Andreas Küttel

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Andreas Küttel
Küttel in Oberstdorf, 2006
Country Switzerland
Born (1979-04-25) 25 April 1979 (age 44)
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Personal best222 m (728 ft)
Planica, 18 March 2006
World Cup career
Seasons19962011
Starts241
Podiums15
Wins5
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Liberec Individual LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Andreas Küttel (born 25 April 1979) is a Swiss former ski jumper who currently works in the field of sports science at the University of Southern Denmark.[1]

Career[edit]

Küttel won five World Cup competitions from 2005 to 2007, and placed third in the overall World Cup in 2006. He won a gold medal in the individual large hill event at the 2009 Ski Jumping World Championships. Küttel also competed at three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the individual normal hill event in 2006.

World Cup[edit]

Standings[edit]

 Season  Overall 4H SF NT JP
1995/96 32 25 N/A 29
1996/97 66
1997/98
1998/99 69 65
1999/00 57 57
2000/01 48 24 45 N/A
2001/02 30 39 N/A 30 N/A
2002/03 60 40 N/A N/A
2003/04 23 20 N/A 31 N/A
2004/05 17 14 N/A 10 N/A
2005/06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 N/A 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A
2006/07 5 5 N/A 8 N/A
2007/08 7 6 N/A 21 N/A
2008/09 11 16 16 11 N/A
2009/10 33 40 36 42 N/A
2010/11 N/A N/A

Wins[edit]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2005/06 3 December 2005   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS134 (night) LH
2 9 December 2005   Czech Republic Harrachov Čerťák HS142 LH
3 7 March 2006   Finland Kuopio Puijo HS127 (night) LH
4 2006/07 1 January 2007   Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze HS125 LH
5 2007/08 23 December 2007   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 LH

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Andreas Küttel". University of Southern Denmark. Retrieved 22 August 2015.