Daniel Moroder (born January 22, 2002 in

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) is an Italian

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Career

Moroder made his debut on January 13, 2017, in Schonach during an individual competition on the

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placing 73rd in the Alpine Ski Jumping Cup, in which he competed in 2021 as well. Two years later he took part in the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in

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. In the individual competition on the normal hill, Moroder placed 51st and was eliminated in the first round. Together with Francesco Cecon,

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and Giovanni Bresadola, he also competed in the team competition. The team reached the twelfth position out of 14 teams. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Moroder finished 15th in the individual on the normal hill. On February 8, 2020, Moroder made his debut in the

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, finishing in 49th place. On February 23 in

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he scored his first two points in this competition series, the season of which he placed 106th with these two points 3rd place in the Winter Continental Cup ranking and 158th place in the combined ranking of summer and winter. At the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2020 in

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, Moroder placed 34th in the individual. In the men's team competition he finished eleventh together with Mattia Galiani, Domenico Mariotti and Francesco Cecon and reached the mixed team competition together with

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, Mattia Galiani and

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achieved the eighth position. In the 2020/21 season, Moroder took part in a qualifying event for the

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competition in

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on January 15, 2021, but only placed 53rd. Moroder competed in the team competition on the following day alongside Francesco Cecon, Giovanni Bresadola and

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, in which they were eliminated in the first round. In the Junior World Ski Championships 2021 in Lahti, he was 23 in singles. In the team with Mattia Galiani, Francesco Cecon and Giovanni Bresadola, he finished seventh. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in

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in 2021, Moroder was able to qualify for the individual jumping on the normal hill, in which he was eliminated in the first round placing 51st. After the first week of competition, the Italian ski jumpers had to leave Oberstdorf by order of their ski association after several members of the team had become infected with

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Personal life

Daniel Moroder comes from Val Gardena. He is in a relationship with the Italian ski jumper

Statistics

Continental Cup standings

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moroder, Daniel 2002 births Italian male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Sterzing Skiers from South Tyrol Ski jumpers at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Living people Moroder family