Karl Geiger

Karl Geiger
Geiger in Seefeld, 2019
Country	Germany
Born	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31) Oberstdorf, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	SC 1906 Oberstdorf
Personal best	243.5 m (799 ft) Planica, 25 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Starts	248
Podiums	39
Wins	15
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH 2022 Beijing Individual LH 2022 Beijing Team LH World Championships 2019 Seefeld Team LH 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH 2023 Planica Mixed team NH 2019 Seefeld Individual LH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual NH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH 2023 Planica Individual NH Men's ski flying World Championships 2020 Planica Individual 2020 Planica Team 2022 Vikersund Team 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 30 January 2024.

Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships.^[1] Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.

His career-best achievements include winning a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as individual silver, team, and mixed team gold at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.

On 12 December 2020, Geiger achieved the gold medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships. He became the ski flying World Champion beating Halvor Egner Granerud and Markus Eisenbichler.^[2]

Geiger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 15 December 2018 in Engelberg, Geiger won a World Cup competition for the first time in his career. On 16 February 2019, he achieved his second World Cup victory in Willingen, Germany.

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Team Mixed
2018 Pyeongchang	10	7		–
2022 Beijing	15			9

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2019 Seefeld	18
2021 Oberstdorf
2023 Planica		8	5

Event	Individual	Team
2020 Planica
2022 Vikersund	8
2024 Bad Mitterndorf	19

Season [3]				Tour Standings
	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7
2012/13	41	59	47	N/A
2013/14	42	48	—	N/A
2014/15	75	58	—	N/A
2015/16	30	31	29	N/A
2016/17	18	18	18	23	N/A
2017/18	14	11	24	20	20	N/A	35
2018/19	10	11	13	11		N/A	6
2019/20			5	12	4	5	N/A
2020/21	6			N/A	20	N/A
2021/22		4	10		N/A		11
2022/23	11	23	25	14	N/A		20
2023/24	7	14			N/A

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2018/19	15 December 2018	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140	LH
2		16 February 2019	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145
3	2019/20	11 January 2020	Val di Fiemme	Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104	NH
4		12 January 2020
5		21 February 2020	Râșnov	Râșnov Ski Jump HS97
6		1 March 2020	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
7	2020/21	29 December 2020	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137
8		26 March 2021	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240	FH
9		28 March 2021
10	2021/22	20 November 2021	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134	LH
11		18 December 2021	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140
12		22 January 2022	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142
13		23 January 2022
14	2023/24	9 December 2023	Klingenthal	Vogtland Arena HS140	LH
15		10 December 2023

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Points
2012/13																																	86
	21	30	26	29	6	29	35	q	36	–	–	33	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	42	20	40	21	46	26	34	–
2013/14																																	106
	25	14	15	46	29	23	28	32	q	47	32	34	–	–	–	–	13	12	–	–	20	q	31	36	–	–	–	–
2014/15																																	5
	–	–	–	q	q	45	31	–	–	38	q	–	–	–	–	–	26	39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015/16																																	174
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	32	31	40	36	–	–	–	16	40	28	28	18	2	25	17	20	24	–	21	33	24
2016/17																																	369
	6	9	14	12	14	24	47	27	28	15	9	29	10	11	36	32	23	13	16	9	25	25	31	11	16	23
2017/18																																	427
	17	18	6	9	14	11	12	17	7	12	16	q	21	14	22	9	14	11	7	34	q	7
2018/19																																	765
	9	5	8	10	5	1	4	12	19	24	10	19	19	24	42	35	16	18	30	6	1	6	17	20	8	22	9	7
2019/20																																	1519
	7	7	2	6	5	3	4	2	2	8	2	1	1	12	5	5	11	5	5	4	6	1	2	2	1	19	19
2020/21																																	826
	2	9	8	–	–	–	–	1	5	16	3	25	11	25	3	11	23	32	38	23	22	3	3	1	1
2021/22																																	1515
	1	2	5	2	4	4	22	1	2	5	7	4	3	8	2	1	1	19	2	5	5	3	7	5	9	9	12	16
2022/23																																	736
	34	17	6	33	3	5	22	10	4	11	q	23	14	20	22	34	–	–	5	21	8	4	3	3	12	5	37	21	17	3	25	23
2023/24																																	520
	11	9	4	4	1	1	20	4	7	16	26	15	10	23

Season	Podiums
	Medals			Total
2012/13	-	-	-	-
2013/14	-	-	-	-
2014/15	-	-	-	-
2015/16	-	1	-	1
2016/17	-	-	-	-
2017/18	-	-	-	-
2018/19	2	-	-	2
2019/20	4	6	1	11
2020/21	3	1	4	8
2021/22	4	5	2	11
2022/23	-	-	4	4
2023/24	2	-	-	2
Total	15	13	11	39

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karl Geiger.

• Karl Geiger at FIS (ski jumping)
• Karl Geiger at Olympics.com
• Karl Geiger at Olympedia
• Karl Geiger at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)