Karl Geiger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oberstdorf, Germany | 11 February 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. wins | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 1 December 2024. |
Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships. [1] Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.
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 12 December 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.
Event | Normal hill | Large hill | Team LH | Team Mixed |
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2018 Pyeongchang | 10 | 7 | – | |
2022 Beijing | 15 | 9 |
Event | Normal hill | Large hill | Team LH | Mixed Team NH |
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2019 Seefeld | 18 | |||
2021 Oberstdorf | ||||
2023 Planica | 8 | 5 |
Event | Individual | Team |
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2020 Planica | ||
2022 Vikersund | 8 | |
2024 Bad Mitterndorf | 19 |
Season [3] | Tour Standings | ||||||
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Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 | |
2012/13 | 41 | 59 | 47 | N/A | |||
2013/14 | 42 | 48 | — | N/A | |||
2014/15 | 75 | 58 | — | N/A | |||
2015/16 | 30 | 31 | 29 | N/A | |||
2016/17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 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 | 4 | 10 | N/A | 11 | |||
2022/23 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 14 | N/A | 20 | |
2023/24 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 36 | N/A | 17 | |
2024/25 | 9 | N/A |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 2018/19 | 15 December 2018 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | LH |
2 | 16 February 2019 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | ||
3 | 2019/20 | 11 January 2020 | Val di Fiemme | Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 | NH |
4 | 12 January 2020 | ||||
5 | 21 February 2020 | Râșnov | Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 | ||
6 | 1 March 2020 | Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130 | LH | |
7 | 2020/21 | 29 December 2020 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 | |
8 | 26 March 2021 | Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 | FH | |
9 | 28 March 2021 | ||||
10 | 2021/22 | 20 November 2021 | Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 | LH |
11 | 18 December 2021 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | ||
12 | 22 January 2022 | Titisee-Neustadt | Hochfirstschanze HS142 | ||
13 | 23 January 2022 | ||||
14 | 2023/24 | 9 December 2023 | Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140 | LH |
15 | 10 December 2023 |
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 |
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 | 1519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | ||||||
2022/23 | 736 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 17 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 11 | q | 23 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 34 | – | – | 5 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 23 | ||
2023/24 | 623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 29 | 27 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 39 | – | 13 | 22 | |||
2024/25 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 13 | 26 | 3 |
Season | Podiums | |||||||||
Medals | Total | |||||||||
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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 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
2022/23 | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||
2023/24 | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||||||
2024/25 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 15 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
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