Karl Geiger

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.

For the Austrian Olympic sailor, see Karl Geiger (sailor).

Karl Geiger
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
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
2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
2022 BeijingIndividual LH
2022 BeijingTeam LH
World Championships
2019 SeefeldTeam LH
2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
2021 OberstdorfTeam LH
2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
2023 PlanicaMixed team NH
2019 SeefeldIndividual LH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
2023 PlanicaIndividual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
2020 PlanicaIndividual
2020 PlanicaTeam
2022 VikersundTeam
2024 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Updated on 30 January 2024.

Career

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

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

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
2019 Seefeld 18
2021 Oberstdorf
2023 Planica 8 5

FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Event Individual Team
2020 Planica
2022 Vikersund 8
2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19

World Cup

Season standings
 Season [3] Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2012/13 415947N/A
2013/14 4248—N/A
2014/15 7558—N/A
2015/16 303129N/A
2016/17 18181823N/A
2017/18 1411242020N/A35
2018/19 10111311N/A6
2019/20 51245N/A
2020/21 6N/A20N/A
2021/22 410N/A11
2022/23 11232514N/A20
2023/24 714N/A

Individual wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/1915 December 2018     EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140LH
2 16 February 2019   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/2011 January 2020   Val di FiemmeTrampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104NH
4 12 January 2020  
5 21 February 2020   RâșnovRâșnov Ski Jump HS97
6 1 March 2020   LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
7 2020/2129 December 2020   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137
8 26 March 2021   PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS240FH
9 28 March 2021  
10 2021/2220 November 2021   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134LH
11 18 December 2021     EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12 22 January 2022   Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142
13 23 January 2022  
14 2023/249 December 2023   KlingenthalVogtland Arena HS140LH
15 10 December 2023  

Individual starts
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
Season Podiums
Medals Total
2012/13----
2013/14----
2014/15----
2015/16-1-1
2016/17----
2017/18----
2018/192--2
2019/2046111
2020/213148
2021/2245211
2022/23--44
2023/242--2
Total15131139

References
  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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