Walter Schwabl
Walter Schwabl 
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 Austria
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| birthday | August 12, 1949 | ||||||||
| place of birth |
Schwarzach im Pongau , Austria
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| society | SV Schwarzach | ||||||||
| National squad | since 1968 | ||||||||
| Pers. Best | 173.0 m (Oberstdorf 1976) | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 1977 | ||||||||
| Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping | |||||||||
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Walter Schwabl (born August 12, 1949 in Schwarzach im Pongau , Salzburg ) is a former Austrian ski jumper .
Career
Walter grew up in the immediate vicinity of the Schwarzach ski jump, and so came to jumping early on. At the end of the 1960s he was three-time Austrian junior champion and was able to win the junior competitions on the Finnish jumping tour in 1967 and 1968. His first major event was his participation in the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble , where he was not used. There followed rather lean years, he missed both the 1970 World Cup and the 1972 Olympic Games. It was not until the winter of 1972/73 that he came out again with good performances. After jumps over 151 m and 162 m at the Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf 1973, he finished 9th in the overall ranking. In contrast to Reinhold Bachler and Rudi Wanner, he had no answer, and was, against the push of the young Austrian guard around Toni Innauer , Karl Schnabl , Alois Lipburger , Willi Pürstl , Hans Wallner , Hans Millonig , Edi Federer , Rupert Gürtler and Alfred Pungg no longer able to jump in the front field. Only at the ski flying week in Oberstdorf in 1976 did he show again when he was able to improve his personal best distance to 173 m. Walter Schwabl ended his career in the spring of 1977.
successes
- 1969: Winner in Willingen - large hill
- 1969: 3rd in Zakopane II - large hill
- 1973: 2nd in Dornbirn - normal hill
- 1974: 2nd in Tarvisio - normal hill
- 1974: 2nd in Villach - normal hill
- 1974: 3rd in Marburg - normal hill
- 1976: 2nd in Chamonix - normal hill
Hill records
| place | country | Expanse | set up on | Record up |
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| Oberstdorf |
 Germany
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151.0 m ( HS : 225 m) |
March 8, 1973 | March 8, 1973 |
| Oberstdorf |
Germany
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162.0 m ( HS : 225 m) |
March 8, 1973 | March 9, 1973 |
literature
- ÖSV: Austrian ski stars from A -Z . Ablinger-Garber, Hall in Tirol 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502285-7-1 .
Web links
Walter Schwabl in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwabl, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ski jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzach im Pongau , State of Salzburg , Austria |