Katharina Schmid

Katharina Schmid (née Althaus, born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper.

Katharina Schmid
Schmid in 2019
CountryGermany
Born (1996-05-23) 23 May 1996
Oberstdorf, Germany
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)‌
Ski clubSC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best198.5 m (651 ft) German women national record
Vikersund, 19 March 2023
World Cup career
Seasons2012–present
Individual wins15
Team wins2
Indiv. podiums47
Team podiums6
Indiv. starts190
Team starts13
Medal record
Women's ski jumping
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangIndividual NH
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingIndividual NH
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 FalunMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldTeam NH
Gold medal – first place2019 SeefeldMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2021 OberstdorfMixed team NH
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaIndividual NH
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaTeam NH
Gold medal – first place2023 PlanicaMixed team NH
Silver medal – second place2019 SeefeldIndividual NH
Bronze medal – third place2023 PlanicaIndividual LH
Updated on 15 March 2023.

She is an individual world champion (with additional six team titles) and two time olympic runner-up.

In Planica 2023 she became the first and only ski jumper in history, both men and women, with at least four medals in total, achieved at a single FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Career

She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season. She finished 2nd in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 World Cup overall, and won individual silver medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

She became the mixed team ski jumping world champion together with her German team mates Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, and Severin Freund in Falun at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015.[1] She took her first World Cup win on 12 February 2017 in Ljubno.[2]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica she won medals in all four disciplines (two Individual and two team events), three gold and one bronze medal.

Major Tournament results

Winter Olympics
Year Place Individual Mixed
2014 Russia Sochi 23 N/A
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang 2 N/A
2022 China Beijing 2 9

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Year Place Individual Team
Normal Large Women Mixed
2013Italy Val di Fiemme32N/AN/A—
2015Sweden Falun17N/AN/A1
2017Finland Lahti8N/AN/A—
2019Austria Seefeld2N/A11
2021Germany Oberstdorf101251
2023Slovenia Planica1311

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall ST AK L3 RA BB
2011/12 28N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/13 22N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14 13N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/15 9N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/16 12N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/17 4N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2017/18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A1st place, gold medalist(s)N/AN/A
2018/19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)N/AN/A1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2019/20 5N/AN/AN/A4N/A
2020/21 9N/AN/AN/AN/A8
2021/22 4732N/A20N/A
2022/23 2nd place, silver medalist(s)5N/AN/A2nd place, silver medalist(s)N/A

Wins
No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 2016/1712 February 2017  Slovenia LjubnoSavina Ski Jumping Center HS95NH
2 2017/182 December 2017  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS98NH
3 3 December 2017  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
4 3 March 2018  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97NH
5 2018/192 December 2018  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH
6 15 December 2018  France PrémanonLes Tuffes HS90NH
7 16 December 2018  France PrémanonLes Tuffes HS90NH
8 2021/224 December 2021  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS98NH
9 2022/233 December 2022  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS98NH
10 11 December 2022  Germany Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142LH
11 7 January 2023  Japan SapporoŌkurayama HS137LH
12 28 January 2023  Germany HinterzartenAdler Ski Stadium HS111LH
13 4 February 2023  Germany WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS147LH
14 17 February 2023  Romania RâșnovTrambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97NH
15 15 March 2023  Norway LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS140LH

References
  1. "German mixed team takes Gold in Falun". International Ski Federation. 22 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 December 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. "German podium sweep in Ljubno". International Ski Federation. 12 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
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