Willi Egger

Career
Willi Egger
Willi Egger 1962
Full name	Wilhelm Egger
nation	Austria Austria
birthday	October 7, 1932
place of birth	Murau
date of death	April 29, 2008
Place of death	Murau
National squad	since 1956
End of career	1967
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Four Hills Tournament	2. ( 1961/62 )

Wilhelm "Willi" Egger (born October 7, 1932 in Murau ; † April 29, 2008 in Murau) was an Austrian ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete .

Egger was active as a Nordic combined athlete until 1956 and started in the individual competition at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo . In the end, he finished 16th.

After the games, Egger switched to the special jumpers. From December 1956 he started at the Four Hills Tournament . At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , he finished jumping on the normal hill tied with Canadian Gerry Gravelle in 34th place.

At the World Ski Championships in Zakopane in 1962 , he finished 10th on the normal hill on February 21 and 7th on the large hill on February 27.

He completed his most successful Four Hills Tournament in 1961/62 . He won in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen and ended up in 2nd place in the tour's overall ranking. Previously, he had already won the New Year's competition on January 1, 1958 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . On March 18, 1962, he was second on Holmenkollen.

At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 he competed again for Austria and jumped to 44th place on the normal hill. On the large hill, he jumped to 12th place.

Web links

Commons : Willi Egger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

^ Ski Jumping at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's Normal Hill, Individual . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
↑ A Norwegian beats the world's elite . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1962, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ No ski jumper has won so well . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1962, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
↑ Willy Egger on Holmenkollen second . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 20, 1962, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

personal data
SURNAME	Egger, Willi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Egger, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	October 7, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Murau , Styria , Austria
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 2008
Place of death	Murau , Styria , Austria

[1] Ski Jumping at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games: Men's Normal Hill, Individual . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

[2] A Norwegian beats the world's elite . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 22, 1962, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[3] No ski jumper has won so well . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1962, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).

[4] Willy Egger on Holmenkollen second . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna March 20, 1962, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).