Quick Facts
Biography
Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German ski jumper. He is the former FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champion, having won 2015 season and being the first German to win the World Cup since Martin Schmitt in 2000. As a member of the national team, Freund won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and in the mixed team event. He currently holds the German national distance record of 245 m (804 ft), which was set in Vikersund on 15 February 2015.
Career
Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.
On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished seventh in the 2011 World Cup season.
World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | RA | NT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007/08 | 68 | 39 | N/A | N/A | – |
| 2008/09 | 48 | 57 | – | N/A | – |
| 2009/10 | 42 | 60 | 31 | N/A | 39 |
| 2010/11 | 7 | 12 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
| 2011/12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | N/A | N/A |
| 2012/13 | 4 | 13 | 12 | N/A | N/A |
| 2013/14 | 03 ! | 16 | 5 | N/A | N/A |
| 2014/15 | 01 ! | 8 | 02 ! | N/A | N/A |
| 2015/16 | 02 ! | 02 ! | 6 | N/A | N/A |
| 2016/17 | 21 | 35 | – | – | N/A |
Wins
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010/11 | 15 January 2011 |  Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS134 (night) | LH |
| 2 | 30 January 2011 |  Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | LH | |
| 3 | 2012/13 | 24 November 2012 |  Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night) | NH |
| 4 | 1 December 2012 |  Kuusamo | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH | |
| 5 | 2013/14 | 8 December 2013 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS138 | LH |
| 6 | 26 February 2014 |  Falun | Lugnet HS134 (night) | LH | |
| 7 | 28 February 2014 | Lahti | Salpausselkä HS130 (night) | LH | |
| 8 | 9 March 2014 | Oslo | Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH | |
| 9 | 21 March 2014 |  Planica | Bloudkova velikanka HS139 | LH | |
| 10 | 2014/15 | 14 December 2014 |  Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) | LH |
| 11 | 10 January 2015 |  Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf | Kulm HS225 | FH | |
| 12 | 1 February 2015 | Willingen | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | LH | |
| 13 | 7 February 2015 | Titisee-Neustadt | Hochfirstschanze HS142 | LH | |
| 14 | 15 February 2015 | Vikersund | Vikersundbakken HS225 | FH | |
| 15 | 10 March 2015 | Kuopio | Puijo HS100 (night) | NH | |
| 16 | 12 March 2015 | Trondheim | Granåsen HS140 (night) | LH | |
| 17 | 14 March 2015 | Oslo | Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night) | LH | |
| 18 | 15 March 2015 | Oslo | Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH | |
| 19 | 2015/16 | 5 December 2015 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night) | NH |
| 20 | 13 December 2015 | Nizhny Tagil | Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) | LH | |
| 21 | 29 December 2015 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) | LH | |
| 22 | 2016/17 | 26 November 2016 | Kuusamo/Ruka | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH |
Individual starts (194)
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Points |
| 2007/08 |  |  | |  | |  | |  | | | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |  | | 12 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 49 | 30 | – | q | 20 | q | q | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2008/09 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | 36 | ||||
| 26 | 42 | 44 | 38 | 29 | 47 | 42 | 38 | q | – | – | – | – | 42 | 18 | 28 | 39 | – | 24 | 25 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| 2009/10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 75 | ||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 47 | – | – | – | – | 31 | 12 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 19 | 39 | 17 | 36 | q | ||||||||||
| 2010/11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 769 | |||||
| 30 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 13 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 17 | 6 | |||||||
| 2011/12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 857 | |||||
| 6 | 28 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
| 2012/13 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 923 | ||||
| 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 33 | - | 22 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 9 | – | – | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| 2013/14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | 1303 | |||
| 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2014/15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1729 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | ds | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2015/16 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | 1490 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 2016/17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | 309 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||