Georg Waldvogel

Georg Waldvogel
nation	Germany
birthday	July 7, 1961
place of birth	Hinterzarten ,  Germany
size	176 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
society	SC Feldberg Bärental
National squad	since 1978
status	resigned
End of career	1988
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 30, 1980
Overall World Cup	38th ( 1982/83 )

Georg Waldvogel (born July 7, 1961 in Hinterzarten ) is a former German ski jumper .

Career

At the age of 17 Waldvogel was nominated for his first international jumping and competed in the two jumping competitions in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen as part of the Four Hills Tournament 1978/79 . However, he did not get beyond a 63rd place. In 1980 Waldvogel was included in the team for the Ski Jumping World Cup and first competed in a World Cup on December 30, 1980. However, he started again only in the two German jumping competitions of the Four Hills Tournament. The Four Hills Tournament 1981/82 was just as unsuccessful. Just three weeks later, however, he was able to win his first World Cup points in Sapporo, Japan, with 12th place. He also achieved this success in St. Moritz . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 1982 , he came 50th on the large hill. In the remaining three competitions in Štrbské Pleso and Planica he reached a World Cup point in 15th place and ended the World Cup season 1981/82 in 42nd place in the overall ranking.

For the Four Hills Tournament 1982/83 he was again unlucky, but was able to jump into the World Cup points several times afterwards. At the end of the season in Planica, he finished eighth, the best result of his career. He finished the 1982/83 season in 38th place in the overall World Cup standings.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , Waldvogel took 38th place on the large hill. On the normal hill he was tied with the Japanese Masaru Nagaoka in 22nd place.

After the Olympic Games, Waldvogel had a hard time asserting himself in the World Cup. He only won another World Cup point at the end of the season on March 27, 1984 and then remained unsuccessful and pointless for two years. In 1988 he ended his ski jumping career at the age of 27 after 10 active years.

Web links

• Georg Waldvogel in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
• Georg Waldvogel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )