Wolfgang Loitzl

Wolfgang Loitzl
Full name	Wolfgang Loitzl
Born	(1980-01-13) January 13, 1980 Bad Ischl, Austria
Ski club	WSC Bad Mitterndorf
Personal best	213.5 m (Planica 2010)
World Cup career
Seasons	1997–
Indiv. podiums	20
Indiv. wins	4
Medal record Men's ski jumping Representing Austria Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team large hill World Championships 2001 Lahti Team normal hill 2005 Oberstdorf Team normal hill 2005 Oberstdorf Team large hill 2007 Sapporo Team large hill 2009 Liberec Individual normal hill 2009 Liberec Team large hill 2013 Val di Fiemme Team large hill 2001 Lahti Team large hill Men's ski flying World Championships 2010 Planica Team 2004 Planica Team
Updated on January 22, 2010.

Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl (born January 13, 1980) is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds (Individual normal hill: 2009, Team normal hill: 2001, 2005; Team large hill: 2005, 2007, 2009) and one bronze (Team large hill: 2001).

He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2004 and finished 15th at the individual competition at those same championships. Loitzl has seven individual career victories from 1998 to 2003.

Loitzl won the 2008–09 Four Hills Tournament. In the final competition of the tournament in Bischofshofen, he received the maximum score (20) for the first jump from all five judges. In ski jumping history, only Anton Innauer (1976), Kazuyoshi Funaki (1998), Sven Hannawald (2003), and Hideharu Miyahira (2003) have matched this feat.

On February 21, 2009, Loitzl won the individual gold on the normal hill at the World Championships at Liberec ahead of fellow Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer and Switzerland's Simon Ammann. Further success followed on February 28 the same year when Loitzl won gold as part of the Austrian quartet in the team large hill event.

His son Benjamin was born on January 12, 2005, his second child Nikolas was born on February 10, 2007. He has been married to Marika since June 11, 2006.

External links

• FIS Newsflash 213. January 7, 2009.
• Wolfgang Loitzl at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Official website Template:De icon