Katharina Schmid

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Katharina Schmid (née Althaus, born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper.

Katharina Schmid
Schmid in 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 27)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)‌
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best198.5 m (651 ft) German women national record
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts213
Podiums52
Wins15
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Individual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Falun Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Team NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Individual LH
Updated on 21 March 2024.

She is an individual world champion (with additional six team titles) and two time olympic runner-up.

In Planica 2023 she became the first and only ski jumper in history, both men and women, with at least four medals in total, achieved at a single FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Career edit

She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season. She finished 2nd in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 World Cup overall, and won individual silver medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

She became the mixed team ski jumping world champion together with her German team mates Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, and Severin Freund in Falun at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.[1] She took her first World Cup win on 12 February 2017 in Ljubno.[2]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica she won medals in all four disciplines (two Individual and two team events), three gold and one bronze medal.

Major Tournament results edit

Winter Olympics edit

Year Place Individual Mixed
2014   Sochi 23 N/A
2018   Pyeongchang 2 N/A
2022   Beijing 2 9

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships edit

Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Women Mixed
2013   Val di Fiemme 32 N/A N/A
2015   Falun 17 N/A N/A 1
2017   Lahti 8 N/A N/A
2019   Seefeld 2 N/A 1 1
2021   Oberstdorf 10 12 5 1
2023   Planica 1 3 1 1

World Cup edit

Standings edit

 Season  Overall ST AK L3 RA BB
2011/12 28 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 22 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2017/18   N/A N/A   N/A N/A
2018/19   N/A N/A      
2019/20 5 N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A
2020/21 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 8
2021/22 4 7 32 N/A 20 N/A
2022/23   5 N/A N/A   N/A
2023/24 10 N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A

Wins edit

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/17 12 February 2017     Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH
2 2017/18 2 December 2017     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
3 3 December 2017     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
4 3 March 2018     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 NH
5 2018/19 2 December 2018     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH
6 15 December 2018     Prémanon Les Tuffes HS90 NH
7 16 December 2018     Prémanon Les Tuffes HS90 NH
8 2021/22 4 December 2021     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
9 2022/23 3 December 2022     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH
10 11 December 2022     Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 LH
11 7 January 2023     Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
12 28 January 2023     Hinterzarten Adler Ski Stadium HS111 LH
13 4 February 2023     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
14 17 February 2023     Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 NH
15 15 March 2023     Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH

References edit

  1. ^ "German mixed team takes Gold in Falun". International Ski Federation. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ^ "German podium sweep in Ljubno". International Ski Federation. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

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