Sepp Lichtenegger

Career
Sepp Lichtenegger
Full name	Josef Lichtenegger
nation	Austria Austria
birthday	February 28, 1938
place of birth	Bad Goisern , Austria
size	176 cm
Weight	69 kg
status	resigned
End of career	1971
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	2. ( 1966/67 )

Josef "Sepp" Lichtenegger (born February 28, 1938 in Bad Goisern ) is a former Austrian ski jumper .

Career

Lichtenegger took part in the Four Hills Tournament every year from 1966 . In the first few years, however, he only jumped into midfield and could not qualify in the overall standings. Despite this, he was part of the Austrian squad for the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where he jumped from the normal hill to 11th and from the large hill to 43rd place. In January 1965 he was able to jump into the top ten for the first time with an 8th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a 9th place in Bischofshofen . At the Four Hills Tournament in 1966/67 he made it onto the podium with third place in both competitions in Bischofshofen and Innsbruck. He finished the tour in the end behind the Norwegian Bjørn Wirkola in 2nd place. A year later he was again part of the squad for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble . The now 30-year-old jumped from the normal hill to 29th and from the large hill to 28th place. He finished the Four Hills Tournament in 1968/69 again in 12th place in the tournament rating before ending his active career at the age of 34 after two further unsuccessful tours in 1971.

After his active career, Lichtenegger worked as a ski jumping trainer and instructor in his hometown Bad Goisern, among others.

Other successes

2nd place at the Austrian championships in Feldkirchen in Carinthia on February 23, 1964

Austrian champion on February 13, 1966 in Villach and on February 7, 1970 on the Bildsteinschanze in Bad Aussee
Victory on the 70 m hill at the "Fred Harris" ski jumping in Brattleboro (USA) on February 21, 1966

Personal

He is the grandfather of the Ö3 presenter Elke Rock .

Web links

Sepp Lichtenegger in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
Sepp Lichtenegger in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Ski jumping for tourists . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1989 ( online ).
^ Bartholomäus Grill: Das Talfahrtskommando . In: Die Zeit , 10/1990
↑ Stiegler until 1966 trainer - subtitle “Preiml Meister” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1964, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ Lichtenegger won the duel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1966, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ «4. Title for Sepp Lichtenegger »; "Kleine Zeitung", Styria edition of February 8, 1970
↑ Sepp Lichtenegger wins in the USA . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1965, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

personal data
SURNAME	Lichtenegger, Sepp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lichtenegger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bad Goisern on Lake Hallstatt , Austria

[1] Ski jumping for tourists . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1989 ( online ).

[2] Bartholomäus Grill: Das Talfahrtskommando . In: Die Zeit , 10/1990

[3] Stiegler until 1966 trainer - subtitle “Preiml Meister” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 25, 1964, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[4] Lichtenegger won the duel . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1966, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[5] «4. Title for Sepp Lichtenegger »; "Kleine Zeitung", Styria edition of February 8, 1970

[6] Sepp Lichtenegger wins in the USA . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1965, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).