Country Austria Team wins 11 Weight 69 kg Full name Martin Koch Name Martin Koch Total podiums 23 | Seasons 1999–2014 Role Ski jumper Parents Fritz Koch, Ingrid Koch Individual wins 5 Height 1.86 m | |
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Born 22 January 1982 (age 42)
Villach, Austria ( 1982-01-22 ) Personal best 241.5 m (792 ft)
Vikersund, 11 Feb 2011 Olympic medals Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Large hill team Similar People Thomas Morgenstern, Andreas Kofler, Wolfgang Loitzl, Matti Hautamaki, Bjorn Einar Romoren | ||
Onboard pov camera martin koch ski jumping
Martin Koch (born 22 January 1982) is an Austrian former ski jumper.
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Martin koch 136 0 m sapporo 2002
Career
Koch started his World Cup career in 1999 and finished in the top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times. This included two victories with the first being on 8 January 2011 in Harrachov. He also won a silver medal at the 2008 Ski Flying World Championships and six gold medals in team events at the 2006 Winter Olympics and World Championships. He made his last World Cup jump on 22 March 2013 on the large hill in Planica.
Regarded as a ski flying specialist, Koch held the Austrian national distance record with a jump of 241.5 metres in Vikersund in 2011, until this was beaten by countryman Gregor Schlierenzauer in the same event.
Koch is the nephew of Armin Kogler.
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