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Markus Eisenbichler (born 3 April 1991) is a German former
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 ...
, current World Champion in team champion, team mixed competition and former World Champion
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...
on the large hill.
Career
HisFIS 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 December 2011 at 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 ...
in Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf (Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in German ...
. On 23 February 2019, Eisenbichler became the individual world champion on large hill in Seefeld in Tirol
Seefeld in Tirol is an old farming village, now a major tourist resort, in Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol with a local population of 3,312 (as of 1 January 2013). The village is located about northwest of Inn ...
. Later he won another two gold World Championship medals in the team event and mixed team event. On 22 March 2019, he achieved his long-awaited first World Cup win during the Ski Flying event in Planica
Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hikin ...
. Also, in Planica on 12 December 2020, he won the bronze medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships.
Record
Olympic Games
World Championships
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
Individual wins
Individual starts
Podiums
Ski jumping national record
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenbichler, Markus 1991 births Living people German male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics People from Traunstein (district) Skiers from Upper Bavaria 21st-century German sportsmen