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Martin Koch Personal information Full name Martin Koch Born January 22, 1982
Villach, AustriaHeight 186 cm Professional information Club SV Villach Skis Fischer Personal best 241,5m (Vikersund) World Cup Seasons 1998– Wins 2 Additional podiums 16 Total podiums 18 Medal recordMen's ski jumping Olympic Games Gold 2006 Turin Team large hill FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Gold 2009 Liberec Team large hill Gold 2011 Oslo Team normal hill Gold 2011 Oslo Team large hill Ski flying World Championships Gold 2008 Oberstdorf Team Gold 2010 Planica Team Silver 2008 Oberstdorf Individual Updated on
March 18, 2011.Martin "Mascht" Koch (born January 22, 1982 in Villach) is a ski jumper from Austria.
A competitor since 1999, he has finished in the Top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times, including two victories with the first being on January 8, 2011 in Harrachov. Furthermore, he won a silver medal at the 2008 Ski-Flying World Championships, and six gold medals in team events at Olympic Games and world championships.
He was the holder of the Austrian national record with a jump of 241.5 metres.
Koch is the nephew of Armin Kogler.
World Cup victories
Date Location Hill 8 January 2011 Harrachov K-185 5 February 2011 Oberstdorf K-185 References
- Martin Koch (ski jumper) at the International Ski Federation
- Official website (German)
- Sports-Reference.com profile
Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill 1988: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen) * 1992: Finland (Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen) * 1994: Germany (Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weißflog) * 1998: Japan (Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki) * 2002: Germany (Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt) * 2006: Austria (Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern) * 2010: Austria (Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, & Gregor Schlierenzauer)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)Individual 1972: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1973: Hans-Georg Aschenbach (GDR) * 1975: Karel Kodejška (TCH) * 1977: Walter Steiner (SUI) * 1979: Armin Kogler (AUT) * 1981: Jari Puikkonen (FIN) * 1983: Klaus Ostwald (GDR) * 1985: Matti Nykänen (FIN) * 1986: Andreas Felder (AUT) * 1988: Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl (NOR) * 1990: Dieter Thoma (FRG) * 1992: Noriaki Kasai (JPN) * 1994: Jaroslav Sakala (CZE) * 1996: Andreas Goldberger (AUT) * 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) * 2000: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2002: Sven Hannawald (GER) * 2004: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2006: Roar Ljøkelsøy (NOR) * 2008: Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) * 2010: Simon Ammann (SUI)Team 2004: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Sigurd Pettersen, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2006: Norway (Roar Ljøkelsøy, Lars Bystøl, Bjørn Einar Romøren, & Tommy Ingebrigtsen) * 2008: Austria (Gregor Schlierenzauer, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, & Martin Koch)This biographical article relating to ski jumping is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.