Michael "Michi" Hayböck (; born 5 March 1991) is an Austrian 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 ...

Career

He took his first World Cup win on 6 January 2015 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 ...

in the final event of the Four Hills Tournament 2014/15. He is a junior world champion from

Hinterzarten Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. ...

2010. Hayböck competed for Austria in both individual men's ski jumping events at 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 ...

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. He qualified for the finals in both events and placed 5th in the normal hill competition and 8th in the large hill. Then as part of the Austrian team along with

Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup overall title twice with 23 ...

, Thomas Diethart and

Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer (; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tourname ...

he took a silver in the team large hill competition at the same games. At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in

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, he won 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 ...

Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Daniela Iraschko-Stolz ( Iraschko; born 21 November 1983) is an Austrian former ski jumper and footballer. She is one of the ski jumping's most successful female athletes, having won the 2014/15 women's World Cup season, and has the third mos ...

, and Jacqueline Seifriedsberger the silver medal in the mixed team competition. In the men's team competition he won bronze together with

Manuel Fettner Manuel Fettner (born 17 June 1985) is an Austrian ski jumper. He won a silver medal on the normal hill at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 20 ...

, and

. On 1 January 2025, Michael set a new record at the

Große Olympiaschanze The Große Olympiaschanze (') is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping. T ...

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with a jump of 145 meters, beating the previous record of 144 meters set by

Dawid Kubacki Dawid Grzegorz Kubacki ( ; born 12 March 1990) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014, 2018 Winter Olympics, 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, 2022, ...

four years prior.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Individual starts (324)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haybock, Michael 1991 births Austrian male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Austria Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Linz Skiers from Upper Austria FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 21st-century Austrian sportsmen