Karl Geiger
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 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.
Career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Olympic Games
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| Event | Normal hill | Large hill | Team LH | Mixed Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Norway 2025 Trondheim | 4 | 23 | 4 |
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
[edit | edit source]| 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) |
| Austria 2024 Bad Mitterndorf | 19 | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) |
World Cup
[edit | edit source]Season standings
[edit | edit source]| Season [3] | Tour Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 | |
| 2012/13 | 41 | 59 | 47 | N/A | |||
| 2013/14 | 42 | 48 | — | N/A | |||
| 2014/15 | 75 | 58 | — | N/A | |||
| 2015/16 | 30 | 31 | 29 | N/A | |||
| 2016/17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 23 | N/A | ||
| 2017/18 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 20 | 20 | N/A | 35 |
| 2018/19 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | N/A | 6 |
| 2019/20 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | 5 | 12 | 4 | 5 | N/A |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | N/A | 20 | N/A | 1st place, gold medalist(s) |
| 2021/22 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 4 | 10 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | N/A | 11 | |
| 2022/23 | 11 | 23 | 25 | 14 | N/A | 20 | |
| 2023/24 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 36 | N/A | 17 | |
| 2024/25 | 9 | N/A | |||||
Individual wins
[edit | edit source]| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018/19 | 15 December 2018 | Switzerland Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | LH |
| 2 | 16 February 2019 | Germany Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | ||
| 3 | 2019/20 | 11 January 2020 | Italy Val di Fiemme | Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 | NH |
| 4 | 12 January 2020 | ||||
| 5 | 21 February 2020 | Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 | |||
| 6 | 1 March 2020 | Finland Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130 | LH | |
| 7 | 2020/21 | 29 December 2020 | Germany Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 | |
| 8 | 26 March 2021 | Slovenia Planica | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 | FH | |
| 9 | 28 March 2021 | ||||
| 10 | 2021/22 | 20 November 2021 | Russia Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 | LH |
| 11 | 18 December 2021 | Switzerland Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 | ||
| 12 | 22 January 2022 | Germany Titisee-Neustadt | Hochfirstschanze HS142 | ||
| 13 | 23 January 2022 | ||||
| 14 | 2023/24 | 9 December 2023 | Germany Klingenthal | Vogtland Arena HS140 | LH |
| 15 | 10 December 2023 |
Individual starts
[edit | edit source]| 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 | 32 | 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 | Error creating thumbnail: | Error creating thumbnail: | Lahti | Lahti | Lillehammer | Lillehammer | 1519 | |||||
| 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 | Error creating thumbnail: | 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 | 1515 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 16 | ||||||
| 2022/23 | Wisła | Wisła | Ruka | Ruka | Titisee-Neustadt | Titisee-Neustadt | Engelberg | Engelberg | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Zakopane | Sapporo | Sapporo | Sapporo | Bad Mitterndorf | Bad Mitterndorf | Willingen | Willingen | Lake Placid, New York | Lake Placid, New York | Error creating thumbnail: | Oslo | Oslo | Lillehammer | Lillehammer | Vikersund | Vikersund | Lahti | Planica | Planica | 736 |
| 34 | 17 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 11 | q | 23 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 34 | – | – | 5 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 23 | ||
| 2023/24 | Ruka | Ruka | Lillehammer | Lillehammer | Klingenthal | Klingenthal | Engelberg | Engelberg | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Wisła | Zakopane | Willingen | Willingen | Lake Placid, New York | Lake Placid, New York | Sapporo | Sapporo | Oberstdorf | Oberstdorf | Lahti | Oslo | Oslo | Trondheim | Trondheim | Vikersund | Vikersund | Planica | Planica | 623 | |
| 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 31 | 12 | 37 | 22 | 12 | 29 | 27 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 39 | – | 13 | 22 | |||
| 2024/25 | Lillehammer | Lillehammer | Ruka | Ruka | Wisła | Wisła | Titisee-Neustadt | Titisee-Neustadt | Engelberg | Engelberg | Oberstdorf | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Innsbruck | Bischofshofen | Zakopane | Zakopane | Oberstdorf | Oberstdorf | Willingen | Willingen | Lake Placid, New York | Lake Placid, New York | Sapporo | Sapporo | Oslo | Oslo | Vikersund | Vikersund | Lahti | Planica | Planica | 99 | |
| 17 | 13 | 26 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums
[edit | edit source]| 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 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| 2018/19 | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||||
| 2019/20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| 2020/21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 2021/22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| 2022/23 | - | - | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| 2023/24 | 2 | – | – | 2 | ||||||
| 2024/25 | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 15 | 13 | 12 | 40 | ||||||
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External links
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- German male ski jumpers
- Olympic ski jumpers for Germany
- Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Skiers from Oberstdorf
- 21st-century German sportsmen