Andreas Goldberger

He won the World Cup overall titles three times (1993, 1995, 1996), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992/93, 1994/95), with multiple medals in the Nordic World Championships and Winter Olympics.^{[citation needed]}

Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater.^{[citation needed]}

History was made

On 17 March 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia, he recorded a jump of 202 metres (663 ft);^[1][2] this made him the first man to ever to jump over two hundred metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event).^{[citation needed]}

World record

On 18 March 2000, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 225 metres (738 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia^[3] It stood for the next three years.

In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[4] Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.

Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place).

In 2006 he officially ended his career with his final jump as a test jumper in Kulm, Austria.

After ending his ski jumping career he immediately became an expert co-commentator on the Austrian national TV station ORF, where he still works today.

Standings

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Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1990/91	37	47	14	N/A	N/A
1991/92	8	38		N/A	N/A
1992/93				N/A	N/A
1993/94			13	N/A	N/A
1994/95				N/A	N/A
1995/96		7		N/A
1996/97	8		5	69	7
1997/98	17	4	15	40	16
1998/99	17	9	34	9	16
1999/00	5	5	4	5	4
2000/01	14	26	7		N/A
2001/02	13	9	N/A	16	N/A
2002/03	12	9	N/A	—	N/A
2003/04	18	24	N/A	27	N/A
2004/05	36	28	N/A	69	N/A

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Wins

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No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1992/93	4 January 1993	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
2		6 January 1993	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
3	1993/94	17 December 1993	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K120	LH
4		4 January 1994	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
5	1994/95	11 December 1994	Planica	Srednja Bloudkova K90	NH
6		6 January 1995	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
7		8 January 1995	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
8		21 January 1995	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH
9		28 January 1995	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90	NH
10		8 February 1995	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night)	LH
11		12 February 1995	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K110	LH
12		18 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
13		19 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
14		25 February 1995	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182	FH
15	1995/96	4 January 1996	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
16		14 January 1996	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
17		21 January 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K115	LH
18		28 January 1996	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH
19		11 February 1996	Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
20		9 March 1996	Harrachov	Čerťák K180	FH

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  Not recognized. Ground touch at world record distance, but first ever jump over 200 metres.