Armin Kogler

Austrian ski jumper

Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

After his surprise win at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overall titles (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill. He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980. Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of Martin Koch. On 27 March 1980 he tied the world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft) Toni Innauer and Klaus Ostwald at Čerťák hill in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. On 26 February 1981 he set another ski jumping world record distance at 180 metres (591 ft) on Heini Klopfer Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.

No. Season Date Location Hill Size 11979/80 19 January 1980   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH220 January 1980   Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH38 March 1990   Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH416 March 1980   Oslo Holmenkollbakken K105 LH525 March 1980   Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 A K110 LH61980/81 6 January 1981   Bischofshofen Paul Ausserleitner Schanze K109 LH714 February 1981   Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH810 March 1981   Falun Lugnet K89 NH91981/82 17 January 1982   Sapporo Ōkurayama K110 LH1027 January 1982   St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K96 NH1121 February 1982   Oslo (WCS) Midtstubakken K85 NH121982/83 1 January 1983   Garmisch Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH1311 March 1983   Bærum Skuibakken K110 LH