Andreas Felder

Austrian ski jumper

Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.

His big breakthrough came in the 1984/85 season. In December that year he won the World cup competition in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He won six competitions in that season, but ended in 2nd place overall behind Matti Nykänen. At the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, he won silver medals both in the individual normal hill and the team large hill. He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1986 in Bad Mitterndorf, the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with gold in the individual large hill and bronze in the team large hill events. He won the ski jumping competition at the 1987 Holmenkollen ski festival. In the 1990/91 season and won his only World Cup overall and also won the team large hill gold medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1991. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Felder finished his World Cup career with victory on 29 March 1992 when he won the ski jumping competition in Planica, Slovenia. After his retirement he became a manager in the Austrian Ski Federation (until March 19, 1997). Afterwards he was a manager in the German Ski Federation's Nordic Combined Team.

In 1995 Felder replaced Heinz Koch as the head coach of Austrian ski jumping team. He led Reinhard Schwarzenberger to third place in Four Hills Tournament, and Andreas Goldberger to victory in the 1995 96 World Cup, and a gold medal during the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1996. In the following season he helped Goldberger win bronze medal during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim. After the end of the season Felder resigned. He became team's head coach once again in 2018, replacing Heinz Kuttin. With Felder as his coach, Stefan Kraft won bronze in Seefeld in 2019, and won the 2019 20 World Cup.

No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 1984/85 8 December 1984   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH2 8 December 1984   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH3 15 December 1984   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH4 16 December 1984   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH5 3 March 1985   Lahti Salpausselkä K113 LH6 8 March 1985   Falun Lugnet K112 LH7 1985/86 15 February 1986   Vikersund Vikersundbakken K155 FH8 16 February 1986   Vikersund Vikersundbakken K155 FH9 23 February 1986   Engelberg Gross Titlis Schanze K120 LH10 1986/87 14 March 1987   Planica Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 FH11 21 March 1987   Oslo Holmenkollbakken K105 LH12 1989/90 4 March 1990   Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH13 7 March 1990   Örnsköldsvik Paradiskullen K82 NH14 17 March 1990   Raufoss Lønnbergbakken K90 NH15 1990/91 1 December 1990   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K86 NH16 8 December 1990   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K90 NH17 8 December 1990   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH18 1 January 1991   Garmisch Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH19 6 January 1991   Bischofshofen Paul Ausserleitner Schanze K111 LH20 2 March 1991   Lahti Salpausselkä K90 NH21 3 March 1991   Lahti Salpausselkä K114 LH22 1991/92 1 January 1992   Garmisch Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH23 17 January 1992   St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K95 NH24 19 January 1992   Engelberg Gross Titlis Schanze K120 LH25 29 March 1992   Planica Bloudkova velikanka K120 LH