Karl Geiger

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Karl Geiger
20190226 Seefeld SJ 4137.jpg
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 30)
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best243.5 m (799 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons 2012–present
Starts248
Podiums39
Wins15
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Beijing Individual LH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Seefeld Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Seefeld Individual LH
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Planica Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Planica Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2020 Planica Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Vikersund Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 30 January 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.

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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 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.

Record

Olympic Games

EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHTeam Mixed
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 107Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 15Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg9

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHMixed Team NH
Flag of Austria.svg 2019 Seefeld 18Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Flag of Germany.svg 2021 Oberstdorf Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2023 Planica Bronze medal icon.svg85Gold medal icon.svg

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

EventIndividualTeam
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2020 Planica Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Flag of Norway.svg 2022 Vikersund 8Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Austria.svg 2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19Bronze medal icon.svg

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  [3] Tour Standings
Overall4HSFRAW6T5P7
2012/13 415947N/A
2013/14 4248N/A
2014/15 7558N/A
2015/16 303129N/A
2016/17 18181823N/A
2017/18 1411242020N/A35
2018/19 10111311Bronze medal icon.svgN/A6
2019/20 Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg51245N/A
2020/21 6Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgN/A20N/AGold medal icon.svg
2021/22 Silver medal icon.svg410Silver medal icon.svgN/A11
2022/23 11232514N/A20
2023/24 714N/A

Individual wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
1 2018/19 15 December 2018    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140LH
216 February 2019   Flag of Germany.svg Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/20 11 January 2020   Flag of Italy.svg Val di Fiemme Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104NH
412 January 2020  
521 February 2020   Flag of Romania.svg Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97
61 March 2020   Flag of Finland.svg Lahti Salpausselkä HS130LH
7 2020/21 29 December 2020   Flag of Germany.svg Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137
826 March 2021   Flag of Slovenia.svg Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240FH
928 March 2021  
10 2021/22 20 November 2021   Flag of Russia.svg Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134LH
1118 December 2021    Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
1222 January 2022   Flag of Germany.svg Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142
1323 January 2022  
14 2023/24 9 December 2023   Flag of Germany.svg Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140LH
1510 December 2023  

Individual starts

Season1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132Points
2012/13 Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 86
2130262962935q3633q42204021462634
2013/14 Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 106
2514154629232832q473234131220q3136
2014/15 Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 5
qq453138q2639
2015/16 Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 174
26323140361640282818225172024213324
2016/17 Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg Flag of South Korea (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 369
691412142447272815929101136322313169252531111623
2017/18 Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 427
1718691411121771216q21142291411734q7
2018/19 Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 765
95810514121924101919244235161830616172082297
2019/20 Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg 1519
7726534228211125511554612211919
2020/21 Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Russia.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 826
2981516325112531123323823223311
2021/22 Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 1515
12524422125743821119255375991216
2022/23 Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of United States.svg Flag of United States.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 736
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2023/24 Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Civil Ensign of Switzerland.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of United States.svg Flag of United States.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg Flag of Slovenia (bordered).svg 520
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Podiums

SeasonPodiums
MedalsTotal
Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
2012/13 ----
2013/14 ----
2014/15 ----
2015/16 -1-1
2016/17 ----
2017/18 ----
2018/19 2--2
2019/20 46111
2020/21 3148
2021/22 45211
2022/23 --44
2023/24 2--2
Total15131139

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