Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career-best achievements include an individual gold and silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He also won a team gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 and 2023 Ski Jumping World Championships, an individual silver medal at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships and individual silver medal at the 2024 Ski Flying World Championships.

Andreas Wellinger
Wellinger in Klingenthal, 2017
CountryGermany
Born (1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 29)
Ruhpolding, Germany
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubSC Ruhpolding
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Starts222
Podiums37
Wins7
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 0
Ski Jumping World Championships 2 3 0
Ski Flying World Championships 0 3 1
Total 4 8 1
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team LH
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH
Gold medal – first place 2023 Planica Mixed team NH
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lahti Individual NH
Silver medal – second place 2017 Lahti Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2023 Planica Individual NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Vikersund Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 4 February 2024.

Wellinger's best finish in the World Cup overall standings is the third place, in the 2023–24 season.

Career

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Wellinger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 on competition on small hill in Lillehammer. He led after the first round, but in the second round he dropped to fifth place. The same year, he won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg as well. During the 2012/2013 season, he reached 393 points and finished in World cup in 20th place.

He won the summer Grand Prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the first competition in season 2013/2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second. He ended the Four Hills Tournament in 10th place. Then he won in Wisla 2014. He was on Germany's ski jumping 2014 Winter Olympics team. He was sixth on a small individual hill and won a gold medal with Germany in a team event. He ended 2013/2014 season in 9th place. He started season 2014/2015 in Klingenthal with 3rd place. In Ruka he had a bad fall and broke his collarbone and next jumped on 6 March in Lahti.

2018: Winter Olympic Games

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Andreas Wellinger won the gold medal in the Men's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. He also won the silver in the Men's Individual Large Hill Ski Jumping event, and another silver as part of the German Team in the Men's Team Ski Jumping event.

Major tournament results

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Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Team Mixed
  2014 Sochi 6 45  
  2018 Pyeongchang      
Event Normal hill Large hill Team LH Mixed Team NH
  2015 Falun 11 DNS
  2017 Lahti     4  
  2019 Seefeld 32
  2023 Planica   13 5  
Event Individual Team
  2014 Harrachov 13 Cancelled
  2016 Bad Mitterndorf 14  
  2018 Oberstdorf 7 4
  2022 Vikersund 14  
  2024 Bad Mitterndorf    

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season [1] Tour Standings
Overall 4H SF RA W6 P7
2012/13 20 9 45 N/A
2013/14 9 10 12 N/A
2014/15 35 N/A
2015/16 17 12 N/A
2016/17 4 22     N/A
2017/18 6   26 19 5 24
2018/19 18 31 22 33 19 25
2020/21 62
2021/22 29 31 25 29 N/A 17
2022/23 7 11 9 22 N/A 17
2023/24 2   N/A

Wins

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No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2013/14 16 January 2014     Wisła Malinka HS134 (night) LH
2 2016/17 29 January 2017     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH
3 2017/18 3 December 2017     Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH
4 2022/23 11 February 2023     Lake Placid MacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128 LH
5 18 February 2023     Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 NH
6 2023/24 29 December 2023     Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH
7 4 February 2024     Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 (night) LH

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Andreas Wellinger – Cups". fis-ski.com.
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