André Kiesewetter

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1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)Personal best191 m (627 ft)
Planica, 23 March 1991World Cup careerSeasons1990–1991
1993–1994Starts33Podiums4Wins2
Medal record
Updated on 10 February 2016.

André Kiesewetter (born 20 August 1969) is an East German/German former ski jumper.

Career

He won the bronze medal in the team large hill and 7th in the individual large hillat at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and had his best and two World Cup wins in Lake Placid and Sapporo.

On 23 March 1991, he crashed as trial jumper at ski jumping world record distance at 196 metres (643 ft) back home on Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 in Planica, Yugoslavia.[1][2][3]

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF
1989/90 — — N/A
1990/91 11 25 6
1992/93 — 69 —
1993/94 — 76 —

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1990/91 2 December 1990   Canada Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale K114 LH
2 15 December 1990   Japan Sapporo Miyanomori K90 NH

Invalid ski jumping world record

This is the longest parallel style ski jump in history.

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
23 March 1991   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Yugoslavia 196 643

  Not recognized! Ground touch at world record distance.

References

  1. ^ "Tudi Kiessewetter je bil ob sapo, zato je nekoliko podrsal v sneg (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1991.
  2. ^ "Zgodovinski let - André Kiesewetter po 196 metrih z dotikom (page 16)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 March 1991.
  3. ^ "André Kiesewetter - Planica 1991 - 196 m - World record crash". YouTube. 23 March 1991. Archived from the original on 2021-12-17.

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