Armin Bittner

Armin Bittner
nation	Germany
birthday	28th November 1964 (age 55)
place of birth	Krün , Germany
size	185 cm
Career
discipline	Slalom , giant slalom
status	resigned
End of career	1994
Medal table
World championships 0 × 1 × 1 ×
Alpine World Ski Championships bronze Crans-Montana 1987 slalom silver Vail 1989 slalom
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
Individual world cup victories 7th  Overall World Cup 4. ( 1989/90 )  Giant Slalom World Cup 7th ( 1989/90 )  Slalom World Cup 1. ( 1988/89 , 1989/90 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Giant slalom 0 0 1  slalom 7th 4th 7th

Armin Bittner (born November 28, 1964 in Krün ) is a former German ski racer .

biography

Bittner, sergeant of the mountain troops , won 7 World Cup slaloms , in 1989 and 1990 the slalom classification in the Ski World Cup and bronze and silver at the Ski World Championships in 1987 and 1989 .

He was German slalom champion three times and giant slalom twice.

Today the father of two children is a co-commentator for ZDF . In January 2010 he also joined the coaching team of the German women's national team at Wolfgang Maier's side with responsibility for the slalom and giant slalom team. Armin Bittner is married to the former ski racer Regine Mösenlechner .

successes

Olympic games

• Calgary 1988 : 11th combination, 26th giant slalom

World championships

• Crans-Montana 1987 : 3rd slalom
• Vail 1989 : 2nd slalom, 22nd giant slalom
• Saalbach 1991 : 6th slalom, 15th giant slalom
• Morioka 1993 : 30th combination

World Cup ratings

Armin Bittner won the slalom discipline twice.

season	total		Giant slalom		slalom
	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points
1985/86	97.	4th	-	-	49.	4th
1986/87	17th	69	-	-	3.	78
1987/88	23.	52	-	-	4th	52
1988/89	7th	127	20th	10	1.	117
1989/90	4th	193	7th	43	1.	150
1990/91	14th	77	20th	15th	9.	62
1991/92	16.	443	29	68	4th	375
1992/93	46.	185	-	-	10.	185
1993/94	55.	119	-	-	14th	119

World Cup victories

Bittner achieved a total of 19 podium places, including 7 victories:

date	place	country	discipline
December 21, 1986	Hinterstoder	Austria	slalom
December 21, 1988	St. Anton am Arlberg	Austria	slalom
January 15, 1989	Kitzbühel	Austria	slalom
August 12, 1989	Thredbo	Australia	slalom
January 7, 1990	Kranjska Gora	Yugoslavia	slalom
March 4th 1990	Veysonnaz	Switzerland	slalom
January 12, 1991	Schladming	Austria	slalom

Junior World Championships

• Auron 1982 : 12th slalom, 40th descent

Web links

• Armin Bittner in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Armin Bittner in the database of Ski-DB (English)
• Armin Bittner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sport-Bild & Audi present the World Ski Championships '93 - Everything about the exciting races from February 3rd to 14th in Morioka (Japan) . Sport-Bild from February 3, 1993, p. 31 ff., 37
2. ↑ ^{a b} autographs . Sport picture from February 3, 1993, p. 49
3. ↑ Alpine skiing: Armin Bittner strengthens the women's coaching staff - head coach Maier: Knock on the hat when it serves the purpose .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SID article in the Rheinische Post , January 27, 2000; Retrieved October 3, 2011.