Richard Freitag

German ski jumper (born 1991)
Richard Freitag
Freitag in 2019
Country Germany
Born (1991-08-14) 14 August 1991 (age 32)
Erlabrunn, Germany
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubSG Nickelhuette Aue
Personal best243 m (797 ft)
Planica, 24 March 2018
World Cup career
Seasons2010–2022
Starts221
Podiums23
Wins8

Richard "Richi" Freitag (pronounced [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈfʁaɪtaːk]; born 14 August 1991) is a German former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2010 to 2022. He was runner-up in the overall 2017–18 Ski Jumping World Cup, and won the bronze medal at the 2018 Ski Flying World Championships.

Career

His FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, having previously gained success in the Continental Cup. On 3 January 2010, he succeeded in Innsbruck with a 30th place-his first World Cup point. At the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica he reached the 28th place in the individual event. In his second season, he won the third place with the German team in Oberstdorf in 2011. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 World Cup, he finished 9th in Kuusamo. In Lillehammer on 3 December 2011 he reached the second rank, his first podium placing. A week later he won the competition on the large hill in Harrachov ahead of Thomas Morgenstern and his teammate Severin Freund. At the same jump, his father Holger Freitag celebrated his only World Cup victory on 8 January 1983. On 20 January he clinched 2nd spot in Polish Zakopane, behind home favorite Kamil Stoch, securing his 3rd individual podium of his career.

At the Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang, together with his German team mates Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, and Andreas Wellinger he won the silver medal in the team large hill competition.

Record

Olympic Games

Year Place Normal hill Large hill Team
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 9 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Nordic World Ski Championships

Year Place Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed team
2011 Norway Oslo — 15 4 —
2013 Italy Val di Fiemme 6 6 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015 Sweden Falun 7 15 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Finland Lahti 9 19 4 —
2019 Austria Seefeld 5 9 1st place, gold medalist(s) —

Ski Flying World Championships

Year Place Individual Team
2010 Slovenia Planica 28 7
2012 Norway Vikersund 9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Austria Bad Mitterndorf 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018 Germany Oberstdorf 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF RA W5 T5 P7 NT
2009/10 90 38 — N/A N/A N/A N/A —
2010/11 38 17 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2011/12 6 10 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2012/13 8 11 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2013/14 24 24 — N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2014/15 12 6 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2015/16 9 9 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2016/17 13 11 17 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A
2017/18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 27 7 7 11 N/A 5 N/A
2018/19 21 14 21 32 9 N/A 18 N/A
2019/20 44 — — — 31 — — N/A
2020/21 69 45 — Cnx — — — N/A
2021/22 59 — — — — — — N/A

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2011/12 11 December 2011   Czech Republic Harrachov Čerťák HS142 LH
2 2012/13 16 February 2013   Germany Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night) FH
3 10 March 2013   Finland Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH
4 2014/15 20 December 2014   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 LH
5 4 January 2015   Austria Innsbruck Bergiselschanze HS130 LH
6 2017/18 2 December 2017   Russia Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
7 10 December 2017   Germany Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 (night) LH
8 17 December 2017   Switzerland Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH

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