Andreas Wellinger facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Andreas Wellinger |
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Wellinger in Klingenthal, 2017
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1995 Ruhpolding, Germany |
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| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ski club | SC Ruhpolding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 245 m (804 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017 |
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| Seasons | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team wins | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team podiums | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 244 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. He is famous for his amazing achievements in the sport. He won a gold medal and a silver medal by himself at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
He also helped his team win a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. In 2018, his team also earned a silver medal. Andreas has won gold medals with mixed teams at the Ski Jumping World Championships in 2017 and 2023. He also has individual silver medals from the 2017 and 2023 World Championships. In 2024, he won an individual silver medal at the Ski Flying World Championships.
Andreas Wellinger's best finish in the overall World Cup standings was third place. This happened in the 2023–24 season.
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Career Highlights
Andreas Wellinger started his journey in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in 2012. His first competition was on a small hill in Lillehammer. He was in the lead after the first jump but ended up in fifth place. That same year, he helped his team win a big event in Kuusamo. He also got on the podium twice by himself in Sochi and Engelberg. In the 2012/2013 season, he earned 393 points and finished 20th in the World Cup.
In 2013, he won the Summer Grand Prix FIS Ski Jumping competition. He beat Slovenian ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the start of the 2013/2014 season in Klingenthal, he finished second, which was his third time on the podium. He also came in second place in Engelberg that year. He finished 10th in the Four Hills Tournament. Later, in 2014, he won a competition in Wisla.
Andreas was part of Germany's ski jumping team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. He finished sixth in the individual small hill event. He then won a gold medal with the German team. He ended the 2013/2014 season in ninth place overall.
He started the 2014/2015 season strong with a third-place finish in Klingenthal. However, he had a bad fall in Ruka and broke his collarbone. He returned to jumping on March 6 in Lahti.
2018: Winter Olympic Games
Andreas Wellinger had an amazing performance at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in 2018. He won the gold medal in the Men's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping event. This means he was the best ski jumper on the normal hill.
He also earned a silver medal in the Men's Individual Large Hill Ski Jumping event. On top of that, he won another silver medal with the German team in the Men's Team Ski Jumping event.
Major Tournament Achievements
Andreas Wellinger has achieved many medals in major ski jumping tournaments.
- At the Olympic Games, he won a team gold medal in 2014 Sochi. In 2018 Pyeongchang, he won an individual gold medal on the normal hill. He also earned two silver medals in Pyeongchang, one for the individual large hill and one with his team.
- In the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Andreas has also had great success. He won gold medals with the mixed team in 2017 Lahti and 2023 Planica. He also secured individual silver medals in both the normal hill and large hill events in 2017, and another individual silver on the normal hill in 2023.
- At the FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Andreas has won several silver and bronze medals. He earned team silver medals in 2016 Bad Mitterndorf and 2022 Vikersund. In 2024 Bad Mitterndorf, he won an individual silver medal and a team bronze medal.
World Cup Performance
Andreas Wellinger has been a strong competitor in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for many seasons.
- His best overall finish in the World Cup was third place in the 2023/24 season.
- He also achieved second place in the Four Hills Tournament in both the 2017/18 and 2023/24 seasons.
- In the 2016/17 season, he finished second in the Ski Flying standings and third in the Raw Air tour.
Andreas has won a total of 8 individual World Cup events throughout his career:
- His first win was in Wisła, Poland, in January 2014.
- He won in Willingen, Germany, in January 2017.
- Another win came in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, in December 2017.
- In the 2022/23 season, he won twice: in Lake Placid, USA, and Râșnov, Romania.
- He added two more wins in the 2023/24 season: in Oberstdorf, Germany, and again in Willingen, Germany.
- His most recent win was in Ruka, Finland, in December 2024 during the 2024/25 season.
See also
In Spanish: Andreas Wellinger para niños
- List of Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- List of Youth Olympic Games gold medalists who won Olympic gold medals
