Andreas Wellinger
Wellinger in Klingenthal, 2017
CountryGermany
Born (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995
Ruhpolding, Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubSC Ruhpolding
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts218
Podiums34
Wins6
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 0
Ski Jumping World Championships 2 3 0
Ski Flying World Championships 0 2 0
Total 4 7 0
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2014 SochiTeam LH
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangIndividual LH
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LahtiMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2017 LahtiIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place2017 LahtiIndividual LH
Silver medal – second place2023 PlanicaIndividual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 VikersundTeam
Updated on 29 December 2023.

Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career-best achievements include winning an individual gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, individual silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 Ski Jumping World Championships, and team silver at the 2016 Ski Flying World Championships. Wellinger's best finish in the World Cup overall standings is fourth, in the 2016/17 season.

Career

Wellinger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 on competition on small hill in Lillehammer. He led after the first round, but in the second round he dropped to fifth place. The same year, he won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg as well. During the 2012/2013 season, he reached 393 points and finished in World cup in 20th place.

He won the summer Grand Prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the first competition in season 2013/2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second. He ended the Four Hills Tournament in 10th place. Then he won in Wisla 2014. He was on Germany's ski jumping 2014 Winter Olympics team. He was sixth on a small individual hill and won a gold medal with Germany in a team event. He ended 2013/2014 season in 9th place. He started season 2014/2015 in Klingenthal with 3rd place. In Ruka he had a bad fall and broke his collarbone and next jumped on 6 March in Lahti.

2018: Winter Olympic Games

Andreas Wellinger won the gold medal in the Men's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. He also won the silver in the Men's Individual Large Hill Ski Jumping event, and another silver as part of the German Team in the Men's Team Ski Jumping event.

Major tournament results

Olympic results

Year
Normal hill Large hill Team
Russia 2014 Sochi 6th 45th Gold
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang Gold Silver Silver

World Championship results

Year Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed team
201511DNS
20172241
201932
202321351

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event Individual Team
Czech Republic 2014 Harrachov 13 Cancelled
Germany 2016 Bad Mitterndorf 14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Germany 2018 Oberstdorf 7 4
Norway 2022 Vikersund 14 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W5 P7
2012/13 20945N/AN/AN/A
2013/14 91012N/AN/AN/A
2014/15 35N/AN/AN/A
2015/16 1712N/AN/AN/A
2016/17 4222nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/A
2017/18 62nd place, silver medalist(s)2619524
2018/19 183122331925

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2013/1416 January 2014  Poland WisłaMalinka HS134 (night)LH
2 2016/1729 January 2017  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145LH
3 2017/183 December 2017  Russia Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
4 2022/2311 February 2023  United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128LH
5 18 February 2023  Romania RâșnovRâșnov Ski Jump HS97NH
6 2023/2429 December 2023  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH

See also

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