Gianina Krucker (

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Ernst (born 31 December 1998) is a former German

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 ...

. She was the youngest participant during the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

Personal life

Gianina Ernst was born in

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

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, to a German-Swiss family. Her father, Joachim Ernst, was a ski jumper and German champion who, during

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, ...

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, finished 11th on the K70 hill and 38th on the K90 hill. Her mother, Cornelia Thomas, was a Swiss cross country skier, who represented Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1982 World Championships. Gianina has five siblings. Her brother, Benjamin Ernst (born 21 March 1995), is also a ski jumper.

Career

Ernst's 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 December 2013 in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munici ...

, where she had already won a second place medal in a previous competition. She was the youngest participant during the

when a Women's Ski Jump competition was hosted for the first time in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. In 2020 she announced her retirement from the sport.

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* * * 1998 births Living people German female ski jumpers Swiss female ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportswomen Sportspeople from Winterthur Skiers from the canton of Zürich Naturalized citizens of Germany Naturalised sports competitors 21st-century Swiss sportswomen Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Germany {{Germany-sport-bio-stub