Klaus Ofner

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Klaus Ofner Nordic combination
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday 15th August 1968
place of birth Murau ,  AustriaAustriaAustria 
size 184 cm
Weight 78 kg
Career
society WSV Murau
National squad since 1988
status resigned
End of career 1995
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1992 Albertville 3 × 10 km team (NH)
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
gold 1991 Val di Fiemme 3 × 10 km team (NH)
bronze 1991 Val di Fiemme Single (NH)
Placements in the World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup December 29, 1988
 Overall World Cup 4. ( 1991/92 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 singles 0 2 1
 

Klaus Ofner (born August 15, 1968 in Murau , Styria ) is a former Austrian Nordic combined athlete .

Career

The Styrian Ofner was one of the best athletes in Nordic combined in the early 1990s and, in the wake of the success of his teammate Klaus Sulzenbacher, grew to become the second Austrian Nordic combined athlete of international stature. The graduate of the Stams Ski School made his debut in the Nordic Combined World Cup on December 29, 1988 . He was the second straight away to reach his first podium in Oberwiesenthal . In January he was fifth in Reit im Winkl .

Klaus Ofner celebrated his greatest successes at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme in 1991, when he was named world champion in the team competition together with Klaus Sulzenbacher and Günter Csar and won the bronze medal in the individual competition behind Fred Børre Lundberg from Norway and Klaus Sulzenbacher.

In his most successful World Cup season in 1991/92 Ofner achieved podium places in Murau and Lahti . Even if there was no victory in the season, he finished the season in fourth place overall.

The Murauer won his second bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville together with Stefan Kreiner and Klaus Sulzenbacher in a team competition. At that time, the Austrians were beaten by the relay teams from Japan and Norway .

After Sulzenbacher and Czar retired, there was a generation change in Nordic Combined in Austria. With the help of the meanwhile established Ofner it was necessary to build up a completely new team. Ofner celebrated his last major success with this young team led by Mario Stecher , Robert Stadelmann and Georg Riedelsperger , which came in fifth at the 1995 World Cup in Thunder Bay .

successes

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

  • 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
  • Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
  • Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
  • Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
placement Single a sprint Mass start team total
sprint Season
1st place  
2nd place 2 2
3rd place 1 1
Top 10 14th 14th
Scoring 20th 20th
Starts 20th         20th
Status: end of career
a including individual races and Gundersen individual starts

Olympic games

World championships

  • Gold medal and world champion in the team competition in Val di Fiemme 1991
  • Bronze medal in the individual competition in Val di Fiemme 1991
  • 5th place in the team competition in Thunder Bay 1995

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Ski Championships 1991 - Men's Team K90 / 3x10 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  2. ↑ World Ski Championships 1991 - Men's Gundersen K90 / 15.0 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ World Ski Championships 1995 - Men's Team K90 / 4x5 km ( English ) FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Ofner, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Nordic combiner
DATE OF BIRTH 15th August 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Murau , Styria , Austria