

  Singles: Gold from Gregor Schlierenzauer and silver from Martin Koch

  Team: Gold from Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Kofler and Gregor Schlierenzauer

• Planica 2010 :

  Team: Gold by Wolfgang Loitzl, Thomas Morgenstern, Martin Koch and Gregor Schlierenzauer with a record lead of 99.1 points

  Singles: Silver from Gregor Schlierenzauer

• Vikersund 2012 :

  Team: Gold by Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Kofler, Gregor Schlierenzauer and Martin Koch

  Individual: Bronze by Martin Koch

Awards

• Austria's Sportsman of the Year : Thomas Morgenstern 2008 and 2011 and Wolfgang Loitzl 2009
• Austria's team of the year: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012
• Austria's coach of the year 2009

Publications

• Courage to jump: This is how high flights arise (with Angela Pointner). Seifert Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3902924339 .
• Courage to be clear - where the strength to keep going comes from (with Angela Pointner). Seifert Verlag 2017, ISBN 978-3902924698 .

Web links

Commons : Alexander Pointner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alexander Pointner in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Universiade results Muju 1997 , accessed on August 17, 2012.
2. ↑ Austria: Heinz Kuttin succeeds Pointner skispringen.com, April 11, 2014
3. ↑ Alexander Pointner mourns his daughter
4. ↑ Book Description on Alexander Pointner's website , accessed on March 6, 2017
5. ↑ Book Description on Alexander Pointner's website , accessed on March 6, 2017