Daniel Tschofenig (born 28 March 2002)[1] is a ski jumper from Austria.

Daniel Tschofenig
Tschofenig in 2023 at the Tag des Sports event in Vienna
CountryAustria
Born (2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)
Villach,
Austria
Ski clubSV Achomitz-Zahomc
Personal best236.5 m (776 ft)
Planica, 4 April 2023
World Cup career
Seasons2021–present
Starts68
Podiums4
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Team LH
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lahti Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zakopane Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zakopane Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2022 Zakopane Mixed Team NH
Updated on 6 January 2024.

Tschofenig's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2021 in Bischofshofen. As of 2023, he has ten podiums in the World Cup, four individual and six with the Austrian team. He also finished 3rd at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's team large hill.[1]

Junior career edit

Tschofenig participated at the 2021 Junior World Championships in Lahti, Finland and finished at the fourth place in individual normall hill competition, and won the gold medal at the team event.[2][3] Next year Tschofenig won 3 gold medals (individual, team and mixed team) at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Zakopane, Poland.[4][5]

World Cup results edit

Individual starts (84) edit

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ); not permitted to start (NPS)
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 33 Points
2020/21                                                   30
30 9
2021/22                                                         251
40 40 24 21 23 38 36 17 10 21 18 40 19 10 5 19 23 31 17 23 20 14 22
2022/23                                                                   851
6 24 12 8 23 33 17 17 8 7 8 18 9 16 5 7 28 14 3 8 14 5 4 3 3 9 4 9 12
2023/24                                                                 747
5 7 3 13 19 16 NPS 21 20 18 8 17 6 4 23 16 5 11 22 15 7 46 31 15 14 2 6 14 6 11

Team starts (7) edit

winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); disqualified (DQ); not permitted to start (NPS)
Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2020/21          
3
2021/22              
4 3
2022/23              
1 2 1 1
2023/24            

Team wins (3) edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size Team
1 2022/23 14 January 2023     Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 (night) LH Tschofenig / Hayböck / Fettner / Kraft
2 25 March 2023     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 (night) LH Tschofenig / Hayböck / Hörl / Kraft
3 1 April 2023     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH Tschofenig / Hayböck / Hörl / Kraft

References edit

  1. ^ a b FIS. "Tschofenig Daniel - Athlete Information". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  2. ^ FIS (11 February 2021). "Niklas Bachlinger and Thea Minyan Bjoerseth are Junior World Champions". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ^ FIS (12 February 2021). "Austria wins both team events at Junior Worlds". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  4. ^ FIS (3 March 2022). "JWC: Titles to Daniel Tschofenig and Nika Prevc". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  5. ^ FIS (6 March 2022). "JWC: Team gold to Austria and Slovenia". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

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