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Stefan Kraft

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).

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.

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     7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 6 5 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17   6     N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 4 20 4 4 — N/A 4
2018/19   17 8   7 N/A 12
2019/20   5   8   4 N/A
2020/21 17 8 22 N/A 15 N/A 17
2021/22 5 26     N/A N/A 6
2022/23   6     N/A N/A  
2023/24         N/A N/A 4

Wins edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2014/15 29 December 2014     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
2 15 January 2015     Wisła Malinka HS134 LH
3 8 March 2015     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
4 2015/16 24 January 2016     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 LH
5 2016/17 30 December 2016     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 LH
6 4 February 2017     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 FH
7 5 February 2017     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 FH
8 15 February 2017     Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 LH
9 12 March 2017     Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
10 16 March 2017     Trondheim Granåsen HS140 LH
11 24 March 2017     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
12 26 March 2017     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
13 2018/19 20 January 2019     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
14 26 January 2019     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
15 27 January 2019     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
16 12 March 2019     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
17 2019/20 8 December 2019     Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
18 2 February 2020     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
19 16 February 2020     Tauplitz Kulm HS235 FH
20 22 February 2020     Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 NH
21 28 February 2020     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
22 2021/22 11 December 2021     Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
23 25 February 2022     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
24 3 March 2022     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
25 19 March 2022     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
26 2022/23 27 November 2022     Ruka[a] Rukatunturi HS142 LH
27 21 January 2023     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
28 12 March 2023     Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
29 19 March 2023     Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS240 FH
30 1 April 2023     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
31 2023/24 25 November 2023     Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
32 26 November 2023     Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 LH
33 2 December 2023     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
34 3 December 2023     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
35 17 December 2023     Engelberg Gross-Titlis HS140 LH
36 6 January 2024     Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142 LH
37 21 January 2024     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 LH
38 11 February 2024     Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128 LH
39 17 February 2024     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
40 25 February 2024     Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 FH
41 9 March 2024     Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
42 13 March 2024     Trondheim Granåsen HS138 NH
43 17 March 2024     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                                                     0
– – – – – – – – – q 54 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2012/13                                                       202
– – – – – – – – – 23 3 28 11 – – – – – – 19 11 38 6 14 42 27 22
2013/14                                                         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                                                               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                                                           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                                                     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                                             881
3 13 4 3 12 13 3 4 31 24 4 9 15 – – 3 2 8 2 5 3 2
2018/19                                                         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                                                       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                                                   429
32 – – – – – – 6 28 8 4 9 3 – 5 23 6 19 16 10 5 – 23 29 17
2021/22                                                         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                                                                 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                                                                 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
     
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
  2018 Pyeongchang 24 13 18 4 –
  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)
  2013 Val di Fiemme 33 8 – –
  2015 Falun 3 5 2 4
  2017 Lahti 1 1 3 2
  2019 Seefeld 3 6 2 2
  2021 Oberstdorf 10 1 2 3
  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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