Andreas Felber (moderator)

Andreas Felber (born December 13, 1969 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sports commentator and presenter.

Life

Felber began while studying journalism and sports science training at the ORF with the sports department it in the 1990 FIFA World Cup gained his first journalistic experiences. Felber has been a permanent part of the ORF sports editorial team since that same year, where he is primarily active in the areas of football and alpine skiing, but is also active as a commentator at running events. He has already reported on various major events for ORF. In football, after the 1990 World Cup, these included the 1992 European Championship , when he appeared as an assistant commentator, and the 1996 European Championship , where he worked as a designer. Then he was the designer and interviewer of the ORF sports editorial team at the 1998 World Cup , the 2000 European Championship and the 2004 European Championship . At the following major events, the 2006 World Cup , the 2008 European Championship and the 2010 World Cup , Felber was already active as the editor in charge, whereby he also appeared as an interviewer at the European Championship in his own country. Felber was the ORF interviewer in 1999 who asked Austrian international Toni Pfeffer at half-time when the Austrian national team lost 9-0 to Spain at half-time when the score was 0: 5 "... what is still possible in the second half?" And whereupon pepper replied ironically "up whoever mas nimma gwinnen".

The major alpine skiing events in which Andreas Felber contributed to Austrian Broadcasting include the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville (assistant director), the 1997 Alpine World Ski Championships in Sestriere (designer), and the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano (designer , Interviewer), the 1999 World Ski Championships in Vail / Beaver Creek (designer, interviewer), the 2001 World Ski Championships in St. Anton am Arlberg (designer, interviewer), 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City (editor in charge), the Ski -WM 2003 in St. Moritz (designer, interviewer), Ski World Cup 2005 in Bormio (designer, interviewer), Winter Games 2006 in Turin (editor responsible), Ski World Cup 2007 in Åre (interviewer, WC studio), the skis -WM 2009 in Val-d'Isère (Interviewer, WM Studio), the Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver (editor responsible) or the Ski World Championships 2011 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Interviewer, WM Studio). Occasionally, Felber conducts interviews with the athletes in the finish area of ​​the alpine skiing races. In addition, he occasionally conducts interviews with the ski stars' trainers etc. on the ski slopes.

Felber is also involved in major events such as the Vienna City Marathon . Felber, who is a passionate endurance athlete himself, has competed in many marathons and Ironman events in his life so far. He achieved his personal best marathon time on October 17, 2010 at the Amsterdam Marathon , which he finished in a time of two hours and 47 minutes. He finished the Ironman Austria of 2011 with a time of 9:54:58. He completed his first Ironman in 2007. In 2010 he finished 141st at Ironman 70.3 Austria in St. Pölten with a time of 4: 31: 54.1, where he finished 16th in his class, the M-40 . For years Felber has been a member of the Top Team Tri Niederösterreich association , which includes athletes such as Georg Swoboda , Sebastian Czerny , Rene Bauer and Christophe Sauseng . Other personal results for Felber included a 57th place in the overall classification at the Austria Triathlon in Podersdorf in 2013 (time: 10:17:42) or a second place (and first place in the class classification) at the half marathon of the 5th International LCC Spring Marathon 2014 (time: 01:22:57). At the LCC autumn marathon 2013 he finished 14th in the marathon distance with a time of 3:00:25 and 88.91 points.

During his time at ORF, he worked with commentators such as Heinz Prüller , Robert Seeger , Gerhard Zimmer , Hans Huber (among others on the scandal game Israel - Austria 2001 ) and Peter Elstner . Since 1993 he has been entrusted with the independent contribution design for the focus on football and alpine skiing.

Personal

His son Elias (* 1999) is a soccer player.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Toni Pfeffer's half-time analysis of Austria's 9-0 defeat against Spain , accessed on July 9, 2015
2. ↑ Andreas Felber at Ironman Austria 2011 ( memento of the original from July 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed July 9, 2015 
3. ^ The ORF in Klagenfurt at IRONMAN , accessed on July 9, 2015
4. ↑ Results Ironman 70.3 St. Pölten 2010 , accessed on July 9, 2015
5. ↑ Results of the Top Team Tri 2013 , accessed on July 9, 2015
6. ↑ Results of the Top Team Tri 2014 , accessed on July 9, 2015
7. ↑ Results of the LCC Autumn Marathon 2014 ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 9, 2015  
8. ↑ Hans Huber on Israel , accessed on March 12, 2020
9. ^ Rapid professional contract for Sohnemann from ORF reporter krone.at, on December 14, 2018, accessed on July 28, 2019