Johann André Forfang

Johann André Forfang
Johann André Forfang during October 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix competitions in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany
CountryNorway
Born (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995
Tromsø, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Ski clubTromsø SK
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2016
World Cup career
Seasons2015–present
Indiv. starts266
Indiv. podiums24
Indiv. wins6
Team starts46
Team podiums28
Team wins14
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
World Championships
2025 Trondheim Mixed team LH
2017 Lahti Team LH
2023 Planica Team LH
2023 Planica Mixed team NH
2025 Trondheim Team LH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
2018 Oberstdorf Team
2020 Planica Team
2022 Vikersund Team
Updated on 16 February 2025.

Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995)[2] is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.

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.[3] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[4] 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
2015 Falun – 18 – –
2017 Lahti 7 12 –
2019 Seefeld 7

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
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 19 19 11 N/A 35 N/A 13
2021/22 24 21 15 39 N/A N/A 13
2022/23 16 15 13 11 N/A N/A 10
2023/24 7 22 9 15 N/A N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
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 LH
4 2023/24 3 February 2024   Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH
5 9 March 2024   Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH
6 2024/25 8 February 2025   Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale HS128 LH

Individual starts (226)

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 32 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
2020/21 338
– DQ 5 20 7 18 20 35 9 25 26 13 34 32 13 45 23 12 42 19 11 – 11 13 8
2021/22 182
25 9 18 34 12 14 6 20 28 30 24 16 44 15 30 – – – – 34 12 43 10 q
2022/23 574
9 14 10 q 17 23 28 32 11 20 15 13 18 25 11 5 18 8 7 22 40 23 – 10 6 6 16 29 22 9 8 10
2023/24 328
33 26 17 20 9 15 6 13 12 28 19 32 11 8 1

References

  1. ^ "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Johann Andre FORFANG". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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