Martin Zimmermann (ski jumper)

Martin Zimmermann
nation	Austria
birthday	September 1, 1978
Career
society	SV Innsbruck-Bergisel
National squad	since 1995
status	resigned
End of career	2000
Medal table
Junior World Championship 0 × 2 × 0 ×
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships silver 1995 Gällivare team silver 1996 Asiago team
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	March 1, 1998
Overall World Cup	58th ( 1997/98 )
Ski flying world cup	47th (1997/98)
Jump World Cup	54th (1997/98)
Four Hills Tournament	58th ( 1999/2000 )

Martin Zimmermann (born September 1, 1978 ) is a former Austrian ski jumper .

Career

Zimmermann won the silver medal with the team in team jumping at the Junior World Championships in Gällivare in 1995 and thus made it into the B squad and thus into the ski jumping Continental Cup . In his first season in 1995/96 he reached 127th place in the overall standings with four points. In 1996 he again won team silver at the Junior World Championships in Asiago . In the 1996/97 season he reached eighth place overall in the Continental Cup.

After he also successfully scored points in the Continental Cup at the beginning of the 1997/98 season , on March 1, 1998 he was given the opportunity to compete in the Ski Flying World Cup in Vikersund for the first time . If he missed the second round in the first competition with 46th place, he won first World Cup points in the second competition with 26th place. He also won points in Lahti , Falun and Trondheim and at the end of the 1998/99 World Cup season he finished 58th in the overall World Cup.

After he started again in the Continental Cup the following season, but was rarely successful, he had another World Cup start in the 1999/2000 Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen as part of the national group in 2000 . After he finished the 1999/2000 season only in 84th place in the overall standings, he ended his active career.

Web links

• Martin Zimmermann in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)