Andreas Ringhofer

Andreas "Ringo" Ringhofer (born December 19, 1970 in Schladming ) is an Austrian ski mountaineer , cross-country skier , cyclist, mountain runner and marathon runner .

Life

Ringhofer, who has years of successful ski mountaineers is was 12 years member of the Austrian national team in cross-country skiing and is also a successful cyclist and runner. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1991 , he finished sixth in the 4 × 10 km relay with Schwarz , Stadlober and Marent , reached 18th place in the pursuit at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and took part in several World Cup races. In mountain running he took part in the International Mountain Running Grand Prix in Kitzbühel in 1989, 1990 and 2003.

In ski mountaineering he has held the men's course record at the Hochwurzen mountain run since 2004 with a time of 48: 34.1 minutes, and at the Champ Or Cramp since 2006 with 1h 16min 56sec. Beginning in autumn 2004, health restrictions led to reduced performance. Nevertheless, he was able to continue to successfully participate in competitions through enormous effort, among other things he started in 2005 as defending champion in the Mountain Attack with three broken ribs and other injuries. Since being set up by ASKIMO , he has been a member of the Austrian national team in competitive ski mountaineering .

He lives in Schladming , is married and has a daughter. Professionally, he is a police officer .

successes

Mountain run

• 1987: 1st place Styrian Championship
• 2002: 1st place in the international Feuerkogel mountain run
• 2003:
  • 1st place Styrian Championship team ranking
  • 1st place in the Planneralm mountain run
  • 3rd place at the Dolomitenmann

Cross-country skiing

• multiple Styrian master
• 6 times Austrian champion
• 1990: Overall European Cup winner 1990
• 1991:
  • Overall European Cup winner
  • 6th place at the Nordic World Ski Championships in the 4 × 10 km relay

Ski mountaineering

• 2000: 1st place and course record in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
• 2001: 1st place and course record in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
• 2002:
  • 1st place and course record in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
  • 2nd place in the sprint competition Planai X-treme ski touring night marathon, Planai
  • 3rd place in the wild acid race
• 2003:
  • 1st place at the Planai X-treme Skitouring Night Marathon, Planai
  • 1st place and course record in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
  • 1st place wild acid race
  • 2nd place in the international Preberlauf
  • 4th place at the Dachsteinbock
  • 8th place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
• 2004:
  • 1st place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
  • 1st place on the ski touring route at the 1st Ötzi Alpine Marathon
  • 1st place at the Planai X-treme Skitouring Night Marathon, Planai
  • 1st place and course record in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
  • 1st place international Dachsteinride
  • 2nd place Austrian Ski Mountaineering Championship
  • 2nd place Dachsteinbock
  • 2nd place Hochsunnlauf
  • 6th place World Championship Vertical Race
  • 9th place world championship ski mountaineering team with Alexander Lugger
• 2005:
  • 1st place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
  • 2nd place Austrian ski mountaineering championship
• 2006:
  • 1st place in the Hochwurzen mountain run, Rohrmoos
  • 1st place and course record at the Knappen-Königs-Trophy , Bischofshofen
  • 1st place and course record at the Champ or Cramp, Goldeck
  • 1st place team classification Ötzi-Marathon, Schnalstal
  • 2nd place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
  • 2nd place at the Pizolada delle Dolomiti , Moena
  • 2nd place at the Sellaronda Skimarathon (with Blassnig )
  • 2nd place at the Austrian championship at the Fritschi-Dachstein-Xtreme, Schladming
• 2007:
  • 1st place at the Sellraintaler Marathon
  • 3rd place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
  • 1st place at the Austrian championship at the Fritschi-Dachstein-Xtreme, Schladming
• 2008:
  • 1st place at the Mountain Attack (marathon), Saalbach
  • 1st place team at the Rofan Xtreme (with Johann Wieland and Andreas Fischbacher )
  • 2nd place Austrian championship ski mountaineering singles at the Rofan Xtreme
  • 4th place at the world championship ski mountaineering single

marathon

• 2005: 3rd place at the LCC Autumn Marathon, Vienna
• 2006:
  • 2nd place in the Wachau marathon
  • 5th place at the Graz Marathon (39 seconds behind Erich Kokaly )

Web links

• Interview with Andreas Ringhofer , Karl Posch, October 21, 2005
• Athlete portrait at the ÖLV
• Andreas Ringhofer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )