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| March 08, 2008 | Saturday | Safar 29, 1429 |
Former ski jump champ retires
VIENNA, March 7: Olympic ski jump champion Andreas Widhoelzl, the last Austrian to win the prestigious Four Hills tournament in 2000, announced his retirement on Friday.
Widhoelzl was a member of the gold-medal winning Austrian team at the 2006 Turin Olympics and a double world champion in the team event in 2005.
The 31-year-old had not competed in a World Cup event for over a year.
He won 18 World Cup events during his career.—AFP
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