Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 / Participant (Austria)

Austria took part in the 49th Nordic World Ski Championships , which were held from February 20 to March 3, 2013 in Fiemme Valley in Italy , with a delegation of 25 athletes (17 men, 8 women).

In total, the athletes of the Austrian Ski Association won 7 medals, four of them in ski jumping for men and women and 3 in Nordic combined . The highlight of the sporting success was the gold medal in the team competition of ski jumpers.

The men's ski jumping team consisted of 6 members, with Andreas Kofler not being used as a substitute; that of the women consisted of 3 athletes. The Nordic Combined team consisted of 6 athletes, with Tomaz Druml remaining as a substitute without a job. In the cross-country skiing competitions Austria was represented by five men and five women, with Natalie Schwarz not being used as a substitute.

Cross-country skiing

Men

athlete	society	competition	rank
Johannes Dürr	SC Göstling - Hochkar	Individual 15 km freestyle	43.
		Skiathlon 30 km kl./fr.	15th
Max Hauke	WSV Liezen	Individual 15 km freestyle	45.
		Sprint 1.5 km kl.	48. (Qu.)
Aurelius Herburger	SV Sulzberg	Individual 15 km freestyle	DNF
		Sprint 1.5 km kl.	52. (Qu.)
Bernhard Tritscher	Ski club Saalfelden	Individual 15 km freestyle	51.
		Team sprint 6x1.5 km fr.	7. (SF)
Harald Wurm	WSV Vomp	Team sprint 6x1.5 km fr.	7. (SF)

Women

athlete	society	competition	rank
Veronika Mayerhofer	SC Bad Gastein	Relay 4 × 5 km kl./fr.	11.
Kerstin Muschet	Union Rosenbach	Sprint 1.2 km kl.	39. (Qu.)
		Team sprint 6x1.2 km kl.	16. (SF)
		Relay 4 × 5 km kl./fr.	11.
Nathalie Schwarz	SU Zwettl	No use (replacement)	-
Kateřina Smutná	Army SV Saalfelden	Sprint 1.2 km class	13. (VF)
		Team sprint 6x1.2 km	16. (SF)
		Skiathlon 15 km kl./fr.	18th
		Relay 4 × 5 km kl./fr.	11.
Teresa Stadlober	SC Radstadt	Individual 10 km freestyle	26th
		Skiathlon 15 km kl./fr.	29
		Relay 4 × 5 km kl./fr.	11.

Nordic combination

Men

athlete	society	competition	rank
Christoph Bieler	Army SV Absam - Bergisel	Single large hill HS 130/10 km	16.
		Single small hill / 10 km	8th.
Wilhelm Denifl	SV Innsbruck - Bergisel	Single normal hill HS 100/10 km	20th
		Single large hill HS 130/10 km	7th
		Team sprint large hill HS 130/2 × 7.5 km	2.
		Team normal hill HS 100/4 × 5 km	5.
Tomaž Druml	SV / ŠD Achomitz / Zahomec	No use (replacement)	-
Bernhard Gruber	SC Bischofshofen	Single normal hill HS 100/10 km	13.
		Single large hill HS 130/10 km	2.
		Team sprint large hill HS 130/2 × 7.5 km	2.
		Team normal hill HS 100/4 × 5 km	5.
Lukas Klapfer	WSV Eisenerz	Team normal hill HS 100/4 × 5 km	5.
Mario Stecher	WSV Eisenerz	Single normal hill HS 100/10 km	2.
		Single large hill HS 130/10 km	21st
		Team normal hill HS 100/4 × 5 km	5.

The head coach of the combiners was Christoph Eugen .

Ski jumping

Men

athlete	society	competition	rank
Manuel Fettner	SV Innsbruck - Bergisel	Single normal hill HS 100	20th
		Single large hill HS 130	15th
		Team large hill HS 130	1.
Andreas Kofler	SV Innsbruck - Bergisel	No use (replacement)	-
Stefan Kraft	SV Schwarzach im Pongau	Single normal hill HS 100	33.
		Single large hill HS 130	23.
Wolfgang Loitzl	WSC Bad Mitterndorf	Single normal hill HS 100	17th
		Single large hill HS 130	4th
		Team large hill HS 130	1.
Thomas Morgenstern	SV Villach	Single normal hill HS 100	5.
		Single large hill HS 130	16.
		Mixed team normal hill HS 100	2.
		Team large hill HS 130	1.
Gregor Schlierenzauer	SV Innsbruck - Bergisel	Single normal hill HS 100	2.
		Single large hill HS 130	8th.
		Mixed team normal hill HS 100	2.
		Team large hill HS 130	2.

The men's head coach was Alexander Pointner .

Women

athlete	society	competition	rank
Chiara Hölzl	SV Schwarzach im Pongau	Single normal hill HS 100	9.
		Mixed team normal hill HS 100	2.
Katharina Keil	NST Salzkammergut	Single normal hill HS 100	36.
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger	SC Waldzell	Single normal hill HS 100	3.
		Mixed team normal hill HS 100	2.

The women's head coach was Harald Rodlauer .

The ski jumper Daniela Iraschko missed the World Championships due to an injury she suffered in the World Cup on January 12, 2013 in Hinterzarten . As a replacement, ÖSV women's head coach Harald Rodlauer nominated the young Pongau girl Chiara Hölzl , who impressed with her on-site training and was named as the second starter for the mixed competition. With the silver medal won in this competition, Hölzl became the youngest medal winner of the ÖSV at the Nordic World Ski Championships.

Medal table

Total status

Final result after 21 competitions:

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
6th	Austria	1	5	1	7th

According to sports

Final result after 21 competitions:

space	sport	gold	silver	bronze	total
-	Cross-country skiing	0	0	0	0
3	Nordic combination	0	3	0	3
1	Ski jumping	1	2	1	4th

Legend

• DNF = not finished
• DNS = not started
• Qu. = Qualification
• VF = quarter finals
• SF = semifinals