Johann André Forfang

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

Johann André Forfang
Johann André Forfang during October 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix competitions in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany
CountryNorway
Born (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995
Tromsø, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Ski clubTromsø SK
Personal best245 m (804 ft)
Planica, 20 March 2016
World Cup career
Seasons2015–present
Individual wins3
Team wins12
Indiv. podiums15
Team podiums19
Indiv. starts177
Team starts31
Medal record
Representing  Norway
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 LahtiTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2023 PlanicaTeam LH
Silver medal – second place2023 PlanicaMixed team NH
Men's ski flying
Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Bad MitterndorfTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 OberstdorfTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 PlanicaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 VikersundTeam
Updated on 4 March 2023.

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.[2] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[3] 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
Sweden 2015 Falun – 18 – –
Finland 2017 Lahti 7 12 2nd place, silver medalist(s) –
Austria 2019 Seefeld 7

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF RA W6 T5 P7
2014/15 23218N/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 563rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 27–156N/AN/AN/A
2017/18 79662nd place, silver medalist(s)N/A2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018/19 8169511N/A9
2019/20 126923126N/A
2020/21 191911N/A35N/A13
2021/22 242139N/AN/A

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

Individual starts (177)
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 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 325
– – – DQ – – – 12 19 28 19 12 43 13 14 21 37 16 – – – – 10 3 49 24 11 9 37 9 15
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 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 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 197
24 46 43 33 q – – – – – – 32 6 42 26 – – – – – – 10 6 4 q 9
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 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 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 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 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 Râșnov Râșnov Lahti Lahti Oslo Lillehammer 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
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 Szczyrk Szczyrk Râșnov Planica Planica Planica 338
– DQ 5 20 7 18 20 35 9 25 26 13 34 32 13 45 23 12 42 19 11 – 11 13 8
2021/22 Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil Ruka Ruka Wisła Klingenthal Klingenthal Engelberg Engelberg Oberstdorf Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Bischofshofen Zakopane Titisee-Neustadt Titisee-Neustadt Willingen Willingen Lahti Lahti Lillehammer Oslo Oslo Oberstdorf Oberstdorf Planica Planica 182
25 9 18 34 12 14 6 20 28 30 24 16 44 15 30 – – – – 34 12 43 10 q

References
  1. "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
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