Katharina Schmid (née Althaus, born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper. She is a seven-time world champion, including one individual title and six team titles, as well as a two-time Olympic silver medalist, making her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of ski jumping.[1]
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1996 Oberstdorf, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | SC 1906 Oberstdorf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 198.5 m (651 ft)  Vikersund, 19 March 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 215 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 24 November 2024. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the 2023 World Ski Championships in Planica, Schmid made history as the first and only ski jumper –male or female– to win at least four medals in a single edition of the championships.
In May 2023, she married Patrick Schmid, the brother of Nordic combined athlete Julian Schmid.[2]
Career
editShe has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season. She finished 2nd in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 World Cup overall, and won individual silver medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
She became the mixed team ski jumping world champion together with her German teammates Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, and Severin Freund in Falun at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.[3] She took her first World Cup win on 12 February 2017 in Ljubno.[4]
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica she won medals in all four disciplines (two Individual and two team events), three gold and one bronze medal.
Record
editWinter Olympics Games
edit| Year | Place | Individual | Mixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 |  Sochi
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23 | N/A |
| 2018 |  Pyeongchang
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N/A |
| 2022 |  Beijing
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9 |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
edit| Year | Place | Individual | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Large | Women | Mixed | ||
| 2013 |  Val di Fiemme |
32 | N/A | N/A | — |
| 2015 |  Falun |
17 | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| 2017 |  Lahti |
8 | N/A | N/A | — |
| 2019 |  Seefeld |
2 | N/A | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 |  Oberstdorf |
10 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 |  Planica |
1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
World Cup
editStandings
edit| Season | Overall | ST | AK | L3 | RA | BB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 28 | N/A | ||||
| 2012/13 | 22 | N/A | ||||
| 2013/14 | 13 | N/A | ||||
| 2014/15 | 9 | N/A | ||||
| 2015/16 | 12 | N/A | ||||
| 2016/17 | 4 | N/A | ||||
| 2017/18 | |
N/A |  |
N/A | ||
| 2018/19 | |
N/A | |
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| 2019/20 | 5 | N/A | 4 | N/A | ||
| 2020/21 | 9 | N/A | 8 | |||
| 2021/22 | 4 | 7 | 32 | N/A | 20 | N/A |
| 2022/23 | |
5 | N/A | |
N/A | |
| 2023/24 | 10 | N/A | 4 | N/A | ||
Wins
edit| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016/17 | 12 February 2017 | Ljubno |
Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 | NH |
| 2 | 2017/18 | 2 December 2017 |  Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS98 | NH |
| 3 | 3 December 2017 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH | |
| 4 | 3 March 2018 |  Râșnov |
Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 | NH | |
| 5 | 2018/19 | 2 December 2018 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH |
| 6 | 15 December 2018 |  Prémanon |
Les Tuffes HS90 | NH | |
| 7 | 16 December 2018 | Prémanon |
Les Tuffes HS90 | NH | |
| 8 | 2021/22 | 4 December 2021 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS98 | NH |
| 9 | 2022/23 | 3 December 2022 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS98 | NH |
| 10 | 11 December 2022 | Titisee-Neustadt |
Hochfirstschanze HS142 | LH | |
| 11 | 7 January 2023 |  Sapporo |
Ōkurayama HS137 | LH | |
| 12 | 28 January 2023 | Hinterzarten |
Adler Ski Stadium HS111 | LH | |
| 13 | 4 February 2023 | Willingen |
Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 | LH | |
| 14 | 17 February 2023 | Râșnov |
Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 | NH | |
| 15 | 15 March 2023 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH | |
| 16 | 2024/25 | 24 November 2024 | Lillehammer |
Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH |
References
edit- ^ "Katharina Schmid - Athlete Information".
- ^ "So süß haben sich Katharina Althaus und ihr Patrick das Ja-Wort gegeben". rtl.de. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "German mixed team takes Gold in Falun". International Ski Federation. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "German podium sweep in Ljubno". International Ski Federation. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links
edit- Katharina Schmid at FIS (ski jumping)
- Katharina Schmid at Olympics.com
- Katharina Schmid at Olympedia
- Katharina Schmid at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
