Andreas Däscher (9 June 1927 – 4 August 2023) was a Swiss ski jumper who is best known for developing the parallel style, or Däscher technique, in the 1950s. This technique became widely used throughout ski jumping until the early 1990s.
| Andreas Däscher | |
|---|---|
| Country | Switzerland |
| Born | 9 June 1927 Davos, Switzerland |
| Died | 4 August 2023 (aged 96) Meilen, Switzerland |
| Ski club | SC Meilen |
This technique was the standard technique until the V-style was developed by Jan Boklöv in 1985. The Daescher technique superseded the Kongsberger technique developed by Jacob Tullin Thams and Sigmund Ruud (both from Norway) after World War I in Kongsberg. Erich Windisch, a German Olympic ski jumper, who developed in 1949 a jumping technique in which the jumper's arms are slightly arched and pointing downward, is also credited along with Däscher of developing the revamped aerodynamic jumping style that was used in elite competition for over 30 years.
Career
editOn 3 March 1950, he set the ski jumping world record distance for a very short period of time at 130 metres (426.5 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.[1][2][nb 1] Däscher's best Olympic finish was 6th in the large Hill at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He was born in Davos.
Personal life and death
editHis brother, Hans Däscher, was also a ski jumper. Andreas Däscher died in Meilen on 4 August 2023, at the age of 96.[3][4]
Four Hills Tournament
editOverall standings
edit| Season | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1954/55 | 28 | 194.7 |
| 1956/57 | 52 | 218.5 |
| 1959/60 | 37 | 414.5 |
Ski jumping world record
edit| Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March 1950 | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 130 | 426.5 |
Notes
edit- ^ According to official German radio report, which was cited and published in Ljudska pravica (4/3/1950), jumps were following in the next order: Andreas Däscher (130 m), then Dan Netzell (135 m) and the last Sepp Weiler (133 m).
References
edit- ^ "135 m dolg smučarski skok je dosegel šved Netzl (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 4 March 1950.
- ^ "V Oberstdorfu je šlo 135 metrov daleč (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 4 March 1950.
- ^ Fabienne Sennhauser: Seine Technik revolutionierte das Skispringen. In: Tages-Anzeiger, 10 August 2023.
- ^ Trauerfall Däscher Andreas. In: todesanzeigenportal.ch (14 August 2023).
External links
edit- Andreas Däscher at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Thomas Gmür: Andreas Däscher in Romansh, German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- Olympic Ski Jumping History - ski jumping history
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). Ski Jump, 90-Meter Hill. The Complete Book of the Olympics. p. 621.
- Andreas Däscher at Olympedia (archive)
