Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles twice each, the Four Hills Tournament and Raw Air Tournament once each, and three individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).
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Country | Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 29) Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | SV Schwarzach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 253.5 m (832 ft) ![]() Vikersund, 18 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 2 (2017, 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four Hills titles | 1 (2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski Flying titles | 2 (2017, 2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raw Air titles | 2 (2017, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 25 March 2022. |
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Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen. He has two world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall.[1] His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017,[2] only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254 meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.
In March 2017, he clinched his first overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title.[3]
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2016/17 | Overall |
Ski flying | |
2019/20 | Overall |
Ski flying |
Season | Tour Standings | ||||||
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Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 | |
2011/12 | — | 67 | — | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2012/13 | 31 | 40 | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2013/14 | 10 | 27 | 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2014/15 | ![]() | ![]() | 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015/16 | 6 | 5 | 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2016/17 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() | ![]() | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2017/18 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 4 | — | N/A | 4 |
2018/19 | ![]() | 17 | 8 | ![]() | 7 | N/A | 12 |
2019/20 | ![]() | 5 | ![]() | 8 | ![]() | 4 | N/A |
2020/21 | 17 | 8 | 22 | N/A | 15 | N/A | 17 |
2021/22 | 5 | 26 | 3 | ![]() | N/A | N/A |
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 2014/15 | 29 December 2014 | ![]() | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH |
2 | 15 January 2015 | ![]() | Malinka HS134 (night) | LH | |
3 | 8 March 2015 | ![]() | Salpausselkä HS130 | LH | |
4 | 2015/16 | 24 January 2016 | ![]() | Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night) | LH |
5 | 2016/17 | 30 December 2016 | ![]() | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH |
6 | 4 February 2017 | ![]() | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 (night) | FH | |
7 | 5 February 2017 | ![]() | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS225 | FH | |
8 | 15 February 2017 | ![]() | Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre HS140 (night) | LH | |
9 | 12 March 2017 | ![]() | Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH | |
10 | 16 March 2017 | ![]() | Granåsen HS140 (night) | LH | |
11 | 24 March 2017 | ![]() | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 | FH | |
12 | 26 March 2017 | ![]() | Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS225 | FH | |
13 | 2018/19 | 20 January 2019 | ![]() | Wielka Krokiew HS140 (night) | LH |
14 | 26 January 2019 | ![]() | Ōkurayama HS137 (night) | LH | |
15 | 27 January 2019 | ![]() | Ōkurayama HS137 | LH | |
16 | 12 March 2019 | ![]() | Lysgårdsbakken HS140 (night) | LH | |
17 | 2019/20 | 8 December 2019 | ![]() | Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) | LH |
18 | 2 February 2020 | ![]() | Ōkurayama HS137 | LH | |
19 | 16 February 2020 | ![]() | Kulm HS235 | FH | |
20 | 22 February 2020 | ![]() | Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 | NH | |
21 | 28 February 2020 | ![]() | Salpausselkä HS130 (night) | LH | |
22 | 2021/22 | 11 December 2021 | ![]() | Vogtland Arena HS140 (night) | LH |
23 | 25 February 2022 | ![]() | Salpausselkä HS130 (night) | LH | |
24 | 3 March 2022 | ![]() | Lysgårdsbakken HS140 | LH | |
25 | 19 March 2022 | ![]() | Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS235 | FH |
Season | Podiums | |||||||||
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2011/12 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
2012/13 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
2013/14 | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
2014/15 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||||||
2015/16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
2016/17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 17 | ||||||
2017/18 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
2018/19 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | ||||||
2019/20 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | ||||||
2020/21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
2021/22 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
Total | 25 | 26 | 30 | 81 |
Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.
Date | Hill | Location | Metres | Feet |
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18 March 2017 | Vikersundbakken HS225 | Vikersund, Norway | 253.5 | 832 |
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Age | Normal hill | Large hill | Team | Mixed Team | |
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24 | 13 | 18 | 4 | – |
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28 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
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Normal Hill | Large Hill | Team (men) | Team (mixed) | |
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33 | 8 | – | – |
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3 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
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1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
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10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champions | |
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World champions in ski jumping individual normal hill | |
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World champions in ski jumping individual large hill | |
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Four Hills Tournament winners | |
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