Country Austria Team wins 2 Total podiums 15 Individual wins 3 Height 1.7 m | Seasons 2012–present Role Ski jumper Ski club SV Schwarzach Name Stefan Kraft | |
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Born 13 May 1993 (age 30)
Schwarzach im Pongau,
Austria ( 1993-05-13 ) Personal best 240 m (787 ft)
Planica, 20 Mar 2015 Similar People Michael Haybock, Severin Freund, Peter Prevc, Gregor Schlierenzauer, Richard Freitag | ||
Stefan kraft accident ski jumping trondheim 12 03 2015
Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the sport's most successful contemporary athletes, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup, Ski Flying World Cup, World Championships, Four Hills Tournament, and Raw Air Tournament. Since March 2017 he has also held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).
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Career
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. His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017, 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.
