Toni Innauer

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Full name Anton Innauer
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday April 1, 1958
place of birth BezauAustria
size 1.73 cm
Weight 61 kg
Career
status resigned
End of career 1982
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
SFWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver 1976 Innsbruck Large hill
gold 1980 Lake Placid Normal hill
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1976 Innsbruck Large hill
gold 1980 Lake Placid Normal hill
FIS Ski flying world championships
silver 1977 Vikersund singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup December 27, 1974
 World Cup victories (individual) 2 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 9. ( 1979/80 )
 Four Hills Tournament 4. ( 1975/76 , 1976/77 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 2 0 1
 

Anton "Toni" Innauer (born April 1, 1958 in Bezau , Vorarlberg ) is a former Austrian ski jumper and ski jumping trainer.

biography

Career as an athlete

Toni Innauer's childhood home
Berghaus Sonderdach, managed by Berghild Innauer

Anton Innauer received his athletic training at the Stams ski school ( Tyrol ) from the then ÖSV trainer Baldur Preiml . Anton Innauer is a protagonist of the Austrian ski jumping wonder team of the 1970s around Karl Schnabl , Alois Lipburger , Willi Pürstl , Hans Wallner , Reinhold Bachler , Hans Millonig , Edi Federer , Rupert Gürtler , Walter Schwabl , Rudi Wanner and Alfred Pungg , led by coach Baldur Preiml and co-trainer Max Golser was formed.

Innauer started at the world championships in Falun, Sweden, when he was 15, but he had some bad luck there. When jumping on the normal hill (February 16) he was hindered by a judge, while the one on the large hill he had to jump several times (there had been interruptions and restarts).
He was twice in a row Junior European Champion. In 1976 he was narrowly defeated at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck by his team mate Karl Schnabl on the large hill and won silver. Four years later, in 1980 in Lake Placid, he won the Olympic gold medal on the normal hill, although he was repeatedly thrown back due to injuries in the years between.
It hadn't gone well for him at the 1978 World Championships, where he finished 24th on the normal hill; as a result he also had motivation problems .; on the large hill he came in 38th.
Due to the newly created defending champion rule, he was allowed to compete on the "small hill" at the 1982 World Championships at Holmenkollen , where he was ranked 29th after a practically two-year break on February 21st occupied.

On March 5th and 7th, 1976 Innauer improved the world record in ski flying twice (at 174 m and 176 m) on the Heini-Klopfer ski flying hill in Oberstdorf; in the 174 m flight he was consistently rated 19.5. Innauer was the first ski jumper in history to receive a grade of 20 five times from the judges for a flight (over 168 m in ski flying on March 6, 1976 in Oberstdorf) - a rating that only six other jumpers have received so far. (It was later erroneously archived that he received these marks for the 176 m jump.) On March 7th in the world record flight at 176 meters, three judges gave him the mark 20.
In a FIS world rankings published in early June 1976 he was, ex aequo with Karl Schnabl , in first place (119 points), closely followed by Hans-Georg Aschenbach, only one point behind .

On December 27, 1979, he won the first World Cup ski jumping in Cortina d'Ampezzo , which was part of the then newly created Ski Jumping World Cup ; he led a triple success of the Austrian team with Hubert Neuper and Alfred Groyer .

Early end of the sports career

After a serious ankle injury on December 5, 1980 (he had a serious fall in an ÖSV internal qualifying event in St. Moritz in a 92 m jump and had broken a fibula and injured ankle ligament), Innauer ended his career at the age of 22. However, there was a short comeback when he was allowed to compete in 1982 at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo as defending champion (outside the four-man quota) on the K70, but only finished 29th (source: FIS-Biographies).

From 1981 he studied at the Universities of Innsbruck and Graz. He completed his studies in 1987 with a master's degree for teaching philosophy / psychology and sport. As a student, Innauer worked as a journalist for Austrian media and for three years as a representative and coordinator of the Ellesse company , the first official sponsor of the newly created ski jumping world cup. In doing so, he gained valuable additional experience on the athlete's point of view and essential ideas for his later work in the Austrian and International Ski Federation. Much of this has flowed into his diploma thesis The show sport of ski jumping: Ernst Topitsch's sociological-philosophical interpretation of high-performance sport .

Trainer and sports director in the ÖSV

From 1987 to 1989 he worked as a trainer and teacher at the Stams Ski School. From 1989 to 1992 he led the Austrian ski jumpers to new successes as head coach. In 1992 he switched the entire team to the new V-style. With this coup, his athletes won 5 out of 7 medals at the Albertville Olympics.

From 1993 he worked as a racing director for Nordic skiing in the ÖSV . After the 1999 World Championships in Ramsau am Dachstein and winning the gold medal in the men's relay in cross-country skiing, he gave up his responsibility for cross-country skiing and biathlon and headed the ski jumping and Nordic combined departments in the ÖSV as racing director. For many years, Innauer was active in various committees of the International Ski Federation (FIS) as a representative of the Austrian Ski Federation and was significantly involved in decisive rule changes and the developments of the telegenic sport of ski jumping. Examples of this are the introduction of a minimum weight based on body size (the so-called BMI rule ), the implementation of prize money for the athletes, the development of modern, television-compatible competition formats with qualifications and a final round.

From February 2001 Innauer was again the national coach. He took over this task on an interim basis after the tragic accident in which his best friend and then ÖSV head coach Alois Lipburger had a fatal accident. He drew the consequences of the double burden as sports director and head coach at the end of the 2001/02 season and gave the coaching role to Hannu Lepistö .

In February 2007 the ÖSV announced that Anton Innauer would continue to work as racing director for ski jumping and Nordic combined until at least 2010. Innauer should ensure that a powerful Nordic team is available for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver .

Current activities

On March 10, 2010 Innauer announced his resignation from ÖSV and FIS at the same time as the presentation of his second book Am Puls des Success .

He works as a consultant, seminar trainer, freelance author and journalist. Innauer holds a lecture on project and quality management in the performance area at the University of Salzburg and works as a ski jumping expert for the ZDF at major events .

He has been an entrepreneur since 2011 and founded Innauer + facts with business partner Wolfgang Schwarzmann, based in Innsbruck and Dornbirn.

Private

Anton Innauer is married to the former cross-country skier Marlene (Resch), with whom he has three children, Mario, Jakob and Lisa. His younger son Mario was also a ski jumper and made his World Cup debut in the 2006/07 season.

In 1992 Innauer published his autobiography The Critical Point. My way to success . In this he describes his adventurous life, which began in the seclusion of the Bregenzerwald until sport made him a celebrity and gave him access to education and a university degree. In doing so, he takes stock of his life as an athlete and trainer.

successes

  • 1974: Junior winner of the three-country tour
  • 1975: Winner of the Swiss Spring Tour (15th Le Locle, 3rd Gstaad, 3rd St. Moritz, 1st Engelberg)
  • 1975: Junior European Champion in Lieto on the Parma ski jump
  • 1975: 3rd place and junior winner Salpausselhae games in Lahti
  • 1975: Winner of the Holmenkollenspiele in Oslo
  • 1975: Winner in Lierberget
  • 1975: Winner in Rovaniemi
  • 1975: Winner in Rukatunturi
  • 1975: Winner Kongsbergcup in Planica
  • 1976: 4th place Intersport-Springertournee (1st Oberstdorf, 1st Garmisch, 24th Innsbruck, 1st Bischofshofen)
  • 1976: Junior European Champion in Reichenberg
  • 1976: Winner of the ski flying week in Oberstdorf (March 5th to 7th)
  • 1976: Winner in Raufoss
  • 1976: 2nd place Holmenkollenspiele in Oslo (March 14th)
  • 1976: Lillestroem wins
  • 1976: 2nd place Norway tour (1st Lilleström, 1st Hamar, 1st Lillehammer, 2nd Elverum)
  • 1976: Winner Kleinwalsertal
  • 1976: Winner of the Hochkönig Cup
  • 1977: 4th place Intersport-Springertournee (1st Oberstdorf, 2nd Garmisch, 3rd Innsbruck, 19th Bischofshofen)
  • 1977: 2nd place in the ski flying world championship in Vikersund
  • 1978: 4th place ski flying week on the Kulm with 2 daily victories
  • 1978: Winner in Kuusamo
  • 1975/1976 second in the ski jumping world rankings
  • 1976/1977 second in the world ski jumping rankings
  • Olympic Games 1976 : 2nd place large hill
  • Olympic Games 1980 : 1st place normal hill
  • Ski jumping world cup : 2 individual victories

World Cup victories in individual

date place country
December 27, 1979 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
March 2, 1980 Engelberg Switzerland

World Cup placements

season space Points
1979/80 09. 95

Hill records

place country Expanse set up on Record up
Oberstdorf GermanyGermany Germany 110.0 m
( HS : 137 m)
December 30, 1975 December 30, 1984
Bischofshofen AustriaAustria Austria 108.0 m
( HS : 140 m)
January 6, 1976 January 6, 1983
Oberstdorf GermanyGermany Germany 174.0 m
( HS : 225 m)
March 4th 1976 March 6, 1976
Oberstdorf GermanyGermany Germany 176.0 m
( HS : 225 m)
March 6, 1976 February 26, 1981
Engelberg SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 115.0 m
( HS : 137 m)
March 2, 1980 January 25, 1981

Awards, honors (extract)

Toni Innauer with the Special Award when honoring Austria's athletes of the year 2010

literature

  • Anton Innauer: The show sport of ski jumping. On the sociological-philosophical interpretation of high-performance sport . House work. Karl Franzens University Graz, Graz 1986. 
  • Anton Innauer, Christian Seiler (arr.): The critical point. My way to success . Edition Tau, Bad Sauerbrunn 1992, ISBN 3-900977-32-1 .
  • Werner Ringhofer, Alois Kogler: Positive uncertainty. Guide to success in the future . With a foreword by Anton Innauer. Funky Science, Graz 2005, ISBN 3-200-00488-6 .
  • Birgit Egarter: Anton Innauer. Taking off from the rooftops ... In: Matthias Marschik (Ed.): Heroes and Idols. Sports stars in Austria . StudienVerlag, Innsbruck / Vienna (among others) 2006, ISBN 978-3-7065-4253-1 .
  • “You fail much more often than you win.” Faith and top-class sport: Anton Innauer in conversation with Hubert Patterer . In: Yearbook of the Diocese of Gurk . Volume 31.2008. Ordinariat, Gurk 2007, pp. 50–59.
  • Anton Innauer, Christian Seiler (text version): On the pulse of success . CSV, Ziersdorf 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502868-0-9 .
  • Georg Sutterlüty: Flying highs and crash landings, in: http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/archiv/61618_Hoehenfluege-und-Bruchlandungen.html

Individual evidence

  1. «Jumped away from the world's elite» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1974, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  2. «The most beautiful jump was invalid» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 24, 1974, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  3. "Innauer: No desire" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 23, 1978, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  4. ^ "Lipburger cheated of gold" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1978, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  5. ^ "Armin Kogler World Champion" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1982, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  6. ^ "Kogler was Golser's trump card" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1982, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  7. Bradl was the first to congratulate . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1976, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  8. Eight times 20 for Toni . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 7, 1976, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  9. Preiml: "Toni like an airplane" and gloss "Im Visier", penultimate paragraph . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 8, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  10. "Schnabl, Innauer Spitze" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna June 2, 1976, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  11. below right: "Out for Olympic champion Innauer: fibula fracture, collateral ligament tear" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 6, 1980, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  12. ^ "Planica: Victory for Innauer" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 13, 1975, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  13. last column, middle: "Innauer before Schnabl" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 12, 1976, p. 8 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  14. ^ «Schnabl, Innauer after Holmenkollen double victory:“ Preiml must stay! ”» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 15, 1976, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  15. Column 1, below: "Toni wins again" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 17, 1976, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  16. Column 2 below, third article: “Sport in a nutshell” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 18, 1976, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  17. ^ First column, below: "Innauer superior" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 25, 1976, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  18. Box: "times - widening - results"; Column 2, third contribution . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 27, 1976, p. 7 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  19. "Innauer trumped up" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 5, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  20. "Toni jumped out of the crisis!" In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 6, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  21. Column 2, middle: "Toni Innauer beat World Champion Raeisaenen" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 28, 1978, p. 10 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
  22. State Press Office - Vorarlberg Magazin No. 109/2003: Vorarlberg Sports Personalities ( Memento from December 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  23. List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.6 MB)
  24. Sport, Tolerance and Fair Play. (...) Anton Innauer (...) In: sportministerium.at , sports section of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport, 2009, accessed on January 1, 2011.
  25. Permalink Austrian Library Association .
  26. Internet presence of Anton Innauer: cover text of the book "Der Kritische Punkt" ( memento of the original from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 1, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toni-innauer.at
  27. Permalink Austrian Library Association .
  28. Internet presence of Anton Innauer: cover text of the book "Am Puls des Success" ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 1, 2012) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.toni-innauer.at

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