Josef Schiffner

Josef Schiffner
nation	Austria Germany
birthday	December 11, 1930
place of birth	Altaussee ,  First Republic of Austria
Career
discipline	Nordic combined ski jumping cross-country skiing
society	SC Taunus Frankfurt
status	resigned
End of career	1962
Medal table
National medals 3 × 4 × 2 ×
Participant for Austria  Participant in the Nordic Combined  Austrian championships silver 1952 Semmering singles gold 1953 Innsbruck singles gold 1956 Lienz singles Participant for Germany  Participant in the Nordic Combined  German championships gold 1957 Altenau singles silver 1958 Isny singles bronze 1959 Warmensteinach singles silver 1961 Winterberg singles bronze 1962 Braunlage singles Participants in cross-country skiing  German championships silver 1957 Altenau 15 km
Placements Four Hills Tournament 73rd ( 1962/63 )

Josef 'Sepp' Schiffner (born December 11, 1930 in Altaussee , First Republic of Austria ) is a former Austrian and German skier who was active in Nordic skiing . He was a two-time participant in the Winter Olympics and was Austrian and German champion in Nordic combined .

Career

At the Olympic Games in Oslo in 1952 , Schiffner finished nineteenth in the Nordic combined. He also competed in cross-country skiing over 18 kilometers, but only achieved 69th place.

At the Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 , Schiffner took eleventh place in the combined competition.

In 1954 Schiffner moved to Frankfurt / Main for professional reasons and finally applied for German citizenship in May 1956 . At the German Nordic Ski Championships in Altenau in 1957 , Schiffner was German champion in Nordic combined. The win was already his third big success of the season after winning the international ski races in Le Brassus and the FIS week in Garmisch-Partenkirchen .

For the Four Hills Tournament in 1961/62 , Schiffner also started as a special jumper in an international competition. He reached 41st place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and thus 81st place overall. A year later he took part again in the New Year's competition and finished 42nd place.

statistics

Four Hills Tournament placements

season	space	Points
1961/62	81.	191.0
1962/63	73.	170.8

Web link

• Josef Schiffner in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) (ski jumping)
• Josef Schiffner on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
• Josef Schiffner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Sepp Schiffner in the berkutschi.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The German Ski Champion 1957 - We introduce: Sepp Schiffner , in: Passauer Neue Presse , number 46 of February 25, 1957