Martin Höllwarth

Martin Höllwarth, born on 13 April 1974, is an Austrian former ski jumper. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville he won three silver medals, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano he won bronze in the team large hill. His biggest successes came at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he earned six medals, including three golds, in the team normal hill in 2001 and 2005 and the team large hill in 2005, and three bronzes, in the individual normal hill in 2001 and the team large hill in 1999 and 2001. On 4 February 2001 a car he was driving back from an event in Willingen was involved in an accident in which the Austrian coach Alois Lipburger died, while Höllwarth and the ski jumper Andreas Widhölzl escaped with minor injuries. He announced his retirement at the 2007 to 08 season.