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Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER

Austria

Gender: Male
Nationality: Austria

Birthday: 7 January 1990
Age: 24

Height: 1.80 m (5' 11'')
Weight: 65 kg / 143 lbs

Place of Birth: Austria, HOCH-RUM
Place of Residence: -

Ski Jumping

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Medals

Athlete competitions and results

8 February, 20:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER

9 February, 21:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER
Total Points: 123.9
Rank: 18

9 February, 22:47 Men's Normal Hill Individual Final Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER
Total Points: 253.3
Rank: 11

14 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual Qualification Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER

15 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual 1st Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER
Total Points: 124.6
Rank: 14

15 February, 23:02 Men's Large Hill Individual Final Round
Gregor SCHLIERENZAUER
Total Points: 255.2
Rank: 7

17 February, 21:15 Men's Team 1st Round
Team: AUT
Total Points: 516.5
Rank: 2

17 February, 22:26 Men's Team Final Round
Team: AUT
Total Points: 1038.4
Rank: 2

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
1	Large Hill Team	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1107.9
3	Normal Hill Individual	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	268.0
3	Large Hill Individual	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	262.2
World Championships
1	Large Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	1135.9
1	Large Hill Individual	2011	Oslo, NOR	277.5
1	Normal Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	1025.5
1	Large Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	500.0
1	Large Hill Team	2009	Liberec, CZE	1034.3
1	Large Hill Team	2007	Sapporo, JPN	1000.2
2	Normal Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	248.4
2	Mixed Normal Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	986.7
2	Normal Hill Individual	2009	Liberec, CZE	275.0
8	Large Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	279.2
8	Normal Hill Individual	2011	Oslo, NOR	235.2

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall
2013/2014	4
2012/2013	1
2011/2012	2
2010/2011	9
2009/2010	2
2008/2009	1
2007/2008	2

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	NH-Individual	Large Hill Individual	SF-Individual	NH-Team	LH-Team	SF-Team
2013/2014	1 x 1st	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	-
2012/2013	1 x 1st	5 x 1st	4 x 1st	1 x 12th	1 x 2nd	1 x 2nd
2011/2012	1 x 6th	5 x 1st	1 x 4th	1 x 1st	1 x 1st	1 x 1st
2010/2011	-	2 x 5th	3 x 1st	-	3 x 1st	2 x 1st

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
1	Normal Hill Individual	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	288.5
1	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Kuusamo, FIN	273.2
2	Ski Flying Individual	2013/2014	Tauplitz, AUT	366.9
2	Normal Hill Team	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	901.9
3	Ski Flying Individual	2013/2014	Tauplitz, AUT	380.3
3	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Zakopane, POL	1033.0
4	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Innsbruck, AUT	125.4
4	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Engelberg, SUI	268.4
4	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Titisee-Neustadt, GER	271.8
5	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Klingenthal, GER	499.8
Four Hills Tournament (Ranking)
1	Large Hill Individual	2012/2013		1100.2
1	Large Hill Individual	2011/2012		933.8
2	Large Hill Individual	2006/2007		944.6
3	Large Hill Individual	2008/2009		1077.1
8	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014		932.0
36	Large Hill Individual	2010/2011		452.1

Legend
NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: Schlieri (fis-ski.com, 04 Mar 2013)
Languages Spoken: English, German
Sporting Relatives: His uncle Markus Prock is a former luge world champion and competed at six consecutive Olympic Winter Games [1984-2002]. He won two silver medals [1992 and 1994] and one bronze medal [2002] in the men's singles event. (redbull.com, 14 Jan 2009; sports-reference.com, 2013)
Injuries: He fell and tore a collateral ligament during off-season testing in Ramsau, Austria, in March 2009. He underwent surgery on his right knee and was out of action for two months. (Yahoo Sports, 07 Feb 2010)

Hobbies: Skiing, football, tennis, golf, photography, poker, billiards, cooking. (gregorschlierenzauer.at, 04 Mar 2013)
Coach: Alex Pointer [national] (fischersports.com, 04 Mar 2013)
Debut: 2006 for Austria, World Cup (Oslo) (fis-ski.com, 04 Mar 2013)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He began ski jumping in 1999 at age nine in Innsbruck, Austria. (gregorschlierenzauer.com, 15 Jan 2009)

Reason for taking up this sport
A friend persuaded him to join the SV Innsbruck-Bergisel club. "I tried a jump from the small ramp. The first time took quite an effort, but the feeling of weightlessness for two, three seconds had me hooked straight away." (gregorschlierenzauer.com, 15 Jan 2009)

Ambitions
To win a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (berkutschi.com, 27 Aug 2013)

Hero
Finnish ski jumper Janne Ahonen, Austrian ski jumpers Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Goldberger. (redbull.at, 04 Mar 2013)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"Anything is possible, nothing is guaranteed." (gregorschlierenzauer.com, 15 Jan 2009)

Awards
He formed part of the Austrian ski jumping team that was named Austrian Team of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012. (gregorschlierenzauer.at, 04 Mar 2013)

In 2009, the International Sports Press Association [AIPS] voted him the 'King of Nordic Skiing' (CTV Olympics, 03 Oct 2009)

He was named the 2007 Austrian Newcomer of the Year. (gregorschlierenzauer.at, 04 Mar 2013)

General
RECORDS
In 2008/09, he set the single season World Cup record with 13 wins and equalled the record of six wins in a row. In February 2013 he claimed his 47th World Cup victory, the most by any ski jumping athlete. (CTV Olympics, 03 Oct 2009; redbull.com, 03 Feb 2013)

APPAREL
When he is not occupied with training and ski jumping he designs his own clothing under the GS Apparel Collection brand. (redbull.at, 04 Mar 2013)

IMPAIRMENT
He has been deaf in his left ear since birth. (krone.at, 12 Jan 2013)

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