Andreas Däscher

Ski jumping, Olympic athlete

1927 –

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Who is Andreas Däscher?

Andreas Däscher is a ski jumping athlete from Switzerland, who is best known for developing the Daescher technique in the 1950s, which 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 The Daescher technique superseded the Kongsberger technique developed by Jacob Tullin Thams and Sigmund Ruud after World War I in Kongsberg.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.

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.

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Born
Jun 9, 1927
Nationality
  • Switzerland

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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