| Girls' individual at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Seefeld Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | January 14 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Points | 269.3 | ||||||||||||
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| Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics | |||
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| Team | mixed | ||
The girls' individual competition of the ski jumping events at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on January 14, at the Seefeld Arena. 14 athletes from 14 different countries took part in this event. [1]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Round 1 Distance (m) | Round 1 Points | Round 1 Rank | Final Round Distance (m) | Final Round Points | Final Round Rank | Total Points |
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 | 11 | Sara Takanashi |  | 76.5 | 134.4 | 1 | 76.5 | 134.9 | 1 | 269.3 |
 | 12 | Katharina Althaus |  | 71.0 | 119.2 | 3 | 72.5 | 123.3 | 2 | 242.5 |
 | 13 | Urša Bogataj |  | 71.5 | 120.4 | 2 | 71.5 | 118.9 | 3 | 239.3 |
| 4 | 10 | Lea Lemare |  | 67.0 | 108.6 | 4 | 70.5 | 117.5 | 4 | 226.1 |
| 5 | 1 | Taylor Henrich |  | 64.0 | 99.4 | 5 | 66.0 | 105.2 | 5 | 204.6 |
| 6 | 7 | Natálie Dejmková |  | 64.5 | 99.1 | 6 | 63.5 | 97.2 | 8 | 196.3 |
| 7 | 3 | Jenny Rautionaho |  | 62.5 | 96.3 | 8 | 63.5 | 98.7 | 7 | 195.0 |
| 8 | 6 | Karoline Røstad |  | 63.5 | 96.7 | 7 | 62.0 | 93.1 | 9 | 189.8 |
| 9 | 2 | Emilee Anderson |  | 59.5 | 85.1 | 9 | 65.5 | 101.0 | 6 | 186.1 |
| 10 | 8 | Anastasia Veshchikova |  | 58.0 | 83.5 | 10 | 59.0 | 86.4 | 10 | 169.9 |
| 11 | 4 | Li Xueyao |  | 59.5 | 82.1 | 11 | 58.0 | 79.5 | 11 | 161.6 |
| 12 | 9 | Veronica Gianmoena |  | 51.0 | 66.2 | 12 | 55.5 | 76.0 | 12 | 142.2 |
| 13 | 14 | Michaela Kranzl |  | 50.0 | 63.8 | 13 | 50.5 | 64.5 | 13 | 128.3 |
| 14 | 5 | Magdalena Pałasz |  | 40.5 | 34.5 | 14 | 43.5 | 43.2 | 14 | 77.7 |
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Youth Olympic champions in ski jumping – girls' individual normal hill | |
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