Stefan Kraft

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).

Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2018
Country	Austria
Born	13 May 1993 Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ski club	SV Schwarzach
Personal best	253.5 m (832 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Individual wins	21
Team wins	6
Indiv. podiums	72
Team podiums	26
Indiv. starts	206
Team starts	45
Overall titles	2 (2017, 2020)
Four Hills titles	1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles	2 (2017, 2020)
Raw Air titles	1 (2017)
Medal record Men's ski jumping World Championships 2017 Lahti Individual NH 2017 Lahti Individual LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH 2019 Seefeld Team LH 2019 Seefeld Mixed NH 2015 Falun Individual NH 2017 Lahti Team LH 2019 Seefeld Individual NH Men's ski flying World Championships 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 31 January 2021.

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			7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	6	5	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17		6			N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	4	20	4	4	—	N/A	4
2018/19		17	8		7	N/A	12
2019/20		5		8		4	N/A
2020/21	16	8			15	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2014/15	29 December 2014	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
2		15 January 2015	Wisła	Malinka HS134 (night)	LH
3		8 March 2015	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
4	2015/16	24 January 2016	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
5	2016/17	30 December 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
6		4 February 2017	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 (night)	FH
7		5 February 2017	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225	FH
8		15 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 (night)	LH
9		12 March 2017	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
10		16 March 2017	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH
11		24 March 2017	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH
12		26 March 2017	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH
13	2018/19	20 January 2019	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS140 (night)	LH
14		26 January 2019	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS137 (night)	LH
15		27 January 2019	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS137	LH
16		12 March 2019	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS140 (night)	LH
17	2019/20	8 December 2019	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
18		2 February 2020	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS137	LH
19		16 February 2020	Tauplitz	Kulm HS235	FH
20		22 February 2020	Râșnov	Râșnov Ski Jump HS97	NH
21		28 February 2020	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																																0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012/13																																202
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	3	28	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	11	38	6	14	42	27	22
2013/14																																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																																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																																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																																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																																881
	3	13	4	3	12	13	3	4	31	24	4	9	15	–	–	3	2	8	2	5	3	2
2018/19																																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																																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																																307
	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	28	8	4	9	3	–	5	23	6

Podiums

Season	Podiums
	Medals			Total
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
2018 Pyeongchang	24	13	18	4

World Championships

Year
	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team (men)	Team (mixed)
2013 Val di Fiemme	33	8	–	–
2015 Falun	3	5	2	4
2017 Lahti	1	1	3	2
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.

External links

• Stefan Kraft at the International Ski Federation