Gregor Schlierenzauer

Gregor Schlierenzauer
Schlierenzauer in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country	Austria
Born	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 31) Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Ski club	SV Innsbruck–Bergisel
Personal best	243.5 m (799 ft) Vikersund, 12 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons	2006–2021
Individual wins	53
Team wins	17
Indiv. podiums	88
Team podiums	37
Indiv. starts	275
Team starts	50
Overall titles	2 (2009, 2013)
Four Hills titles	2 (2012, 2013)
Ski Flying titles	3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
Nordic titles	2 (2008, 2009)
hide Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Winter Olympics 1 1 2 World Championships 6 5 1 Ski Flying World Championships 4 1 0 Total 11 7 2 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team LH 2014 Sochi Team LH 2010 Vancouver Individual NH 2010 Vancouver Individual LH World Championships 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Team LH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Individual LH 2011 Oslo Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2009 Liberec Individual NH 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH 2013 Val di Flemme Individual NH 2015 Falun Individual LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2017 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying World Championships 2008 Oberstdorf Individual 2008 Oberstdorf Team 2010 Planica Team 2012 Vikersund Team 2010 Planica Individual
Updated on 21 September 2021.

Gregor Schlierenzauer (pronounced [ˈʃliːʁənt͡saʊ̯ɐ]; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tournament, and Nordic Tournament twice each; the Ski Flying World Cup overall title three times; as well as four medals at the Winter Olympics, twelve at the Ski Jumping World Championships, and five at the Ski Flying World Championships.

During his victorious 2008/09 World Cup season, Schlierenzauer set a number of ski jumping records, including surpassing Janne Ahonen's record of twelve individual World Cup wins in a season with thirteen; and also tying Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki, and Thomas Morgenstern's record of six consecutive individual wins in a single season. On 26 January 2013, Schlierenzauer equalled Matti Nykänen's long-standing record of 46 individual World Cup wins, and has 53 to his name as of 6 December 2014, the most of any male ski jumper.^[2]

On September 21, 2021, he announced the end of his athletic career on his website.^[3]

Early and personal life[]

Gregor Schlierenzauer was born on 7 January 1990 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, to Paul and Angelika Schlierenzauer.^[4] The second of three children, he has an older sister, Gloria, and a younger brother, Lukas. His uncle is Markus Prock, the winner of three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge, who settled him a contract with Fischer Skis in 2001 and a few years later with Red Bull. Schlierenzauer has been deaf in his left ear since birth.^[4] He is also the cousin of luger Hannah Prock.^[5]

At age eight, Schlierenzauer began training in ski jumping at SV Innsbruck–Bergisel club. He attended an ordinary Austrian grammar school, however, due to tight schedules in both sport and school, he had problems keeping up with his class work. Schlierenzauer then enrolled at Skigymnasium Stams in Austria, the world's oldest ski-sport training center and boarding secondary school. He currently resides in Fulpmes, Tyrol.^[4]

Schlierenzauer began competing professionally in the 2005/06 season in the Continental Cup, then only fifteen years old. In February 2006, he won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Kranj, Slovenia and then Alex Pointner, the coach of the Austrian professional team, called him to compete in the World Cup. Schlierenzauer debuted in the World Cup finishing in 24th place at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival on 12 March 2006.^[6]

Ski jumping career[]

2006/07 World Cup[]

On 3 December 2006, Schlierenzauer took his first World Cup victory in Lillehammer, Norway, and became one of the youngest jumpers to ever win in Lillehammer. He also won in Oberstdorf, Germany, at the Four Hills Tournament 2006/07. During the Four Hills Tournament, Finnish newspapers claimed that Schlierenzauer was extremely underweight, however, no evidence has ever been found to substantiate this accusation. He won the fourth competition, in Bischofshofen, Austria, on his 17th birthday, but finished the tournament in second place, behind Anders Jacobsen (Norway), and in front of Simon Ammann (Switzerland).

Schlierenzauer took fourth place in World Cup 2006/07. He was second, but Adam Małysz from Poland ended up taking the first-place position from Anders Jacobsen, so Schlierenzauer finished third. His coach deemed the event in Planica too demanding for 17-year-old Schlierenzauer, so he did not compete there and ended finishing fourth, behind Adam Małysz, Anders Jacobsen and Simon Ammann.

2007/08 World Cup[]

At the beginning of the World Cup 2007/08, Schlierenzauer took 2nd place on the World Cup list, behind his teammate Thomas Morgenstern. He also took 2nd place in Oberstdorf, Germany, during the Four Hills Tournament 2007/08. He won 1st place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He took 8th place at the competition in Bischofshofen which was originally to be held in Innsbruck but was moved due to strong winds. He was one of the favorites for the tournament, but, due to variable weather conditions, arrived only in 42nd position in the first series and did not enter the second series. At the end of the Four Hills Tournament, he ended up in 12th place.

He skipped the competitions in Predazzo, where Tom Hilde from Norway took his first World Cup victory, and in Harrachov. On 25 January 2007, Schlierenzauer took his second World Cup victory in Zakopane, Poland. He also skipped the competition in Sapporo, ruining his chance to take the first-place position from his Austrian teammate Thomas Morgenstern.

After two-second-place finishes in Liberec and an eighth-place finish in Willingen, he took part in the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf in 2008. After four series of competing, he won the gold medal, on 23 February 2008. The next day, on 24 February, the Austrian team, composed of (Schlierenzauer-Thomas Morgenstern-Koch-Kofler) won gold in the team competition.

He also took part in the 2008 Nordic Tournament. He took the second and fourth place at the two competitions in Kuopio and in Lahti which was moved to Kuopio because of bad weather). Winning at the competitions in Lillehammer and Oslo, he won the 2008 Nordic Tournament.

After consecutively winning the last four individual competitions of the season, Schlierenzauer ranked second overall in the 2007/08 World Cup, 233 points behind his teammate Thomas Morgenstern. In March 2008, he improved the Austrian national record on flying hills to 233.5 meters, which was also the longest jump of Planica 2008 ski jumping events.

2008/09 World Cup[]

On 11 February 2009, Schlierenzauer became only the fourth jumper to win 6 consecutive World Cup events, tying the record held by Austrian teammate Thomas Morgenstern and Finns Janne Ahonen and Matti Hautamäki. The run of victories came to an end in Oberstdorf during the ski flying event on 14 February, when Schlierenzauer arrived in 8th position.

On 21 February he won silver in the individual normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec behind fellow Austrian and Four Hills winner Wolfgang Loitzl. One week later, Schlierenzauer won gold in the team large hill event.

He returned to winning ways in individual competition on 8 March at Lahti, Finland, taking his number of wins to 11 for that season, one victory shy of Janne Ahonen's record of 12 wins in one season.

On 20 March he won the ski flying event at Planica, taking his number of wins to 13 for the season record, record of 20 podiums in a season and clinching the 2008–09 world cup title with two flying events left to run. He also achieved a record of 2083 points in the World Cup over a single season, becoming the first person to obtain more than 2000 points. The current records of wins, podiums and points in a single world cup season is held by Peter Prevc.

2009/10 World Cup[]

In the 2009/10 World Cup, Schlierenzauer finished second behind Simon Ammann. He celebrated 8 World Cup victories including wins in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Innsbruck during the Four Hills Tournament. One of the season highlights for Schlierenzauer was the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. He was only 7th after the first round in the Normal Hill competition, but jumping 106.5 meters in the final round, moved him up to 3rd position. The Normal Hill event was won by Simon Ammann while Adam Malysz was second. A week later, Schlierenzauer was 5th after the first round in the Large Hill competition, but moved to 3rd place again in the final round. The competition was once again won by Simon Ammann while Adam Malysz finished second.

Two days later he won the Team Event with Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern, earning Schlierenzauer his first ever Olympic Gold Medal.

2010/11 World Cup[]

At the beginning of the 2010/11 World Cup, Schlierenzauer suffered an injury and missed the first two events of the Four Hills Tournament. Even though he was recovering from injury, he managed to take two victories at the Vikersund ski flying hill and, later in the season, won three gold medals at FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Holmenkollen in Oslo. He also set a new Personal Best at a competition in Vikersund by jumping 243.5 meters.

2011/12 World Cup[]

Schlierenzauer celebrated his first victory of the 2011/12 season in Harrachov on 9 December 2011.^[7] On 6 January 2012, Schlierenzauer won the 4 Hills Tournament for the first time. As of 5 February 2012, Schlierenzauer has 40 World Cup victories, 1 gold and 2 bronze Olympic medals, and 8 gold and 2 silver medals at World championships.

2012/13 World Cup[]

In the 2012–13 season, Schlierenzauer won the Individual World Cup Standings for the second time total. He also won the Four Hills Tournament for a second time, and the Ski Flying World Cup for a third time total. At the first Individual Competition in Vikersund, Gregor equaled Nykänen's record of 46 World Cup Wins, and at Harrachov he superseded Nykänen's record by winning again.

2017/18 World Cup[]

Schlierenzauer made a comeback to the World Cup at Titisee-Neustadt. His best result of the season was 13th at Oberstdorf in the Four Hills Tournament. At the season Final in Planica, Schlierenzauer jumped 253.5 meters in the Qualification but touched the ground with his hands.^[8] It was the same length as Stefan Kraft's world record, however it did not count as he touched the ground with his hands. Schlierenzauer finished the season 35th overall with 77 points.

2018/19 World Cup[]

Schlierenzauer disappointed in the season opener at Wisla, but was 12th in the difficult wind conditions at Kuusamo, a week later.

Olympic Games[]

Event	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team
Representing  Austria
2010 Vancouver	Bronze[9]	Bronze	Gold
2014 Sochi	11th	7th	Silver
2018 Pyeongchang	22nd	—	4th

World Championships[]

Event	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team Normal Hill	Team Large Hill	Mixed Team
Representing  Austria
2007 Sapporo	8th	10th	N/A	Gold	N/A
2009 Liberec	Silver	4th	N/A	Gold	N/A
2011 Oslo	8th	Gold	Gold	Gold	N/A
2013 Val di Fiemme	Silver	8th	N/A	Gold	Silver
2015 Falun	22nd	Silver	N/A	Silver	—
2017 Lahti	24th	—	N/A	Bronze	—

Ski Flying World Championships[]

Event	Individual	Team
Representing  Austria
2008 Oberstdorf	Gold	Gold
2010 Planica	Silver	Gold
2012 Vikersund	18th	Gold
2014 Harrachov	24th	—
2020 Planica	26th	6th

World Cup[]

Standings[]

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7	NT
2005/06	73	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50
2006/07	4		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	24
2007/08		12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008/09				N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009/10		4		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4
2010/11	9	36		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/12			8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13				N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	6	8		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	10	7	18	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	43	33	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	34	—	34	28	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	35	26	46	29	—	N/A	23	N/A
2018/19	46	—	—	—	47	N/A	—	N/A
2019/20	20	28	—	11	8	18	N/A	N/A
2020/21	65	60	—	N/A	—	N/A	—	N/A

Individual starts (275)[]

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
2005/06																																7
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24	–	–
2006/07																																956
	–	4	1	1	3	1	4	11	1	–	9	4	10	8	2	1	17	38	9	19	41	–	–	–
2007/08																																1561
	4	2	9	3	2	4	2	2	1	5	42	18	6	–	1	8	–	–	2	2	8	2	4	1	1	1	1
2008/09																																2083
	3	1	3	2	4	3	1	4	4	2	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	1	10	3	1	1	5
2009/10																																1368
	19	1	4	2	1	6	9	1	1	6	5	1	–	–	1	1	7	3	1	4	11	2	12
2010/11																																761
	14	16	14	20	–	–	–	–	–	18	23	5	13	–	–	6	9	19	5	5	3	1	1	8	1	4
2011/12																																1267
	2	6	4	1	8	11	4	1	1	2	3	7	30	18	1	–	–	1	2	18	7	6	12	16	5	4
2012/13																																1620
	8	1	4	1	25	3	1	2	2	1	1	DNS	8	–	–	1	3	1	1	3	3	15	5	16	1	1	11
2013/14																																943
	DNS	1	1	15	4	8	27	4	9	8	4	18	3	2	8	12	–	–	–	–	18	8	3	10	13	5	5	8
2014/15																																739
	15	24	12	1	13	2	4	23	11	17	4	5	7	24	38	15	–	–	13	20	7	10	–	–	7	27	8	17	17	12	9
2015/16																																53
	17	14	20	–	–	–	–	31	21	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016/17																																94
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	8	33	7	19	–	–	–	–	–	20	–	28	–	–
2017/18																																77
	–	–	–	–	22	46	34	13	19	37	33	38	40	–	–	19	17	25	q	38	27	–
2018/19																																23
	48	12	q	34	45	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	42	DQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019/20																																356
	30	14	4	44	12	37	15	31	35	6	17	20	17	15	14	32	33	37	7	40	q	17	12	26	13	10	18
2020/21																																8
	44	–	–	–	–	30	24	–	–	32	DQ	–	–	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Wins[]

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2006/07	3 December 2006	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138	LH
2		16 December 2006	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
3		30 December 2006	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
4		7 January 2007	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night)	LH
5		7 February 2007	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena HS140 (night)	LH
6	2007/08	1 January 2008	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze HS140	LH
7		25 January 2008	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
8		7 March 2008	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night)	LH
9		9 March 2008	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS128	LH
10		14 March 2008	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
11		16 March 2008	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
12	2008/09	6 December 2008	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH
13		21 December 2008	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
14		10 January 2009	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
15		11 January 2009	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
16		17 January 2009	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
17		24 January 2009	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park HS140	LH
18		25 January 2009	Whistler	Whistler Olympic Park HS140	LH
19		31 January 2009	Sapporo	Okurayama HS134 (night)	LH
20		8 February 2009	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night)	LH
21		11 February 2009	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena HS140 (night)	LH
22		8 March 2009	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS97	NH
23		15 March 2009	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS207 (night)	FH
24		20 March 2009	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
25	2009/10	5 December 2009	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night)	LH
26		19 December 2009	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
27		1 January 2010	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze HS140	LH
28		3 January 2010	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH
29		10 January 2010	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS200	FH
30		22 January 2010	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
31		23 January 2010	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
32		6 February 2010	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 (night)	LH
33	2010/11	12 February 2011	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225 (night)	FH
34		13 February 2011	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
35		18 March 2011	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
36	2011/12	9 December 2011	Harrachov	Čerťák HS142 (night)	LH
37		30 December 2011	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
38		1 January 2012	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze HS140	LH
39		21 January 2012	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)	LH
40		4 February 2012	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino dal Ben HS134 (night)	LH
41	2012/13	25 November 2012	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138	LH
42		8 December 2012	Soči	RusSki Gorki HS106 (night)	NH
43		16 December 2012	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
44		4 January 2013	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH
45		6 January 2013	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night)	LH
46		26 January 2013	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
47		2 February 2013	Harrachov	Čerťák HS205	FH
48		3 February 2013	Harrachov	Čerťák HS205	FH
49		17 March 2013	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS128	LH
50		22 March 2013	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS215	FH
51	2013/14	29 November 2013	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH
52		7 December 2013	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
53	2014/15	6 December 2014	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night)	LH

Invalid ski jumping world record[]

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
22 March 2018	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240	Planica, Slovenia	253.5	832

  Not recognized. Ground touch at world record distance.

References[]

External links[]

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