Severin Freund

Severin Freund
File:20150927 FIS Summer Grand Prix Hinzenbach 4624.jpg Freund in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country	Germany
Born	(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988 Freyung, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	WSV DJK Rastbüchl
Personal best	245 m (804 ft) Vikersund, 15 Feb 2015
World Cup career
Seasons	2008–present
Individual wins	21
Team wins	6
Indiv. podiums	51
Team podiums	18
Yellow bibs	13
Indiv. starts	185
Team starts	34
Overall titles	1 (2015)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 Falun Individual LH 2015 Falun Mixed NH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2015 Falun Individual NH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2014 Harrachov Individual 2012 Vikersund Team 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team
Updated on 20 March 2016.

Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German ski jumper. He is the former FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champion, having won 2015 season and being the first German to win the World Cup since Martin Schmitt in 2000. As a member of the national team, Freund won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and in the mixed team event. He currently holds the German national distance record of 245 m (804 ft), which was set in Vikersund on 15 February 2015.

Career

Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.

On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished seventh in the 2011 World Cup season.

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	SF	4H	NT
2007/08	68	N/A	39	–
2008/09	48	–	57	–
2009/10	42	31	60	39
2010/11	7	15	12	N/A
2011/12	8	9	7	N/A
2012/13	4	12	13	N/A
2013/14		5	16	N/A
2014/15			8	N/A
2015/16		6		N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2010/11	15 January 2011	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS 134 (night)	LH
2		30 January 2011	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS 145	LH
3	2012/13	24 November 2012	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 100 (night)	NH
4		1 December 2012	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS 142 (night)	LH
5	2013/14	8 December 2013	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 138	LH
6		26 February 2014	Falun	Lugnet HS 134 (night)	LH
7		28 February 2014	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS 130 (night)	LH
8		9 March 2014	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS 134	LH
9		21 March 2014	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka HS 139	LH
10	2014/15	14 December 2014	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS 134 (night)	LH
11		10 January 2015	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS 225	FH
12		1 February 2015	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS 145	LH
13		7 February 2015	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS 142	LH
14		15 February 2015	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS 225	FH
15		10 March 2015	Kuopio	Puijo HS 100 (night)	NH
16		12 March 2015	Trondheim	Granåsen HS 140 (night)	LH
17		14 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS 134 (night)	LH
18		15 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS 134	LH
19	2015/16	5 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS 100 (night)	NH
20		13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS 134 (night)	LH
21		29 December 2015	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS 137 (night)	LH

External links

• Severin Freund at the International Ski Federation