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Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2018
Country Austria
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 31)
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
Starts206
Podiums72
Wins21
Overall titles2 (2017, 2020)
Four Hills titles1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles2 (2017, 2020)
Raw Air titles1 (2017)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti 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 NH
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Falun Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Lahti Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Seefeld Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 31 January 2021.

Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles twice each, the Four Hills Tournament and Raw Air Tournament once each, and two individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).

Career

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

Kraft in Klingenthal 2017.
Kraft in Zakopane 2013.

Season titles

  • 4 titles – (2 Overall, 2 Ski flying)
Season
Discipline
2016/17 Overall
Ski flying
2019/20 Overall
Ski flying

Season standings

 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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 6 5 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 4 20 4 4 — N/A 4
2018/19 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 17 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 N/A 12
2019/20 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 N/A
2020/21 16 8 15 N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2014/15 29 December 2014   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
2 15 January 2015   Poland Wisła Malinka HS134 (night) LH
3 8 March 2015   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
4 2015/16 24 January 2016   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night) LH
5 2016/17 30 December 2016   Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
6 4 February 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 (night) FH
7 5 February 2017   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 FH
8 15 February 2017   South Korea Pyeongchang Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 (night) LH
9 12 March 2017   Norway Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
10 16 March 2017   Norway Trondheim Granåsen HS140 (night) LH
11 24 March 2017   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
12 26 March 2017   Slovenia Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 FH
13 2018/19 20 January 2019   Poland Zakopane Wielka Krokiew HS140 (night) LH
14 26 January 2019   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 (night) LH
15 27 January 2019   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
16 12 March 2019   Norway Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 (night) LH
17 2019/20 8 December 2019   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
18 2 February 2020   Japan Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH
19 16 February 2020   Austria Tauplitz Kulm HS235 FH
20 22 February 2020   Romania Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 NH
21 28 February 2020   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 (night) LH

Individual starts (206)

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 Points
2011/12 Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Harrachov Harrachov Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Zakopane Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Predazzo Predazzo Willingen Oberstdorf Lahti Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 0
– – – – – – – – – q 54 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
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 202
– – – – – – – – – 23 3 28 11 – – – – – – 19 11 38 6 14 42 27 22
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 881
3 13 4 3 12 13 3 4 31 24 4 9 15 – – 3 2 8 2 5 3 2
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 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 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 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 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 307
32 – – – – – – 6 28 8 4 9 3 – 5 23 6

Podiums

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 0 3 5 8
2018/19 4 3 5 12
2019/20 5 8 2 15
2020/21 0 0 1 1
Total 21 26 25 72

Ski jumping world record

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

Year
Age Normal hill Large hill Team
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 24 13 18 4

World Championships

Year
Normal Hill Large Hill Team (men) Team (mixed)
Italy 2013 Val di Fiemme 33 8 – –
Sweden 2015 Falun 3 5 2 4
Finland 2017 Lahti 1 1 3 2
Austria 2019 Seefeld 3 6 2 2

References

  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. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. ^ Gayle, Everton (2017-03-26). "Stefan Kraft wins ski jumping world cup title". euronews. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

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