EDUCATION
- Sports/Training Sciences at the universities of Graz and Vienna, graduated with the Austrian MA-equivalent “Mag.phil.”
- Officially recognised coach training for general physical training, football, cycling, alpine skiing, and Nordic skiing.
- Training and ongoing professional development as a coach for leadership behavior and leadership methodology.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Alpine skiing
- Gold, silver and bronze medals at the Winter Olympics
- World Champion Downhill, Super-G and Giant Slalom
- Overall and individual World Cup victories
Soccer
- Runner-up in the Russian Premier League
- Group stage in the Champions League and Europa League
- Runner-up in the Austrian Bundesliga
WORKING IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS
2000 – 2004
Austrian Ski Federation, athletics coach for the Men’s World Cup
2004 – 2006
FC Red Bull Salzburg, athletics trainer
2006 – 2010
Spartak Moscow, High Performance Director
2012 – 2017
US ski team, High Performance Director
Seit 2017
SK Rapid Vienna, Sports Scientific Head of the athletics section
Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Head of the army’s sports division
Katharina Liensberger, Personal Coach
MILITARY CAREER
1989 – 1993
Austrian Armed Forces, training as an officer
1994 – 1997
Austrian Armed Forces, special training in close combat, precision marksman, parachuting, personal security and raids
1994 – 1999
Austrian Armed Forces, commanding officer in special operations
2012 – 2017
US Army Special Forces, training courses and seminars
Seit 2017
Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence, Head of the army’s sports division
