Stefan HORNGACHER

Stefan Horngacher competed on the World Cup circuit from 1990-2002, with his best year his first, when he was fourth in the overall seasonal World Cup in 1990-91. He would win two Olympic bronze medals, and two golds and three bronzes at the World Championships, all in team events, with his best individual Olympic performance coming on the large hill in 2002, when he placed fifth. He won two individual World Cup events, one in 1991 in Bad Mittendorf, and one in 1999 in Zakopane. After his career he worked as a youth and junior coach, first in Austria and later in Poland. In 2011 he was named coach of the Austrian World Cup team. Horngacher received Silver and Gold Medals from the Austrian Republic for Meritorious Service.