AUT flag 2005 Villach AUT

Two dozen pictures, from
the banquet and elsewhere


  The Austrian hosts and organizers did a good job of publicizing the IMC. The press was out in force and of course they wanted to write about the oldest jumpers. Several famous old ski jumpers showed up including 1980 Olympians Hans Millonig and Freddy Groyer. Millonig stayed on the sidelines but Groyer dug up some modern equipment and competed, exhibiting a pretty good V that he had tried for the first time the previous Friday. In the 60 and 90 meter events, Groyer swapped first and second places with long-time IMC competitor Ari Raitaharu of Finland.
The most popular photo-op was with recent Austrian super-star Andy Goldberger, still on the World Cup circuit, who didn't compete but he took a few rides on the 60 meter hill.

[Several Old Boys with Goldi] Posing for the newspaper photographer:
Don West, Kurt Brausse, Andy Goldburger,
Arne Jens Jorgensen, Klaus Gunther.

[Goldi posed with 3 Russians] Three Russian competitors grab a
photo-op with Andreas Goldberger.
 
[Flags along the outrun] Flags of the nations along the outrun with
the impressive Alps in the distance.
[Waiting for a bus] Heading to the jumps, Russians,
Norwegians and Americans wait for a bus.

[First medals for the home team] First three medals for the home team:
Alex Diess, F. Groyer, E. Ruprechter

[Bronze in the team jump] Austria borrowed two old Finns and
scored bronze in the team competition.

[Fashion show] Were kilts actually invented in Austria?

[Germans drinking beer] Germans enjoying a beer, are we surprised?

[The Mayor of Villach] The Mayor with his interpreter.

[Team leaders on stage] Leaders of several national teams.

[Stig Dahl & G-R Lislegaard] Stig Dahl and Geir-Rune Lislegaard

[John Eidem & Jan Ringseth] John Eidem and Jan Ringseth

[Robert Frank & Richard Diess] Robert Frank and Richard Diess

[Helmut Diess & Richard Klementschitsch] Helmut Diess and Richard Klementschitsch

[Kare Holmen & Barb West] Kare Holmen and Barb West

[Swedes Tornangen and Saloniemi] Ingvart Tornangen and Ake Saloniemi

[Swein Husby & Bjorn Ostland] Swein Husby and Bjorn Ostland

[Henning Engh and wife] Henning Engh and his wife

[Pietro's broken ankle] Pietro Nilsson broke his ankle,
but promises to be ready for Kranj.

[Don West & Kurt Brausse] Friends first, competitors second:
Don West and Kurt Brausse

[Jan Heiberg] Jan Heiberg, NOR
[Yuri Golov] Yuri Golov, RUS

[Alexander Ilyukhin] Alexander Ilyukhin
[Princess of Perm] Sophie at breakfast

Klaus Gunther does it all:

[Chairman Klaus] Chairman Klaus

[Husband Klaus] Husband Klaus, with Anna

[Jumper Klaus] Jumper Klaus

See awards photos: [ K-30 ] [ K-60 ] [ K-90 ] [ N.C. ] or the [ IMC 2005 report ]


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