Michael Neumayer (born 15 January 1979) 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 ...

who competed from 2000 to 2015. He won a silver medal in the team normal hill at the

2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 took place 16–27 February 2005 in Oberstdorf, Germany, for the second time after hosting it previously in 1987. The ski jumping team normal hill event returned after not being held in 2003 2 ...

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 ...

and finished 32nd in the individual normal hill at those same championships. Neumayer also won a bronze in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2006. His best individual finish at the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (), also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held i ...

was 8th in the individual normal hill at

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. Neumayer has five individual career victories from 2002 to 2008 (albeit none of them in an individual World Cup competition). He is an employee at a tax consultancy firm away from his ski jumping duties.

World Cup victories

''Team''

References

* * 1979 births German male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Sportspeople from Bad Reichenhall Skiers from Upper Bavaria Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub