Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships.[1] Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.

Karl Geiger
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best243.5 m (799 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts248
Podiums39
Wins15
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
Gold medal – first place 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2019 Seefeld Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Planica Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Planica Individual
Silver medal – second place 2020 Planica Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Vikersund Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 30 January 2024.

Career

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His career-best achievements include winning a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as individual silver, team, and mixed team gold at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.

On 12 December 2020, Geiger achieved the gold medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships. He became the ski flying World Champion beating Halvor Egner Granerud and Markus Eisenbichler.[2]

Geiger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 15 December 2018 in Engelberg, Geiger won a World Cup competition for the first time in his career. On 16 February 2019, he achieved his second World Cup victory in Willingen, Germany.

Record

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Olympic Games

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Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Team Mixed
  2018 Pyeongchang 10 7  
  2022 Beijing 15     9

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

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Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
  2019 Seefeld 18      
  2021 Oberstdorf        
  2023 Planica   8 5  

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

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Event Individual Team
  2020 Planica    
  2022 Vikersund 8  
  2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19  

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season [3] Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2012/13 41 59 47 N/A
2013/14 42 48 N/A
2014/15 75 58 N/A
2015/16 30 31 29 N/A
2016/17 18 18 18 23 N/A
2017/18 14 11 24 20 20 N/A 35
2018/19 10 11 13 11   N/A 6
2019/20     5 12 4 5 N/A
2020/21 6     N/A 20 N/A  
2021/22   4 10   N/A 11
2022/23 11 23 25 14 N/A 20
2023/24 7 14 N/A

Individual wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/19 15 December 2018       Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
2 16 February 2019     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/20 11 January 2020     Val di Fiemme Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 NH
4 12 January 2020  
5 21 February 2020     Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97
6 1 March 2020     Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
7 2020/21 29 December 2020     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137
8 26 March 2021     Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
9 28 March 2021  
10 2021/22 20 November 2021     Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
11 18 December 2021       Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12 22 January 2022     Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142
13 23 January 2022  
14 2023/24 9 December 2023     Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
15 10 December 2023  

Individual starts

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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 Points
2012/13                                                       86
21 30 26 29 6 29 35 q 36 33 q 42 20 40 21 46 26 34
2013/14                                                         106
25 14 15 46 29 23 28 32 q 47 32 34 13 12 20 q 31 36
2014/15                                                               5
q q 45 31 38 q 26 39
2015/16                                                           174
26 32 31 40 36 16 40 28 28 18 2 25 17 20 24 21 33 24
2016/17                                                     369
6 9 14 12 14 24 47 27 28 15 9 29 10 11 36 32 23 13 16 9 25 25 31 11 16 23
2017/18                                             427
17 18 6 9 14 11 12 17 7 12 16 q 21 14 22 9 14 11 7 34 q 7
2018/19                                                         765
9 5 8 10 5 1 4 12 19 24 10 19 19 24 42 35 16 18 30 6 1 6 17 20 8 22 9 7
2019/20                                                       1519
7 7 2 6 5 3 4 2 2 8 2 1 1 12 5 5 11 5 5 4 6 1 2 2 1 19 19
2020/21                                                   826
2 9 8 1 5 16 3 25 11 25 3 11 23 32 38 23 22 3 3 1 1
2021/22                                                         1515
1 2 5 2 4 4 22 1 2 5 7 4 3 8 2 1 1 19 2 5 5 3 7 5 9 9 12 16
2022/23                                                                 736
34 17 6 33 3 5 22 10 4 11 q 23 14 20 22 34 5 21 8 4 3 3 12 5 37 21 17 3 25 23
2023/24                                                               520
11 9 4 4 1 1 20 4 7 16 26 15 10 23

Podiums

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Season Podiums
Medals Total
     
2012/13 - - - -
2013/14 - - - -
2014/15 - - - -
2015/16 - 1 - 1
2016/17 - - - -
2017/18 - - - -
2018/19 2 - - 2
2019/20 4 6 1 11
2020/21 3 1 4 8
2021/22 4 5 2 11
2022/23 - - 4 4
2023/24 2 - - 2
Total 15 13 11 39

References

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  1. ^ "GEIGER Karl – Athlete Information".
  2. ^ "Karl Geiger is Ski Flying World Champion". fis-ski.com. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Karl Geiger – Cups". fis-ski.com.
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