Stefan Kraft Kraft in 2019
Country Austria Born (1993-05-13 ) 13 May 1993 Schwarzach im Pongau, AustriaHeight 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Ski club SV Schwarzach Personal best 253.5 m (832 ft) Vikersund , 18 March 2017 Seasons 2012 –presentIndiv. starts 330 Indiv. podiums 126 Indiv. wins 45 Team starts 65 Team podiums 46 Team wins 17 Overall titles 3 (2017 , 2020, 2024) Four Hills titles 1 (2015 ) Ski Flying titles 3 (2017, 2020, 2023) Raw Air titles 3 (2017, 2022, 2024) Updated on 30 March 2025.
Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper . He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles three times each, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament three times, and three individual gold medals at the World Championships . Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).
Career
Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen . He has three world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall.[ 1] His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017,[ 2] only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254-meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun , he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.
In March 2017, he clinched his first overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title.[ 3]
World Cup results
Kraft in Zakopane 2013.
Season titles
6 titles – (3 overall, 3 ski flying)
Season
Discipline
2016/17
Overall
Ski flying
2019/20
Overall
Ski flying
2022/23
Ski flying
2023/24
Overall
Season standings
Season
Tour Standings
Overall
4H
SF
RA
W6
T5
P7
2011/12
—
67
—
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2012/13
31
40
32
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2013/14
10
27
29
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2014/15
7
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2015/16
6
5
7
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2016/17
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
2017/18
4
20
4
4
—
N/A
4
2018/19
17
8
7
N/A
12
2019/20
5
8
4
N/A
2020/21
17
8
22
N/A
15
N/A
17
2021/22
5
26
N/A
N/A
6
2022/23
6
N/A
N/A
2023/24
N/A
N/A
4
2024/25
18
7
N/A
N/A
6
Wins
Individual starts (330)
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
2011/12
0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
q
54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2012/13
202
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23
3
28
11
–
–
–
–
–
–
19
11
38
6
14
42
27
22
2013/14
539
14
q
22
25
25
19
12
13
50
30
12
20
33
21
21
22
24
16
15
7
5
2
4
9
11
8
13
9
2014/15
1578
2
13
13
17
11
4
3
6
9
1
6
2
3
2
1
2
2
4
7
6
2
5
–
–
1
3
9
10
5
3
4
2015/16
1006
6
4
14
22
27
7
8
7
9
11
4
4
1
–
–
2
5
6
2
11
8
3
11
4
21
22
10
12
10
2016/17
1665
9
4
3
3
8
6
3
1
3
18
25
2
4
–
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
1
1
5
1
1
2017/18
881
3
13
4
3
12
13
3
4
31
24
4
9
15
–
–
3
2
8
2
5
3
2
2018/19
1349
21
26
10
5
20
8
12
3
49
2
3
4
2
1
1
1
6
3
7
4
11
10
2
1
3
3
14
17
2019/20
1659
21
4
7
1
2
2
18
4
13
4
4
2
2
2
11
2
2
1
4
3
1
3
1
1
2
8
17
2020/21
429
32
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
28
8
4
9
3
–
5
23
6
19
16
10
5
–
23
29
17
2021/22
1069
q
3
4
7
3
1
26
9
14
12
q
23
24
17
–
22
9
25
6
1
3
1
8
3
1
3
6
11
2022/23
1790
3
5
2
1
8
3
4
6
5
18
4
14
3
5
1
18
2
3
8
13
16
3
–
2
1
2
8
2
1
2
1
3
2023/24
2149
1
1
1
1
2
9
3
1
3
6
6
1
2
1
39
6
24
1
1
4
3
1
49
8
1
3
5
1
1
2
7
4
2024–25
1290
4
4
3
2
7
3
11
9
14
3
1
8
1
3
7
29
7
12
4
9
14
6
5
10
6
4
2
5
12
Podiums
Season
Podiums
Medals
Total
2011/12
-
-
-
-
2012/13
-
-
1
1
2013/14
-
1
-
1
2014/15
3
6
4
13
2015/16
1
2
1
4
2016/17
8
3
6
17
2017/18
-
3
5
8
2018/19
4
3
5
12
2019/20
5
8
2
15
2020/21
-
-
1
1
2021/22
4
-
5
9
2022/23
5
6
6
17
2023/24
13
3
4
20
Total
43
35
40
118
Ski jumping world record
Olympic results
Year
Age
Normal hill
Large hill
Team
Mixed Team
2018 Pyeongchang
24
13
18
4
–
2022 Beijing
28
10
13
1
5
World Championships
13 medals – (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)
Year
Normal Hill
Large Hill
Team (men)
Team (mixed)
2013 Val di Fiemme
33
8
–
–
2015 Falun
3
5
2
4
2017 Lahti
1
1
3
2
2019 Seefeld
3
6
2
2
2021 Oberstdorf
10
1
2
3
2023 Planica
4
6
3
4
Notes
^ Tied with Halvor Egner Granerud
References
External links
1988: Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen , Tuomo Ylipulli, Jari Puikkonen (FIN )
1992: Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, Toni Nieminen (FIN )
1994: Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, Jens Weißflog (GER )
1998: Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN )
2002: Sven Hannawald , Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann , Martin Schmitt (GER )
2006: Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern (AUT )
2010 : Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern , Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT )
2014 : Severin Freund , Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wank , Andreas Wellinger (GER )
2018 : Daniel-André Tande , Andreas Stjernen, Johann André Forfang , Robert Johansson (NOR )
2022: , Daniel Huber, Jan Hörl, Manuel Fettner (AUT )