Gregor Schlierenzauer

Gregor Schlierenzauer
Schlierenzauer in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country Austria
Born (1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34)[1]
Innsbruck, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Ski clubSV Innsbruck–Bergisel
Personal best243.5 m (799 ft)
Vikersund, 12 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons20062021
Starts275
Podiums88
Wins53
Overall titles2 (2009, 2013)
Four Hills titles2 (2012, 2013)
Ski Flying titles3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
Nordic titles2 (2008, 2009)
Updated on 21 September 2021.

Gregor Schlierenzauer (pronounced [ˈʃliːʁənt͡saʊ̯ɐ]; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tournament, and Nordic Tournament twice each; the Ski Flying World Cup overall title three times; as well as four medals at the Winter Olympics, twelve at the Ski Jumping World Championships, and five at the Ski Flying World Championships.

During his victorious 2008–09 World Cup season, Schlierenzauer set a number of ski jumping records, including surpassing Janne Ahonen's record of twelve individual World Cup wins in a season with thirteen; and also tying Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki, and Thomas Morgenstern's record of six consecutive individual wins in a single season. On 26 January 2013, Schlierenzauer equalled Matti Nykänen's long-standing record of 46 individual World Cup wins; he would go on to achieve a total of 53 wins, the most of any male ski jumper.[3]

On 21 September 2021, he announced the end of his athletic career on his website.[4]

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  2. ^ "Gregor Schlierenzauer".
  3. ^ "Gregor Schlierenzauer makes ski jumping history". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ^ red, ORF at/Agenturen (21 September 2021). "Skispringen: Schlierenzauer zieht Schlussstrich". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2021.