Mathias Hafele

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Mathias Hafele Ski jumping
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday December 23, 1983
place of birth St. JakobAustriaAustriaAustria 
Career
society SC Arlberg
status resigned
End of career 2007
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup December 21, 2002
 Overall World Cup 37th ( 2002/03 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 0 1 0
Ski jumping Grand Prix
 Overall Grand Prix 51st ( 2003 )
Ski Jumping Continental Cup (COC)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 4th 5 1
 

Mathias Hafele (born December 23, 1983 in St. Jakob, St. Anton am Arlberg municipality ) is a former Austrian ski jumper .

Career

In the 2002/03 season he started for the first time in the ski jumping World Cup after winning the Continental Cup competition in Lahti in Engelberg . In Switzerland he qualified for the main competition and after a 131- and a 125-meter jump ended up in second place behind Janne Ahonen . The next day he finished 18th and qualified for the Austrian team of the Four Hills Tournament . There he only finished 28th in the overall ranking and had to return to the Continental Cup due to the strong competition in his own team. In the Continental Cup he only showed average performance in the subsequent competitions.

It was not until December 2004 that he won the COC competition in Lahti again. But knee problems did not allow good performances for the rest of the season. After the World Cup season, he decided to undergo knee surgery.

After he was not in shape at the beginning of the Olympic season, he was able to slowly improve his form and at the end of January he won the Continental Cup competition in Braunlage and took third place in the overall COC ranking as the best Austrian.

Because of the strong performance at the end of the 2005/06 season , he was promoted to the A-squad and training group two. Here, however, he could not prevail against the big competition, so that at the beginning of the 2007/2008 season he was no longer part of the Austrian senior squad. Since then he has been working as a service technician for the ÖSV ski jumping team.

successes

World Cup placements

season space Points
2002/03 37. 124

Continental Cup wins in singles

No. date place Type
1. January 19, 2002 United StatesUnited States Ishpeming Normal hill
2. December 14, 2002 FinlandFinland Lahti Large hill
3. December 9, 2004 FinlandFinland Lahti Large hill
4th January 28, 2006 GermanyGermany Braunlage Normal hill

Continental Cup placements

season space Points
1999/00 127. 004th 
2000/01 127. 018th 
2001/02 046. 235 
2002/03 015th 444 
2003/04 067. 071 
2004/05 006th 561 
2005/06 003. 724 
2006/07 038. 171 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Die Fluglotsen der golden ÖSV-Adler , http://www.nachrichten.at , from March 3, 2011. Accessed on September 8, 2013