Karl Geiger

For the Austrian Olympic sailor, see Karl Geiger (sailor).

Karl Geiger
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best243.5 m (799 ft)
Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Indiv. starts267
Indiv. podiums40
Indiv. wins15
Team starts42
Team podiums24
Team wins6
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
2022 Beijing Individual LH
2022 Beijing Team LH
World Championships
2019 Seefeld Team LH
2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH
2021 Oberstdorf Team LH
2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH
2023 Planica Mixed team NH
2019 Seefeld Individual LH
2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH
2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH
2023 Planica Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
2020 Planica Individual
2020 Planica Team
2022 Vikersund Team
2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 1 December 2024.

Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships.[1] Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.

Career

His career-best achievements include winning a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as individual silver, team, and mixed team gold at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.

On 12 December 2020, Geiger achieved the gold medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships. He became the ski flying World Champion beating Halvor Egner Granerud and Markus Eisenbichler.[2]

Geiger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 15 December 2018 in Engelberg, Geiger won a World Cup competition for the first time in his career. On 16 February 2019, he achieved his second World Cup victory in Willingen, Germany.

Record

Olympic Games

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Team Mixed
2018 Pyeongchang 10 7 –
2022 Beijing 15 9

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team
2019 Seefeld 18
2021 Oberstdorf
2023 Planica 8 5
2025 Trondheim 4 23 4

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event Individual Team
2020 Planica
2022 Vikersund 8
2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19

World Cup

Season standings

 Season [3] Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2012/13 41 59 47 N/A
2013/14 42 48 — N/A
2014/15 75 58 — N/A
2015/16 30 31 29 N/A
2016/17 18 18 18 23 N/A
2017/18 14 11 24 20 20 N/A 35
2018/19 10 11 13 11 N/A 6
2019/20 5 12 4 5 N/A
2020/21 6 N/A 20 N/A
2021/22 4 10 N/A 11
2022/23 11 23 25 14 N/A 20
2023/24 17 14 31 36 N/A 17
2024/25 9 N/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/19 15 December 2018      Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH
2 16 February 2019   Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/20 11 January 2020   Val di Fiemme Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 NH
4 12 January 2020  
5 21 February 2020   Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97
6 1 March 2020   Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
7 2020/21 29 December 2020   Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137
8 26 March 2021   Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 FH
9 28 March 2021  
10 2021/22 20 November 2021   Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH
11 18 December 2021      Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12 22 January 2022   Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142
13 23 January 2022  
14 2023/24 9 December 2023   Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH
15 10 December 2023  

Individual starts

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
2012/13 86
21 30 26 29 6 29 35 q 36 – – 33 q – – – – – – 42 20 40 21 46 26 34 –
2013/14 106
25 14 15 46 29 23 28 32 q 47 32 34 – – – – 13 12 – – 20 q 31 36 – – – –
2014/15 5
– – – q q 45 31 – – 38 q – – – – – 26 39 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2015/16 174
– – – – – – – 26 32 31 40 36 – – – 16 40 28 28 18 2 25 17 20 24 – 21 33 24
2016/17 369
6 9 14 12 14 24 47 27 28 15 9 29 10 11 36 32 23 13 16 9 25 25 31 11 16 23
2017/18 427
17 18 6 9 14 11 12 17 7 12 16 q 21 14 22 9 14 11 7 34 q 7
2018/19 765
9 5 8 10 5 1 4 12 19 24 10 19 19 24 42 35 16 18 30 6 1 6 17 20 8 22 9 7
2019/20 1519
7 7 2 6 5 3 4 2 2 8 2 1 1 12 5 5 11 5 5 4 6 1 2 2 1 19 19
2020/21 826
2 9 8 – – – – 1 5 16 3 25 11 25 3 11 23 32 38 23 22 3 3 1 1
2021/22 1515
1 2 5 2 4 4 22 1 2 5 7 4 3 8 2 1 1 19 2 5 5 3 7 5 9 9 12 16
2022/23 736
34 17 6 33 3 5 22 10 4 11 q 23 14 20 22 34 – – 5 21 8 4 3 3 12 5 37 21 17 3 25 23
2023/24 623
11 9 4 4 1 1 20 4 7 16 26 15 10 23 33 31 12 37 22 12 29 27 39 36 35 36 16 39 – 13 22
2024/25 99
17 13 26 3

Podiums

Season Podiums
Medals Total
2012/13 - - - -
2013/14 - - - -
2014/15 - - - -
2015/16 - 1 - 1
2016/17 - - - -
2017/18 - - - -
2018/19 2 - - 2
2019/20 4 6 1 11
2020/21 3 1 4 8
2021/22 4 5 2 11
2022/23 - - 4 4
2023/24 2 – – 2
2024/25 – – 1 1
Total 15 13 12 40

References

  1. ^ "GEIGER Karl – Athlete Information".
  2. ^ "Karl Geiger is Ski Flying World Champion". fis-ski.com. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Karl Geiger – Cups". fis-ski.com.
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