- Martin Höllwarth
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Medal record 
Martin HöllwarthMen's ski jumping Olympic Games Silver 1992 Albertville Individual normal hill Silver 1992 Albertville Individual large hill Silver 1992 Albertville Team large hill Bronze 1998 Nagano Team large hill World Championships Gold 2001 Lahti Team normal hill Gold 2005 Oberstdorf Team normal hill Gold 2005 Oberstdorf Team large hill Bronze 1999 Ramsau Team large hill Bronze 2001 Lahti Individual normal hill Bronze 2001 Lahti Team large hill Martin Höllwarth (born April 13, 1974 in Schwaz) is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from the early 1990s to 2008.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won three silver medals. At the 1998 Winter Olympics of Nagano, he won bronze in the team large hill competition.
Höllwarth's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships where he earned six medals, including three golds (Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005) and three bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2001, Team large hill: (1999, 2001).
On February 4, 2001, while returning from an event in Willingen, a car driven by Höllwarth was involved in an accident in which Austrian coach Alois Lipburger died. Höllwarth and other passenger, Andreas Widhölzl, escaped with minor injuries.
Höllwarth announced his retirement at the 2007-08 season.
References
- FIS Newsflash 177 announcing Höllwarth's retirement - April 30, 2008.
- Martin Höllwarth at the International Ski Federation
2001: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Goldberger, Stefan Horngacher & Martin Höllwarth) * 2005: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern & Martin Höllwarth) * 2011: Austria (Gregor Schlierenzauer, Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler & Thomas Morgenstern)
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