Karl Geiger

Karl Geiger
Country	Germany
Born	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 28) Oberstdorf, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	SC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best	243.5 m (799 ft) Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2013–present
Individual wins	11
Team wins	5
Indiv. podiums	26
Team podiums	17
Indiv. starts	185
Team starts	27
Medal record Men's ski jumping Representing  Germany Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH World Championships 2019 Seefeld Team LH 2019 Seefeld Mixed NH 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH 2019 Seefeld Individual LH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH Men's ski flying Ski Flying World Championships 2020 Planica Individual 2020 Planica Team
Updated on 18 December 2021.

Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper, current Ski Flying World Champion, team champion and team mixed champion.^[1]

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 December 12, 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
2018 Pyeongchang	10	7

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships[]

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2019 Seefeld	18
2021 Oberstdorf

FIS Ski Flying World Championships[]

Event	Individual	Team
2020 Planica

World Cup[]

Season standings[]

Season				Tour Standings
	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7
2012/13	41	59	47	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	42	48	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	75	58	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	30	31	29	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	18	18	18	23	N/A	N/A	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	1	TBD	TBD	TBD	N/A	N/A	TBD

Individual wins[]

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	LH
3	2019/20	11 January 2020	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104	NH
4		12 January 2020			NH
5		21 February 2020	Râșnov	Râșnov Ski Jump HS97	NH
6		1 March 2020	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
7	2020/21	29 December 2020	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137	LH
8		26 March 2021	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240	FH
9		28 March 2021			FH
10	2021/22	20 November 2021	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134	LH
11		18 December 2021	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140	LH

Team victories[]

	Day	Year	Location	Hill	Point K	HS	Jump 1	Jump 2	Note (points)
1.	3 March	2018	Lahti	Salpausselkä	K-116	HS-130	130,0 m	127,5 m	1124.5 (284.9)
2.	19 January	2019	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew	K-125	HS-140	137,0 m	135,0 m	1157.5 (298.5)
3.	25 January	2020	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew	K-125	HS-140	133,0 m	142,0 m	1182.2 (305.6)
4.	29 February	2020	Lahti	Salpausselkä	K-116	HS-130	128,0 m	121,0 m	984.1 (259.5)
5.	28 March	2021	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek	K-200	HS-240	220,5 m	–	205.6 (819.5)

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	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																																1507
	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																																594
	1	2	5	2	4	4	22	1	2

Podiums[]

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	2	3	-	5
Total	11	11	5	27

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karl Geiger.

• Karl Geiger at FIS (ski jumping)
• Karl Geiger at Olympics.com
• Karl Geiger at the German Olympic Committee (in German)
• Karl Geiger at Olympedia