He belonged to the young Austrian guard around Toni Innauer , Karl Schnabl , Alois Lipburger , Willi Pürstl and Edi Federer , which rose to the world's elite in the mid-1970s. He celebrated his best results after the 1976 Olympic Games, when he was able to achieve 2nd place in Sapporo and Kuopio. At the beginning of the 1976/77 season he finished 9th overall in the Four Hills Tournament, in the 3-Country Tour and in the Swiss Springer Tour he was able to assert himself in 2nd place. In preparation for the winter of 77/78 he suffered serious injuries that forced him to retire early.
successes
1975: 3rd in Reit im Winkl - normal hill
1976: 2nd in Sapporo - normal hill
1976: 2nd in Sapporo - large hill
1976: 2nd in Kuopio I - large hill
1976: 3rd in Kuopio II - large hill
1977: Winner in Villach - normal hill
1977: Winner in Wörgl I - large hill
1977: 2nd in Wörgl II - large hill
1977: 2nd in Gstaad - normal hill
1977: 3rd in Marburg - normal hill
1977: 3rd in Tarvisio - normal hill
1977: Winner in Königsbronn - normal hill
1977: 3rd in Engelberg - large hill
literature
ÖSV: Austrian ski stars from A -Z . Ablinger-Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 .
Austria