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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 three times each, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament three times, 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).
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Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria | 13 May 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | SV Schwarzach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 253.5 m (832 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 301 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 118 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 3 (2017, 2020, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four Hills titles | 1 (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski Flying titles | 3 (2017, 2020, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raw Air titles | 3 (2017, 2022, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 24 March 2024. |
Career
editThis section needs to be updated.(May 2017) |
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
editSeason 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
editSeason | 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
editNo. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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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)
editSeason | 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
editSeason | Podiums | |||||||||
Medals | Total | |||||||||
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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
editCurrent 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
editYear | |||||
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- ^ Tied with Halvor Egner Granerud
References
edit- ^ "Stefan Kraft wins 4-Hills, Michael Hayboeck takes win in Bischofshofen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Austria's Stefan Kraft breaks world record after landing 253.5m ski jump". Guinness World Records. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Gayle, Everton (26 March 2017). "Stefan Kraft wins ski jumping world cup title". euronews. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
External links
edit- Stefan Kraft at FIS (ski jumping)
- Stefan Kraft at Olympedia