Karl Geiger

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Karl Geiger
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best243.5 m (799 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts248
Podiums39
Wins15
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Planica Individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Planica Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Vikersund Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 30 January 2024.

Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships.[1] Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.

Career[edit]

His career-best achievements include winning a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as individual silver, team, and mixed team gold at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.

On 12 December 2020, Geiger achieved the gold medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships. He became the ski flying World Champion beating Halvor Egner Granerud and Markus Eisenbichler.[2]

Geiger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 15 December 2018 in Engelberg, Geiger won a World Cup competition for the first time in his career. On 16 February 2019, he achieved his second World Cup victory in Willingen, Germany.

Record[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Team Mixed
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 10 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) –
China 2022 Beijing 15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[edit]

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
Austria 2019 Seefeld 18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Germany 2021 Oberstdorf 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovenia 2023 Planica 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

FIS Ski Flying World Championships[edit]

Event Individual Team
Slovenia 2020 Planica 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Norway 2022 Vikersund 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Austria 2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

World Cup[edit]

Season standings[edit]

 Season [3] Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2012/13 41 59 47 N/A
2013/14 42 48 — N/A
2014/15 75 58 — N/A
2015/16 30 31 29 N/A
2016/17 18 18 18 23 N/A
2017/18 14 11 24 20 20 N/A 35
2018/19 10 11 13 11 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) N/A 6
2019/20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 12 4 5 N/A
2020/21 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A 20 N/A 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021/22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s) N/A 11
2022/23 11 23 25 14 N/A 20
2023/24 7 14 N/A

Individual wins[edit]

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/19 15 December 2018    Switzerland  Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
2 16 February 2019   Germany Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/20 11 January 2020   Italy Val di Fiemme Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 NH
4 12 January 2020  
5 21 February 2020   Romania Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97
6 1 March 2020   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
7 2020/21 29 December 2020   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137
8 26 March 2021   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
9 28 March 2021  
10 2021/22 20 November 2021   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
11 18 December 2021    Switzerland  Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12 22 January 2022   Germany Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142
13 23 January 2022  
14 2023/24 9 December 2023   Germany Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
15 10 December 2023  

Individual starts[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
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 86
21 30 26 29 6 29 35 q 36 – – 33 q – – – – – – 42 20 40 21 46 26 34 –
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 106
25 14 15 46 29 23 28 32 q 47 32 34 – – – – 13 12 – – 20 q 31 36 – – – –
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 5
– – – q q 45 31 – – 38 q – – – – – 26 39 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
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 174
– – – – – – – 26 32 31 40 36 – – – 16 40 28 28 18 2 25 17 20 24 – 21 33 24
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 369
6 9 14 12 14 24 47 27 28 15 9 29 10 11 36 32 23 13 16 9 25 25 31 11 16 23
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 427
17 18 6 9 14 11 12 17 7 12 16 q 21 14 22 9 14 11 7 34 q 7
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 765
9 5 8 10 5 1 4 12 19 24 10 19 19 24 42 35 16 18 30 6 1 6 17 20 8 22 9 7
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 1519
7 7 2 6 5 3 4 2 2 8 2 1 1 12 5 5 11 5 5 4 6 1 2 2 1 19 19
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 Zakopane Zakopane Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 826
2 9 8 – – – – 1 5 16 3 25 11 25 3 11 23 32 38 23 22 3 3 1 1
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisla Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillhammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 1515
1 2 5 2 4 4 22 1 2 5 7 4 3 8 2 1 1 19 2 5 5 3 7 5 9 9 12 16
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 736
34 17 6 33 3 5 22 10 4 11 q 23 14 20 22 34 – – 5 21 8 4 3 3 12 5 37 21 17 3 25 23
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 Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 520
11 9 4 4 1 1 20 4 7 16 26 15 10 23

Podiums[edit]

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012/13 - - - -
2013/14 - - - -
2014/15 - - - -
2015/16 - 1 - 1
2016/17 - - - -
2017/18 - - - -
2018/19 2 - - 2
2019/20 4 6 1 11
2020/21 3 1 4 8
2021/22 4 5 2 11
2022/23 - - 4 4
2023/24 2 - - 2
Total 15 13 11 39

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GEIGER Karl – Athlete Information".
  2. ^ "Karl Geiger is Ski Flying World Champion". fis-ski.com. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Karl Geiger – Cups". fis-ski.com.

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