Daniel Huber (born 2 January 1993) is an Austrian
ski jumper
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.
He is the older brother of
Stefan Huber, also a ski jumper.
Career
He won a gold medal at the
2022 Winter Olympics
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in team event and is two-time team silver medalist of the World Ski Championships in
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
and
2021
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. Huber won also the Ski Flying World Cup small crystal globe in the
2023/2024 season and the tour
Planica 7 in 2024.
Huber's debut in
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
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took place in
Sapporo
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in 2016.
World Cup
Standings
Individual victories
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Skiers from Salzburg
Austrian male ski jumpers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Austria
Winter World University Games medalists in ski jumping
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic ski jumpers for Austria
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
21st-century Austrian sportsmen
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