“Lost a great personality”
Ski jumping officer died at the age of 70
Updated on June 16, 2025 – 2:16 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
He not only coordinated the Continental Cup, but also knew the jumpers. Horst Tielmann has now died at the age of 70.
Horst Tielmann coordinated the Continental Cup (COC) of the ski jumper for almost 20 years and helped all professionals who are active in the World Cup today. Now Tielmann died at the age of 70. This was announced by the International Ski Association (FIS) on Instagram.
The FIS wrote to a black and white photo of Tielmann: “We are deeply sad about the death of Horst Tielmann. Quiet in peace …” Fis race director Sandro Pertile said “Berkutschi”: “With Horst Tielmann, ski jumping has lost a great personality. Horst was an expert in old school, he has shaped the skiing with his experience, passion and professionalism like hardly any other. The ski jumping family is with their thoughts among the woman and the two children of Horst. “
Numerous ski jumps also commented on the FIS post on Instagram. The Norwegians Johann André Forfang and Halvor Egner Granerud reacted with a broken red heart. In addition, the latter wrote: “So sad. He was a fantastic person.” Thomas Morgenstern also posted a black heart. In addition, the German ski jumping star Andreas Wellinger and the German icon Martin Schmitt expressed their condolences by clicking.
Tielmann was also active as a consultant of the German Ski Association and the Association of the Netherlands. From 2002 he was partly as a representation for Sepp Gratzer COC coordinator and from 2005 to 2020 before Berni Schödler took over.