Stefan Kraft

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Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2019
CountryAustria
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 30)
Schwarzach im Pongau,
Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ski clubSV Schwarzach
Personal best253.5 m (832 ft) World record
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts301
Podiums118
Wins43
Overall titles3 (2017, 2020, 2024)
Four Hills titles1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles3 (2017, 2020, 2023)
Raw Air titles3 (2017, 2022, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2015 Falun Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Team LH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Vikersund Individual
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles two and three times respectively, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament twice, and three individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).

Career[edit]

Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen. He has two world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall.[1] His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017,[2] only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254-meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.

In March 2017, he clinched his first overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title.[3]

World Cup results[edit]

Kraft in Zakopane 2013.

Season titles[edit]

  • 6 titles – (3 overall, 3 ski flying)
Season
Discipline
2016/17 Overall
Ski flying
2019/20 Overall
Ski flying
2022/23 Ski flying
2023/24 Overall

Season standings[edit]

 Season  Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2011/12 — 67 — N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 31 40 32 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 10 27 29 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 6 5 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 4 20 4 4 — N/A 4
2018/19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 17 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 N/A 12
2019/20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 N/A
2020/21 17 8 22 N/A 15 N/A 17
2021/22 5 26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A 6
2022/23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023/24 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A 4

Wins[edit]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2014/15 29 December 2014   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
2 15 January 2015   Poland Wisła Malinka HS134 LH
3 8 March 2015   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
4 2015/16 24 January 2016   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 LH
5 2016/17 30 December 2016   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
6 4 February 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 FH
7 5 February 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 FH
8 15 February 2017   South Korea Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 LH
9 12 March 2017   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
10 16 March 2017   Norway Trondheim Granåsen HS140 LH
11 24 March 2017   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
12 26 March 2017   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
13 2018/19 20 January 2019   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
14 26 January 2019   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
15 27 January 2019   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
16 12 March 2019   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
17 2019/20 8 December 2019   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
18 2 February 2020   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
19 16 February 2020   Austria Tauplitz Kulm HS235 FH
20 22 February 2020   Romania Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 NH
21 28 February 2020   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
22 2021/22 11 December 2021   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
23 25 February 2022   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
24 3 March 2022   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
25 19 March 2022   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
26 2022/23 27 November 2022   Finland Ruka[a] Rukatunturi HS142 LH
27 21 January 2023   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
28 12 March 2023   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
29 19 March 2023   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH
30 1 April 2023   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
31 2023/24 25 November 2023   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
32 26 November 2023   Finland Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
33 2 December 2023   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
34 3 December 2023   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
35 17 December 2023   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis HS140 LH
36 6 January 2024   Austria Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 LH
37 21 January 2024   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
38 11 February 2024   United States Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128 LH
39 17 February 2024   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
40 25 February 2024   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
41 9 March 2024   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
42 13 March 2024   Norway Trondheim Granåsen HS138 NH
43 17 March 2024   Norway Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH

Individual starts (301)[edit]

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Points
2011/12 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Predazzo Predazzo Willingen Oberstdorf Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 0
– – – – – – – – – q 54 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2012/13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 202
– – – – – – – – – 23 3 28 11 – – – – – – 19 11 38 6 14 42 27 22
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 539
14 q 22 25 25 19 12 13 50 30 12 20 33 21 21 22 24 16 15 7 5 2 4 9 11 8 13 9
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 1578
2 13 13 17 11 4 3 6 9 1 6 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 7 6 2 5 – – 1 3 9 10 5 3 4
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 1006
6 4 14 22 27 7 8 7 9 11 4 4 1 – – 2 5 6 2 11 8 3 11 4 21 22 10 12 10
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 1665
9 4 3 3 8 6 3 1 3 18 25 2 4 – 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 5 1 1
2017/18 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 881
3 13 4 3 12 13 3 4 31 24 4 9 15 – – 3 2 8 2 5 3 2
2018/19 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 1349
21 26 10 5 20 8 12 3 49 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 6 3 7 4 11 10 2 1 3 3 14 17
2019/20 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Lillehammer 1659
21 4 7 1 2 2 18 4 13 4 4 2 2 2 11 2 2 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 2 8 17
2020/21 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 429
32 – – – – – – 6 28 8 4 9 3 – 5 23 6 19 16 10 5 – 23 29 17
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 1069
q 3 4 7 3 1 26 9 14 12 q 23 24 17 – 22 9 25 6 1 3 1 8 3 1 3 6 11
2022/23 Wisła Wisła Ruka Ruka Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 1790
3 5 2 1 8 3 4 6 5 18 4 14 3 5 1 18 2 3 8 13 16 3 – 2 1 2 8 2 1 2 1 3
2023/24 Ruka Ruka Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 2149
1 1 1 1 2 9 3 1 3 6 6 1 2 1 39 6 24 1 1 4 3 1 49 8 1 3 5 1 1 2 7 4

Podiums[edit]

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011/12 - - - -
2012/13 - - 1 1
2013/14 - 1 - 1
2014/15 3 6 4 13
2015/16 1 2 1 4
2016/17 8 3 6 17
2017/18 - 3 5 8
2018/19 4 3 5 12
2019/20 5 8 2 15
2020/21 - - 1 1
2021/22 4 - 5 9
2022/23 5 6 6 17
2023/24 13 3 4 20
Total 43 35 40 118

Ski jumping world record[edit]

Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
18 March 2017   Vikersundbakken HS225 Vikersund, Norway 253.5 832

Olympic results[edit]

Year
Age Normal hill Large hill Team Mixed Team
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 24 13 18 4 –
China 2022 Beijing 28 10 13 1 5

World Championships[edit]

  • 13 medals – (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)
Year
Normal Hill Large Hill Team (men) Team (mixed)
Italy 2013 Val di Fiemme 33 8 – –
Sweden 2015 Falun 3 5 2 4
Finland 2017 Lahti 1 1 3 2
Austria 2019 Seefeld 3 6 2 2
Germany 2021 Oberstdorf 10 1 2 3
Slovenia 2023 Planica 4 6 3 4

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Tied with Halvor Egner Granerud

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stefan Kraft wins 4-Hills, Michael Hayboeck takes win in Bischofshofen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Austria's Stefan Kraft breaks world record after landing 253.5m ski jump". Guinness World Records. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gayle, Everton (26 March 2017). "Stefan Kraft wins ski jumping world cup title". euronews. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

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