Karl Schnabl
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | Individual large hill | |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | Individual normal hill | |
| Men's ski flying | |||
| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1975 Kulm | Individual | |
Karl Schnabl (born March 8, 1954) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed during the 1970s.
His best known successes were at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he won a gold medal in the individual large hill event and a bronze medal in the individual normal hill event. Schnabl also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1976.
Schanbl is the first Austrian to win an Olympic gold medal in both ski jumping and nordic skiing. He also won a bronze at the 1975 Ski flying World Championships.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
1924: Jacob Tullin Thams * 1928: Alf Andersen * 1932: Birger Ruud * 1936: Birger Ruud * 1948: Petter Hugsted * 1952: Arnfinn Bergmann * 1956: Antti Hyvärinen * 1960: Helmut Recknagel * 1964: Toralf Engan * 1968: Vladimir Belussov * 1972: Wojciech Fortuna * 1976: Karl Schnabl * 1980: Jouko Törmänen * 1984: Matti Nykänen * 1988: Matti Nykänen * 1992: Toni Nieminen * 1994: Jens Weissflog * 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki * 2002: Simon Ammann * 2006: Thomas Morgenstern
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