German ski jumper (born 1996)
Katharina Schmid |
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![]() Schmid in 2019 |
Country | Germany |
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Born | (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996 (age 28) Oberstdorf, Germany |
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Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
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Ski club | SC 1906 Oberstdorf |
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Personal best | 198.5 m (651 ft) ![German women national record](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Sport_records_icon_NR.svg/20px-Sport_records_icon_NR.svg.png) Vikersund, 19 March 2023 |
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Seasons | 2012–present |
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Starts | 213 |
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Podiums | 52 |
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Wins | 15 |
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Updated on 21 March 2024. |
Katharina Schmid (née Althaus, born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper.
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
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 teammates 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
Winter Olympics
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
World Cup
Standings
Wins
References
External links
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- 2019: Germany
- 2021: Austria
- 2023: Germany
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- 2013: Japan
- 2015: Germany
- 2017: Germany
- 2019: Germany
- 2021: Germany
- 2023: Germany
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Youth Olympic champions in ski jumping – mixed team normal hill |
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