Daniel Tschofenig (born 28 March 2002) is a

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

from Austria. He is a member of the Slovenian minority in Austria. He became the first ski jumper born in the 21st century to stand on a World Cup podium, win a competition, and triumph in the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

Career

Juniors

Tschofenig participated at the 2021 Junior World Championships in

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, Finland and finished at the fourth place in individual normall hill competition, and won the gold medal at the team event. On the next year Tschofenig won three gold medals (individual, team and mixed team) at the 2022 Junior World Championships in

Zakopane Zakopane (Gorals#Language, Podhale Goral: ''Zokopane'') is a town in the south of Poland, in the southern part of the Podhale region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains. From 1975 to 1998, it was part of Nowy Sącz Voivodeship; since 1999, it has ...

, Poland.

Seniors

His debut in the

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the Internationa ...

took place in January 2021 in

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a List of cities and towns in Austria, town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau District, St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg (state), Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on ...

. , he has 17 podiums in the World Cup, including an individual win in

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and several wins with the Austrian team. He also finished 3rd at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's team large hill.

World Cup

Season standings

Wins

Individual starts (112)

References

External links

* 2002 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers Skiers from Villach European Games medalists in ski jumping European Games gold medalists for Austria Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Austria-skijumping-bio-stub