Richard "Richi" Freitag (; born 14 August 1991) is a German former
ski jumper who competed at
World Cup level from 2010 to 2022. He was runner-up in the overall
2017–18 Ski Jumping World Cup, and won the bronze medal at the
2018 Ski Flying World Championships.
Career
His
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the
Four Hills Tournament in
Oberstdorf, having previously gained success in the
Continental Cup. On 3 January 2010, he succeeded in
Innsbruck
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with a 30th place-his first World Cup point. At the
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in
Planica he reached the 28th place in the individual event.
In his second season, he won the third place with the German team in Oberstdorf in 2011.
At the beginning of the
2011/2012 World Cup, he finished 9th in
Kuusamo. In
Lillehammer
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on 3 December 2011 he reached the second rank, his first podium placing. A week later he won the competition on the large hill in
Harrachov ahead of
Thomas Morgenstern and his teammate
Severin Freund. At the same jump, his father
Holger Freitag celebrated his only World Cup victory on 8 January 1983. On 20 January he clinched 2nd spot in Polish
Zakopane, behind home favorite
Kamil Stoch, securing his 3rd individual podium of his career.
At the
Winter Olympics 2018 in
Pyeongchang, together with his German team mates
Karl Geiger,
Stephan Leyhe, and
Andreas Wellinger he won the silver medal in the team
large hill competition.
Record
Olympic Games
Nordic World Ski Championships
Ski Flying World Championships
World Cup
Standings
Wins
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
German male ski jumpers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Olympic ski jumpers for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Skiers from Saxony
People from Erzgebirgskreis
21st-century German sportsmen