Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper.

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Armin Kogler
Armin Kogler in 1980
Country	Austria
Born	(1959-09-04) 4 September 1959 (age 64) Schwaz, Austria
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Personal best	180 m (591 ft) Oberstdorf, 27 February 1981
World Cup career
Seasons	1980–1985
Starts	95
Podiums	37
Wins	13
Overall titles	2 (1981, 1982)
Medal record Men's ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 Oslo Individual NH 1982 Oslo Team LH 1985 Seefeld Team LH 1982 Oslo Individual LH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979 Planica Individual 1981 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

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After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overall titles (1981 and 1982) along with a complete set of medals at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in the individual normal hill, a silver in the team large hill, and a bronze in the individual large hill.

He would then follow it up with a silver in the team large hill event at the 1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. Additionally, Kogler won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1980.

Kogler's best Olympic finish was fifth in the individual large hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

For his ski jumping successes, he was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1984 (shared with Lars-Erik Eriksen and Jacob Vaage). Kogler is the uncle of Martin Koch.

On 27 March 1980 he tied the world record distance at 176 metres (577 ft) Toni Innauer and Klaus Ostwald at Čerťák hill in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.^[1]

On 26 February 1981 he set another ski jumping world record distance at 180 metres (591 ft) on Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf, West Germany.^[2][3]