Heinz Kuttin's successor at the helm of Alexander Pointner jump Austrian

È Heinz Kuttin il successore di Alexander Pointner alla guida del salto austriaco
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Heinz Kuttin's successor at the helm of Alexander Pointner jump Austrian

The Austrian ski federation has officially announced today that the quest'' new head coach of the men's team will be special jump Heinz Kuttin, which takes the place of Alexander Pointer who leaves after 10 years.

Earlier this week the Austrian media had made it clear that the favorite to succeed Pointner, in office since back in 2004, it was Andreas Felder, a former long jumper of success in the paintings of the Nordic combined. It is instead opted for Kuttin, 43, in turn, a big jump on skis. Between the late 80'' s and 90'''' beginning of the Carinthian has collected two wins and eleven podiums in the World Cup to which are added two medals rainbow on small trampoline: the bronze iridescent Lahti 1989, and especially the '' gold di Fiemme 1991. He retired in 1995, even after multiple injuries, Kuttin began working as a technician in Villach. In the season 2002 - 03'' was assistant coach Hannu Lepisto, at the time head of the Austrian team''. So it is transferred to Poland, a nation of which he is was head coach between 2004 and 2006.'s return to Austria he worked cometecnico based in Villach and especially since 2008, as a personal coach Thomas Morgenstern.
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