Christof Duffner

Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former ski jumper.

Christof Duffner
Country West Germany (1988-90)
 Germany (1990–2003)
Born (1971-12-16) 16 December 1971
Triberg im Schwarzwald,
West Germany
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Personal best219 m (720 ft)
Planica, 17–18 March 2001
World Cup career
Seasons1989–2003
Individual wins1
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums5
Team podiums9
Indiv. starts222
Team starts16
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Lillehammer Team LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 RamsauTeam LH
Bronze medal – third place1997 TrondheimTeam LH
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 1999 and silver in 1997. His only World cup victory was in 1992 in Oberstdorf.

On 22 March 1992, he crashed at world record distance at 194 metres (636 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

On 18 March 1994, he crashed at world record distance at 207 metres (679 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994 in Planica, Slovenia.[3][4]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF NT JP
1988/89 —90N/AN/AN/A
1989/90 ——N/AN/AN/A
1990/91 171621N/AN/A
1991/92 19218N/AN/A
1992/93 6710N/AN/A
1993/94 25284N/AN/A
1994/95 447016N/AN/A
1995/96 1453rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/A17
1996/97 3426—2129
1997/98 3839173745
1998/99 214451623
1999/00 4956344155
2000/01 25331825N/A
2001/02 2221N/A10N/A
2002/03 4745N/A42N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1992/9330 December 1992  Germany OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze K115LH

Invalid ski jumping world records
Date Hill Location Metres Feet
22 March 1992   Čerťák K185 Harrachov, Czechoslovakia 194 636
18 March 1994   Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185 Planica, Slovenia 207 679

  Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

References
  1. "Kasai svetovni prvak v poletih, Samo Gostiša osvojil 6. mesto (page 9)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 23 March 1992.
  2. "Christof Duffner - Harrachov 1992 - 194 m - World record crash". YouTube. 22 March 1992. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
  3. "Planica ne pozna nobenih meja Espen Bredesen poletel 209 metrov (page 8)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 19 March 1994.
  4. "Christof Duffner - Planica 1994 - 207 m - World Record (fall)". ORF/YouTube. 17 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
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