Stefan Kraft

Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles twice each, the Four Hills Tournament and Raw Air Tournament once each, and two individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).

Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2018
Country Austria
Born (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993
Schwarzach im Pongau,
Austria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ski clubSV Schwarzach
Personal best253.5 m (832 ft)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins21
Team wins6
Indiv. podiums72
Team podiums26
Indiv. starts206
Team starts45
Overall titles2 (2017, 2020)
Four Hills titles1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles2 (2017, 2020)
Raw Air titles1 (2017)
Updated on 31 January 2021.

Career

Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen. He has two world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall.[1] His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017,[2] only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254 meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.

In March 2017, he clinched his first overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title.[3]

World Cup results
Kraft in Klingenthal 2017.
Kraft in Zakopane 2013.

Season titles
  • 4 titles – (2 Overall, 2 Ski flying)
Season
Discipline
2016/17Overall
Ski flying
2019/20Overall
Ski flying

Season standings
 Season  Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2011/12 —67—N/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/13 314032N/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 102729N/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 7N/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 657N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 6N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 42044—N/A4
2018/19 1787N/A12
2019/20 584N/A
2020/21 16815N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2014/1529 December 2014   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH
2 15 January 2015   WisłaMalinka HS134 (night)LH
3 8 March 2015   LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
4 2015/1624 January 2016   ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS134 (night)LH
5 2016/1730 December 2016   OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH
6 4 February 2017   OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 (night)FH
7 5 February 2017   OberstdorfHeini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225FH
8 15 February 2017   PyeongchangAlpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 (night)LH
9 12 March 2017   OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
10 16 March 2017   TrondheimGranåsen HS140 (night)LH
11 24 March 2017   PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH
12 26 March 2017   PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS225FH
13 2018/1920 January 2019   ZakopaneWielka Krokiew HS140 (night)LH
14 26 January 2019   SapporoŌkurayama HS137 (night)LH
15 27 January 2019   SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
16 12 March 2019   LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140 (night)LH
17 2019/208 December 2019   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
18 2 February 2020   SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
19 16 February 2020   TauplitzKulm HS235FH
20 22 February 2020   RâșnovRâșnov Ski Jump HS97NH
21 28 February 2020   LahtiSalpausselkä HS130 (night)LH

Individual starts (206)
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
2011/12 0
– – – – – – – – – q 54 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2012/13 202
– – – – – – – – – 23 3 28 11 – – – – – – 19 11 38 6 14 42 27 22
2013/14 539
14 q 22 25 25 19 12 13 50 30 12 20 33 21 21 22 24 16 15 7 5 2 4 9 11 8 13 9
2014/15 1578
2 13 13 17 11 4 3 6 9 1 6 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 7 6 2 5 – – 1 3 9 10 5 3 4
2015/16 1006
6 4 14 22 27 7 8 7 9 11 4 4 1 – – 2 5 6 2 11 8 3 11 4 21 22 10 12 10
2016/17 1665
9 4 3 3 8 6 3 1 3 18 25 2 4 – 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 1 1 5 1 1
2017/18 881
3 13 4 3 12 13 3 4 31 24 4 9 15 – – 3 2 8 2 5 3 2
2018/19 1349
21 26 10 5 20 8 12 3 49 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 6 3 7 4 11 10 2 1 3 3 14 17
2019/20 1659
21 4 7 1 2 2 18 4 13 4 4 2 2 2 11 2 2 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 2 8 17
2020/21 307
32 – – – – – – 6 28 8 4 9 3 – 5 23 6

Podiums
Season Podiums
Medals Total
2011/12----
2012/13--11
2013/14-1-1
2014/1536413
2015/161214
2016/1783617
2017/180358
2018/1943512
2019/2058215
2020/210011
Total21262572

Ski jumping world record

Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
18 March 2017   Vikersundbakken HS225 Vikersund, Norway 253.5 832

Olympic results
Year
Age Normal hill Large hill Team
2018 Pyeongchang 24 13 18 4

World Championships
Year
Normal Hill Large Hill Team (men) Team (mixed)
2013 Val di Fiemme 33 8 – –
2015 Falun 3 5 2 4
2017 Lahti 1 1 3 2
2019 Seefeld 3 6 2 2

References
  1. "Stefan Kraft wins 4-Hills, Michael Hayboeck takes win in Bischofshofen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. "Austria's Stefan Kraft breaks world record after landing 253.5m ski jump". Guinness World Records. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  3. Gayle, Everton (2017-03-26). "Stefan Kraft wins ski jumping world cup title". euronews. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
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