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Austrian ski jumper

Andreas "Andi" Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper. In 1994 he became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres, but did not manage to stand.

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. Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater.

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); 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).

On 18 March 2000, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 225 metres (738 ft) on Velikanka bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia 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. 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.

No. Season Date Location Hill Size 1 1992/93 4 January 1993   Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH2 6 January 1993   Bischofshofen Paul Ausserleitner Schanze K120 LH3 1993/94 17 December 1993   Courchevel Tremplin du Praz K120 LH4 4 January 1994   Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH5 1994/95 11 December 1994   Planica Srednja Bloudkova K90 NH6 6 January 1995   Bischofshofen Paul Ausserleitner Schanze K120 LH7 8 January 1995   Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze K120 LH8 21 January 1995   Sapporo Miyanomori K90 NH9 28 January 1995   Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH10 8 February 1995   Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken K120 (night) LH11 12 February 1995   Oslo Holmenkollbakken K110 LH12 18 February 1995   Vikersund Vikersundbakken K175 FH13 19 February 1995   Vikersund Vikersundbakken K175 FH14 25 February 1995   Oberstdorf Heini Klopfer Skiflugschanze K182 FH15 1995/96 4 January 1996   Innsbruck Bergiselschanze K109 LH16 14 January 1996   Engelberg Gross Titlis Schanze K120 LH17 21 January 1996   Sapporo Ōkurayama K115 LH18 28 January 1996   Zakopane Wielka Krokiew K116 LH19 11 February 1996   Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 FH20 9 March 1996   Harrachov Čerťák K180 FH