Richard Freitag

Richard Freitag
Richard Freitag
	Freitag 2019
Country	Germany
Born	14 August 1991 (age 30); Erlabrunn, Germany
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club	SG Nickelhuette Aue
Personal best	243 m (797 ft); Planica, 24 March 2018
World Cup career
Seasons	2010–present
Individual wins	8
Team wins	8
Indiv. podiums	23
Team podiums	30
Indiv. starts	217
Team starts	49
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
World Championships
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
	Updated on 12 March 2020.

Richard "Richi" Freitag (pronounced [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈfʁaɪtaːk]; born 14 August 1991) is a German ski jumper.

Career[]

His FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, having previously gained success in the Continental Cup. On 3 January 2010, he succeeded in Innsbruck with a 30th place-his first World Cup point. At the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica he reached the 28th place in the individual event. In his second season, he won the third place with the German team in Oberstdorf in 2011. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 World Cup, he finished 9th in Kuusamo. In Lillehammer on 3 December 2011 he reached the second rank, his first podium placing. A week later he won the competition on the large hill in Harrachov ahead of Thomas Morgenstern and his teammate Severin Freund. At the same jump, his father Holger Freitag celebrated his only World Cup victory on 8 January 1983. On 20 January he clinched 2nd spot in Polish Zakopane, behind home favorite Kamil Stoch, securing his 3rd individual podium of his career.

At the Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang he won together with his German team mates Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, and Andreas Wellinger the silver medal in the team large hill competition.

Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team
2018	9th	9th	Silver

World Championship[]

Year	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed team
2011	—	15	4	—
2013	6	6	2	3
2015	7	15	5	1
2017	9	19	4	—
2019	5	9	1	—

World Cup[]

Standings[]

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W5	T5	P7	NT
2009/10	90	38	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2010/11	38	17	52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/12	6	10	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13	8	11	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	24	24	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	12	6	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	9	9	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	13	11	17	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18		27	7	7	11	N/A	5	N/A
2018/19	21	14	21	32	9	N/A	18	N/A
2019/20	44	—	—	—	31	—	N/A	N/A

Wins[]

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2011/12	11 December 2011	Harrachov	Čerťák HS142	LH
2	2012/13	16 February 2013	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night)	FH
3	2012/13	10 March 2013	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
4	2014/15	20 December 2014	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
5	2014/15	4 January 2015	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH
6	2017/18	2 December 2017	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
7		10 December 2017	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142 (night)	LH
8		17 December 2017	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140	LH

References[]

External links[]

Richard Freitag at the International Ski Federation
Richard Freitag at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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