Stefan Kraft

Stefan Kraft
Kraft in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country	Austria
Born	(1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ski club	SV Schwarzach
Personal best	253.5 m (832 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Individual wins	12
Team wins	3
Indiv. podiums	44
Team podiums	15
Yellow bibs	14
Indiv. starts	141
Team starts	30
Overall titles	1 (2017)
Four Hills titles	1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles	1 (2017)
Raw Air titles	1 (2017)
Medal record Men's ski jumping World Championships 2017 Lahti Individual NH 2017 Lahti Individual LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH 2015 Falun Individual NH 2017 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying World Championships 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 25 March 2018.

Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the sport's most successful contemporary athletes, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles, the Four Hills Tournament and Raw Air Tournament, and two individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).

Career

Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen. He has two world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall. ^[1]His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017, only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254 meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W5	P7
2011/12	—	67	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13	31	40	32	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	10	27	29	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15			7	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	6	5	7	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17		6			N/A	N/A
2017/18	4	20	4	4	—	4

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2014/15	29 December 2014	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
2		15 January 2015	Wisła	Malinka HS134 (night)	LH
3		8 March 2015	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
4	2015/16	24 January 2016	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew HS134	LH
5	2016/17	30 December 2016	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
6		4 February 2017	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 (night)	FH
7		5 February 2017	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225	FH
8		15 February 2017	Pyeongchang	Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 (night)	LH
9		12 March 2017	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
10		16 March 2017	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH
11		24 March 2017	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH
12		26 March 2017	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225	FH

Individual starts (141)

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
2011/12																																0
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	q	54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012/13																																202
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23	3	28	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	11	38	6	14	42	27	22
2013/14																																539
	14	q	22	25	25	19	12	13	50	30	12	20	33	21	21	22	24	16	15	7	5	2	4	9	11	8	13	9
2014/15																																1578
	2	13	13	17	11	4	3	6	9	1	6	2	3	2	1	2	2	4	7	6	2	5	–	–	1	3	9	10	5	3	4
2015/16																																1006
	6	4	14	22	27	7	8	7	9	11	4	4	1	–	–	2	5	6	2	11	8	3	11	4	21	22	10	12	10
2016/17																																1665
	9	4	3	3	8	6	3	1	3	18	25	2	4	–	2	1	1	3	3	1	2	1	1	5	1	1
2017/18																																881
	3	13	4	3	12	13	3	4	31	24	4	9	15	–	–	3	2	8	2	5	3	2

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Kraft.

• Stefan Kraft at the International Ski Federation