Stefan Kraft


Stefan Kraft 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 two individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of.

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.

World Cup results

Season titles

Wins

Individual starts (196)

Podiums

Ski jumping world record

Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.
DateHillLocationMetresFeet
18 March 2017 Vikersundbakken HS225Vikersund, Norway253.5832

Olympic results

World Championships