Johann André Forfang
Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.
Johann André Forfang | |
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Country | Norway |
Born | Tromsø, Norway | 4 July 1995
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Ski club | Tromsø SK |
Personal best | 245 m (804 ft) Planica, 20 March 2016 |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 2015–present |
Individual wins | 3 |
Team wins | 10 |
Indiv. podiums | 15 |
Team podiums | 18 |
Indiv. starts | 153 |
Team starts | 30 |
Medal record
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Updated on 7 February 2021. |
Career
Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf.[2] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[3] In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (Andreas Stjernen, Daniel-André Tande, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (Russia).
FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
Event | Normal hill | Large hill | Team LH | Mixed Team NH |
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2015 Falun | – | 18 | – | – |
2017 Lahti | 7 | 12 | – | |
2019 Seefeld | 7 |
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 |
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2014/15 | 23 | 21 | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015/16 | 5 | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2016/17 | 27 | – | 15 | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2017/18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | N/A | ||
2018/19 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 11 | N/A | 9 |
2019/20 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 6 | N/A |
2020/21 | 20 | 19 | 35 | N/A |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 2015/16 | 12 March 2016 | Titisee-Neustadt | Hochfirstschanze HS142 | LH |
2 | 2017/18 | 4 February 2018 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | LH |
3 | 2018/19 | 1 December 2018 | Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) | LH |
Individual starts (153)
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 |
2014/15 | 325 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | – | – | DQ | – | – | – | 12 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 16 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 9 | 15 | ||
2015/16 | 1240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
2016/17 | 197 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 46 | 43 | 33 | q | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 6 | 42 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | q | 9 | |||||||
2017/18 | 821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||
2018/19 | 892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | q | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||||
2019/20 | 579 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | DQ | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 16 | 21 | 48 | ||||||
2020/21 | 226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | DQ | 5 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 42 |
References
- "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
External links
- Johann Andre Forfang at Olympedia
- Johann Andre Forfang at FIS (ski jumping)
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