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
Individual wins15
Team wins6
Indiv. podiums39
Team podiums22
Indiv. starts240
Team starts40
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingIndividual LH
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingTeam LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldTeam LH
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2021 OberstdorfTeam LH
Gold medal – first place2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2019 SeefeldIndividual LH
Silver medal – second place2021 OberstdorfIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2021 OberstdorfIndividual LH
Bronze medal – third place2023 PlanicaIndividual NH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 PlanicaIndividual
Silver medal – second place2020 PlanicaTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 VikersundTeam
Updated on 10 December 2023.

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 2020 and 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
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 10 7 2nd place, silver medalist(s) –
China 2022 Beijing 15 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
Austria 2019 Seefeld 18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Germany 2021 Oberstdorf 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Slovenia 2023 Planica 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event Individual Team
Slovenia 2020 Planica 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Norway 2022 Vikersund 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2012/13 415947N/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 4248—N/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 7558—N/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 303129N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 18181823N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 1411242020N/A35
2018/19 101113113rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/A6
2019/20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)51245N/A
2020/21 62nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)N/A20N/A1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021/22 2nd place, silver medalist(s)4102nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A11
2022/23 11232514N/AN/A20
2023/24 3N/AN/A

Individual wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2018/1915 December 2018   Switzerland  EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140LH
2 16 February 2019  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145
3 2019/2011 January 2020  Italy Val di FiemmeTrampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104NH
4 12 January 2020  
5 21 February 2020  Romania RâșnovRâșnov Ski Jump HS97
6 1 March 2020  Finland LahtiSalpausselkä HS130LH
7 2020/2129 December 2020  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137
8 26 March 2021  Slovenia PlanicaLetalnica bratov Gorišek HS240FH
9 28 March 2021  
10 2021/2220 November 2021  Russia Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134LH
11 18 December 2021   Switzerland  EngelbergGross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12 22 January 2022  Germany Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142
13 23 January 2022  
14 2023/249 December 2023  Germany KlingenthalVogtland Arena HS140LH
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 Points
2012/13 Lillehammer Lillehammer Kuusamo Krasnaja Polana Krasnaja Polana Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Vikersund Vikersund Harrachov Harrachov Klingenthal Oberstdorf Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 86
21 30 26 29 6 29 35 q 36 – – 33 q – – – – – – 42 20 40 21 46 26 34 –
2013/14 Klingenthal Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Falun Lahti Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Planica Planica 106
25 14 15 46 29 23 28 32 q 47 32 34 – – – – 13 12 – – 20 q 31 36 – – – –
2014/15 Klingenthal Kuusamo Kuusamo Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Wisła Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Willingen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Kuopio Trondheim Oslo Oslo Planica Planica 5
– – – q q 45 31 – – 38 q – – – – – 26 39 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
2015/16 Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Willingen Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Trondheim Vikersund Vikersund Vikersund Lahti Lahti Kuopio Almaty Almaty Wisła Titisee-Neustadt Planica Planica Planica 174
– – – – – – – 26 32 31 40 36 – – – 16 40 28 28 18 2 25 17 20 24 – 21 33 24
2016/17 Kuusamo Kuusamo Klingenthal Lillehammer Lillehammer Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Wisła Wisła Zakopane Willingen Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Sapporo Sapporo Pyeongchang Pyeongchang Oslo Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Titisee-Neustadt Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Tauplitz Zakopane Willingen Willingen Lahti Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Lahti Willingen Willingen Oslo Lillehammer Trondheim Vikersund Planica Planica 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 Wisła Kuusamo Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Val di Fiemme Val di Fiemme Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Sapporo Sapporo Willingen Tauplitz Tauplitz Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Lillehammer 1507
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 Wisła Ruka Ruka Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Zakopane Lahti Willingen Willingen Klingenthal Klingenthal Zakopane Zakopane Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 826
2 9 8 – – – – 1 5 16 3 25 11 25 3 11 23 32 38 23 22 3 3 1 1
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisla Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Innsbruck Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillhammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 1097
1 2 5 2 4 4 22 1 2 5 7 4 3 8 2 1 1 19 2

Podiums

Season Podiums
Medals Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012/13----
2013/14----
2014/15----
2015/16-1-1
2016/17----
2017/18----
2018/192--2
2019/2046111
2020/213148
2021/2245211
2022/23--44
2023/242--2
Total15131139

References

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