Ernst Kroell

Ernst Kroell
nation	Austria
birthday	November 8, 1948
place of birth	Saalfelden ,  Austria
job	Policeman a. D.
Career
National squad	since 1966
Pers. Best	149
status	resigned
End of career	1972
Medal table
National medals 1 × 1 × 1 ×
Austrian championships gold 1969 Schwarzach singles silver 1970 Bad Aussee singles bronze 1971 Andelsbuch singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	18th ( 1967/68 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 2 ? ?

Ernst Kröll (born November 8, 1948 in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer ) is a former Austrian ski jumper .

Career

Kröll gained his first successes with bronze at the European Junior Championships and with the start of the Four Hills Tournament in 1967/68 . After jumping to a disappointing 64th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , he surprised with 12th place on the Bergiselschanze in Innsbruck . After finishing 20th in Bischofshofen , he finished 18th in the overall ranking. After reaching 21st and 33rd overall at the 1968/69 Four Hills Tournament and the 1969/70 Four Hills Tournament , he started at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1970 in Vysoké Tatry , their ski jumping competitions on the MS 1970 A and MS 1970B are located in Štrbské Pleso . From the large hill he only missed a medal by a good two points and ended up fourth. On Easter Monday 1970, Kröll won the jumping on the Lachtal large hill.

In the winter of 1972, Kröll injured his vertebrae while skiing on the slopes in the Alps. After starting at the ski flying world championship in 1972 , he reached his personal maximum distance of 149 m (world record at that time 164 m). Due to disputes with the management at the time (trainer and sports director), Kröll ended his career and devoted himself to his professional career. Attendance at night school.

After the end of his active career, Kröll began to get involved as a functionary in Salzburg. From 1995 to 2011 he was Vice President of the Salzburg State Ski Band. In the presidential election held that year, Kröll did not get a chance.

successes

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1967/68	18th	760.5
1968/69	21st	758.5
1969/70	33.	781.8
1970/71	33.	790.6
1971/72	44.	792.6

Records

In 1970 Kröll set a new hill record of 107 meters on the Hans Walland large hill in Murau , which lasted for three years.

Private

Kröll began basic police training in Innsbruck in 1968, switched to the gendarmerie in Salzburg in 1971 and began his service with the gendarmerie at the Saalfelden post on September 1, 1971 . In the following year he got a position in the traffic department in the state gendarmeriekommando Salzburg. From 1976 to 1978 he completed the officers' course in Mödling. Then Kröll moved to the gendarmerie detachment command in Zell am See. From 1980 to 1993 he was in command of the command. By the way, he was assigned to the "Cobra" gendarmerie task force from 1982 to 1992 (jointly responsible for physical training, rope technology and personal protection). Kröll was also trained as a mountain guide and flight rescuer within the gendarmerie. In 1993 he came back to Salzburg and on April 1, 1994 was appointed second deputy. On July 1, 1995, Ernst Kröll was appointed State Police Commander of Salzburg. After the merging of the gendarmerie and police, he held the title of State Police Commander for Salzburg from July 2005 and was responsible for around 1,600 officers. In 2012, Kröll retired as a police general.

literature

• Austrian ski stars from A to Z. Austrian Ski Association (ed.). Innsbruck 2008.

Web links

• Ernst Kröll in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Ernst Kröll on The-Sports.org
• Ernst Kröll in the Salzburgwiki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History of the Lachtal
2. ↑ Ernst Kröll on Skisprungschanzen.com
3. ↑ Top athletes with service examination . In: Public Safety 7-8 / 11 , Federal Ministry of the Interior , 2011. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.