Stefan Kraft

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 two and three times respectively, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament twice, 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).

Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2019
CountryAustria
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993
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
Starts301
Podiums118
Wins43
Overall titles3 (2017, 2020, 2024)
Four Hills titles1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles3 (2017, 2020, 2023)
Raw Air titles3 (2017, 2022, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingTeam LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LahtiIndividual NH
Gold medal – first place2017 LahtiIndividual LH
Gold medal – first place2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
Silver medal – second place2015 FalunTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2017 LahtiMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2019 SeefeldTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place2015 FalunIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2017 LahtiTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place2019 SeefeldIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
Bronze medal – third place2023 PlanicaTeam LH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
Silver medal – second place2024 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Bad MitterndorfIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2016 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 VikersundIndividual
Updated on 24 March 2024.

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 Zakopane 2013.

Season titles

  • 6 titles – (3 overall, 3 ski flying)
Season
Discipline
2016/17Overall
Ski flying
2019/20Overall
Ski flying
2022/23Ski flying
2023/24Overall

Season standings

 Season  Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2011/12 67N/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/13 314032N/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 102729N/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)7N/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 657N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 1st place, gold medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 42044N/A4
2018/19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)1782nd place, silver medalist(s)7N/A12
2019/20 1st place, gold medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)82nd place, silver medalist(s)4N/A
2020/21 17822N/A15N/A17
2021/22 5263rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)N/AN/A6
2022/23 2nd place, silver medalist(s)61st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023/24 1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)N/AN/A4

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2014/1529 December 2014  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
2 15 January 2015  Poland WisłaMalinka HS134LH
3 8 March 2015  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
4 2015/1624 January 2016  Poland ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS134LH
5 2016/1730 December 2016  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137LH
6 4 February 2017  Germany OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225FH
7 5 February 2017  Germany OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225FH
8 15 February 2017  South Korea PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140LH
9 12 March 2017  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
10 16 March 2017  Norway TrondheimGranåsen HS140LH
11 24 March 2017  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH
12 26 March 2017  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH
13 2018/1920 January 2019  Poland ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS140LH
14 26 January 2019  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
15 27 January 2019  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
16 12 March 2019  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
17 2019/208 December 2019  Russia Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134LH
18 2 February 2020  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
19 16 February 2020  Austria TauplitzKulm HS235FH
20 22 February 2020  Romania RâșnovRâșnov Ski Jump HS97NH
21 28 February 2020  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
22 2021/22 11 December 2021  Germany KlingenthalVogtland Arena HS140LH
23 25 February 2022  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
24 3 March 2022  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
25 19 March 2022  Germany OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235FH
26 2022/23 27 November 2022  Finland Ruka[lower-alpha 1]Rukatunturi HS142LH
27 21 January 2023  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
28 12 March 2023  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
29 19 March 2023  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS240FH
30 1 April 2023  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS240FH
31 2023/24 25 November 2023  Finland RukaRukatunturi HS142LH
32 26 November 2023  Finland RukaRukatunturi HS142LH
33 2 December 2023  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS98NH
34 3 December 2023  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
35 17 December 2023  Switzerland EngelbergGross-Titlis HS140LH
36 6 January 2024  Austria BischofshofenPaul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS142LH
37 21 January 2024  Poland ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS140LH
38 11 February 2024  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128LH
39 17 February 2024  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
40 25 February 2024  Germany OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235FH
41 9 March 2024  Norway OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
42 13 March 2024  Norway TrondheimGranåsen HS138NH
43 17 March 2024  Norway VikersundVikersundbakken HS240FH

Individual starts (301)

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
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 Planica Planica Planica 429
32 6 28 8 4 9 3 5 23 6 19 16 10 5 23 29 17
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 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 Wisła Wisła Ruka Ruka Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Sapporo Bad Mitterndorf Bad Mitterndorf Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Râșnov Oslo Oslo Lillehammer Lillehammer Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Planica Planica 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 Ruka Ruka Lillehammer Lillehammer Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lake Placid, New York Lake Placid, New York Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Lahti Oslo Oslo Trondheim Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Planica Planica 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

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2011/12----
2012/13--11
2013/14-1-1
2014/1536413
2015/161214
2016/1783617
2017/18-358
2018/1943512
2019/2058215
2020/21--11
2021/224-59
2022/2356617
2023/24133420
Total433540118

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 Mixed Team
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 24 13 18 4
China 2022 Beijing 28 10 13 1 5

World Championships

  • 13 medals – (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)
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
Germany 2021 Oberstdorf 10 1 2 3
Slovenia 2023 Planica 4 6 3 4

Notes

  1. Tied with Halvor Egner Granerud

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. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. Gayle, Everton (26 March 2017). "Stefan Kraft wins ski jumping world cup title". euronews. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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