Johann André Forfang

Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.

Johann André Forfang
Country Norway
Born (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995
Tromsø, Norway
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Ski clubTromsø SK
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2016
World Cup career
Seasons2015–present
Individual wins3
Team wins10
Indiv. podiums15
Team podiums18
Indiv. starts135
Team starts30
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
2017 LahtiTeam LH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
2016 Bad MitterndorfTeam
2018 OberstdorfTeam
Updated on 12 March 2020.

Career

Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf.[1] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[2] In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (Andreas Stjernen, Daniel-André Tande, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (Russia).

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
2015 Falun – 18 – –
2017 Lahti 7 12 –
2019 Seefeld 7

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF RA W5 T5 P7
2014/15 23218N/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 56N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 27—156N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 7966N/A
2018/19 8169511N/A9
2019/20 126923126N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2015/1612 March 2016   Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142LH
2 2017/184 February 2018   WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145LH
3 2018/191 December 2018   Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH

Individual starts (135)
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
2014/15 325
– – – DQ – – – 12 19 28 19 12 43 13 14 21 37 16 – – – – 10 3 49 24 11 9 37 9 15
2015/16 1240
9 12 3 5 3 14 4 8 4 4 7 9 5 19 2 18 8 2 7 6 10 5 – – 4 1 2 3 3
2016/17 197
24 46 43 33 q – – – – – – 32 6 42 26 – – – – – – 10 6 4 q 9
2017/18 821
18 2 3 15 7 31 4 7 9 19 13 30 6 7 1 10 5 6 6 9 2 8
2018/19 892
10 13 9 1 2 4 15 25 22 21 17 11 12 4 q 10 7 8 8 7 10 9 9 5 5 7 8 8
2019/20 579
16 DQ 13 14 7 6 12 15 9 7 11 9 6 4 13 16 34 22 6 16 7 14 10 36 16 21 48

References
  1. "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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