Martin Koch (ski jumper)

Martin Koch
Country	Austria
Full name	Martin Koch
Born	(1982-01-22) 22 January 1982 Villach, Austria
Height
Personal best	241.5 m (792 ft) Vikersund, 11 Feb 2011
World Cup career
Seasons	1999–2014
Individual wins	5
Team wins	11
Indiv. podiums	23
Team podiums	25
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2006 Turin Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 Liberec Team LH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Team LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2008 Oberstdorf Team 2010 Planica Team 2012 Vikersund Team 2008 Oberstdorf Individual 2012 Vikersund Individual
Updated on 30 March 2015.

Martin Koch (born 22 January 1982) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 1998 to 2014.

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.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	JP	4H	NT
1998–99	99	–	96	58	–
1999–00	49	–	49	28	–
2000–01	36	28	N/A	32	29
2001–02	8	N/A	N/A	20	22
2002–03	34	N/A	N/A	36	–
2003–04	–	N/A	N/A	–	43
2004–05	48	N/A	N/A	59	48
2005–06	15	N/A	N/A	17	9
2006–07	12	N/A	N/A	11	16
2007–08	14	N/A	N/A	20	10
2008–09	9	4	N/A	11	9
2009–10	8	4	N/A	8	14
2010–11	6		N/A	5	N/A
2011–12	12		N/A	17	N/A
2012–13	29	15	N/A	32	N/A
2013–14	72	22	N/A	–	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	2010–11	8 Jan 2011	Čerťák	Čerťák HS 205 (night)	FH
2		5 Feb 2011	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS 213 (night)	FH
3	2011–12	18 Feb 2012	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS 213 (night)	FH
4		11 Mar 2012	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS 134	LH
5		18 Mar 2012	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS 215	FH

References

• Martin Koch at the International Ski Federation
• Official website (German)
• Sports-Reference.com profile