Career

In a career spanning nearly fifteen years, he won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup three times (1993, 1995, 1996), the Four Hills Tournament twice (1992/93, 1994/95), with multiple medals in the Ski Jumping World Championships and Winter Olympics.

Despite his success at ski jumping, Goldberger preferred ski flying—a more extreme version of normal ski jumping, in which distances are far greater. In 1994, during training for the Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, he recorded a jump of 202 metres; this made him the first man to ever to jump over 200 metres, but he touched the snow upon landing, thus making the jump invalid as an official world record (Finland's Toni Nieminen would later land a 203 m jump at the same event). In 2000, also at Planica, he jumped 225 m and set a world record which stood until 2003.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	JP	4H	NT
1990/91	37	14	N/A	47	N/A
1991/92	8	02 !	N/A	38	N/A
1992/93	01 !	03 !	N/A	01 !	N/A
1993/94	03 !	13	N/A	03 !	N/A
1994/95	01 !	01 !	N/A	01 !	N/A
1995/96	01 !	01 !	02 !	7	N/A
1996/97	8	5	7	02 !	69
1997/98	17	15	16	4	40
1998/99	17	34	16	9	9
1999/00	5	4	4	5	5
2000/01	14	7	N/A	26	02 !
2001/02	13	N/A	N/A	9	16
2003/03	12	N/A	N/A	9	-
2003/04	18	N/A	N/A	24	27
2004/05	36	N/A	N/A	28	69

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Place	Hill	Size
1	1992/93	4 January 1993	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
2		6 January 1993	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
3	1993/94	17 December 1993	Courchevel	Tremplin du Praz K120	LH
4		4 January 1994	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
5	1994/95	11 December 1994	Planica	Srednja Bloudkova K90	NH
6		6 January 1995	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
7		8 January 1995	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K120	LH
8		21 January 1995	Sapporo	Miyanomori K90	NH
9		28 January 1995	Lahti	Salpausselkä K90	NH
10		8 February 1995	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken K120	LH
11		12 February 1995	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K110	LH
12		18 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
13		19 February 1995	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken K175	FH
14		25 February 1995	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K182	FH
15	1995/96	4 January 1996	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K109	LH
16		14 January 1996	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K120	LH
17		21 January 1996	Sapporo	Ōkurayama K115	LH
18		28 January 1996	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K116	LH
19		11 February 1996	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
20		9 March 1996	Harrachov	Čerťák K180	FH

Controversy

In 1997 Goldberger admitted to the use of cocaine, and was given a six-month ban from the Austrian Ski Association. As a result of that ban, in November 1997, he even declared he would, from that moment on, compete under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Yet, after reaching an agreement with the Austrian Ski Association, he continued competing for his native Austria.

End of career

Goldberger last World Cup appearance as a ski jumper was in Lahti on 6 March 2005 (49 place). Goldberger officially retired and ended his career with his final jump as a V-jumper on 13 January 2006 at flying hill in Kulm, Austria. He jumps at World Cup competition as a V-jumper with helmet cam for Austrian national TV station ORF, where he works as a co-commentator.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]