Falko Weißpflog

Falko Weißpflog is an East German former ski jumper who competed from 1977 to 1980.

Career

On 5 March 1976, he set the ski jumping world record distance at 174 metres on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze hill in Oberstdorf, West Germany. The record only lasted 2 days, as Toni Innauer jumped 176 metres on 7 March.
He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill competition at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
Weißpflog's best non-world championship career finish was fourth on three separate occasions, twice in 1978 and once in 1980. Rock singer Falco took his stage name from Weißpflog.