Jan Hörl (born 16 October 1998) is an Austrian

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 ...

and Olympic champion from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

Career

Hörl's

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 ...

debut took place in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

on 4 January 2019 where he finished 29th. On 5 December 2021 he won his first individual World Cup competition in

Wisła Wisła (; ; ) is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132 (2019), near the border with the Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in the historical region of ...

, Poland. On 14 February 2022 he achieved his biggest success when Jan Hörl, together with

Stefan Kraft 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 ...

, Daniel Huber and Manuel Fettner, won the team competition gold medal in Beijing 2022. His best season so far has been the 2021-22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, where he finished 9th in the overall with 662 points and achieved his first individual World Cup win in

and finished 3rd on the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in his hometown

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 ...

. Hörl won three team events this season in

and

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. He also finished first in the large hill team competition in

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World Cup

Season standings

Wins

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* * * * 1998 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics European Games medalists in ski jumping European Games gold medalists for Austria European Games silver medalists for Austria Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-wintersport-bio-stub