Andreas Wellinger facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Andreas Wellinger
Wellinger in Klingenthal, 2017
Country	Germany
Born	(1995-08-28) 28 August 1995 (age 28) Ruhpolding, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski club	SC Ruhpolding
Personal best	245 m (804 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Individual wins	5
Team wins	7
Indiv. podiums	28
Team podiums	23
Indiv. starts	200
Team starts	34
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 2 2 0 Ski Jumping World Championships 2 3 0 Ski Flying World Championships 0 2 0 Olympic Games Gold 2014 Sochi Team LH Gold 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Individual LH Silver 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH World Championships Gold 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH Gold 2023 Planica Mixed team NH Silver 2017 Lahti Individual NH Silver 2017 Lahti Individual LH Silver 2023 Planica Individual NH Men's ski flying World Championships Silver 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team Silver 2022 Vikersund Team
Updated on 25 February 2023.

Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career-best achievements include winning an individual gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, individual silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 Ski Jumping World Championships, and team silver at the 2016 Ski Flying World Championships. Wellinger's best finish in the World Cup overall standings is fourth, in the 2016/17 season.

Career

Wellinger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 on competition on small hill in Lillehammer. He led after the first round, but in the second round he dropped to fifth place. The same year, he won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg as well. During the 2012/2013 season, he reached 393 points and finished in World cup in 20th place.

He won the summer Grand Prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the first competition in season 2013/2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second. He ended the Four Hills Tournament in 10th place. Then he won in Wisla 2014. He was on Germany's ski jumping 2014 Winter Olympics team. He was sixth on a small individual hill and won a gold medal with Germany in a team event. He ended 2013/2014 season in 9th place. He started season 2014/2015 in Klingenthal with 3rd place. In Ruka he had a bad fall and broke his collarbone and next jumped on 6 March in Lahti.

2018: Winter Olympic Games

Andreas Wellinger won the gold medal in the Men's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. He also won the silver in the Men's Individual Large Hill Ski Jumping event, and another silver as part of the German Team in the Men's Team Ski Jumping event.

World Cup

Season standings

Season				Tour Standings
	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W5	P7
2012/13	20	9	45	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	9	10	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	35	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	17	12	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	4	22	02	03	N/A	N/A
2017/18	6	02	26	19	5	24
2018/19	18	31	22	33	19	25

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2013/14	16 January 2014	Wisła	Malinka HS134 (night)	LH
2	2016/17	29 January 2017	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
3	2017/18	3 December 2017	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH

Record

Olympic results

Year
	Normal hill	Large hill	Team
2014 Sochi	6th	45th	Gold
2018 Pyeongchang	Gold	Silver	Silver

World Championship results

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
2014 Harrachov	13	Cancelled
2016 Bad Mitterndorf	14	02
2018 Oberstdorf	7	4
2022 Vikersund	14	02

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