Armin Kogler

Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two overall World Cup victories (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill. He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980. Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of Martin Koch.

Standings

Season	Overall	4H
1979/80	02 !	20
1980/81	01 !	02 !
1981/82	01 !	10
1982/83	03 !	12
1983/84	11	14
1984/85	34	33

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1979/80	19 January 1980	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K89	NH
2		20 January 1980	Thunder Bay	Big Thunder K120	LH
3		8 March 1990	Lahti	Salpausselkä K88	NH
4		16 March 1980	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K105	LH
5		25 March 1980	Štrbské Pleso	MS 1970 A K110	LH
6	1980/81	6 January 1981	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K109	LH
7		14 February 1981	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K110	LH
8		10 March 1981	Falun	Lugnet K89	NH
9	1981/82	17 January 1982	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K110	LH
10		27 January 1982	St. Moritz	Olympiaschanze K96	NH
11		21 February 1982	Oslo	Midtstubakken K85	NH
12	1982/83	1 January 1983	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K107	LH
13		11 March 1983	Bærum	Skuibakken K110	LH