The 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 36th

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season in

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for men, the 18th official World Cup season in

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and the 4th World Cup season for ladies. It began on 22 November 2014 and ended on 22 March 2015 in

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, Slovenia. A break took place during the season in February for the

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, Sweden. The defending champions from the previous season were

Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

from Poland,

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from Slovenia as defending ski flying champion, and

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from Japan. The 63rd Four Hills Tournament offered extra prize money.

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of Austria won the tournament for the first time, followed by

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of Austria and Peter Prevc. February 2015 saw an improvement of the

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in ski jumping distance. On 14 February, Peter Prevc set the new mark with in

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, Norway. His achievement was beaten the next day by

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from Norway with , which was the world record until March 2017. Peter Prevc and

Jurij Tepeš Jurij Tepeš (born 14 February 1989) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Tepeš won a bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo in the team large hill event. In the 2010–11 season he got his first podium in Wo ...

became the sixth and seventh man in ski jumping history to achieve a "perfect jump", with all five judges awarding them top style marks (5x20). This took place in Planica on 20 March (Prevc) and 22 March (Tepeš).

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became the World Cup winner for the first time. Freund and Prevc ended the season with the identical number of points but Freund was awarded the title on the basis of higher number of victories during the season (9 for Freund and 3 for Prevc). Prevc defended the Ski flying title and Germany won the Nations cup. In ladies' World cup

Daniela Iraschko-Stolz Daniela Iraschko-Stolz ( Iraschko; born 21 November 1983) is an Austrian 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 most indivi ...

won her first overall title and Austria won their first Nations cup.

World records

Season titles

Map of world cup hosts

All 25 locations hosting world cup events for men (21) and ladies (8) in this season. Events in Liberec were canceled. Green pog

''Four Hills Tournament''

Calendar

Men

Only single-round competitions were held in Lillehammer, Nizhny Tagil, Wisła and Kuopio. The second round in each was cancelled due to strong wind.

Ladies

Only one round competition in Zaō and Râșnov.

Men's team

Only one round competition in Planica team event. Second round cancelled because of strong wind.

Men's standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Four Hills Tournament

Ski Flying

Ladies' standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory: * Roman Koudelka (25), in his 9th season – the WC 1 in Klingenthal; first podium was 2010-11 WC 13 in Harrachov * Špela Rogelj (20), in her 4th season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer *

(23), in his 5th season – the WC 6 in Nizhny Tagil; first podium was 2012-13 WC 2 in Lillehammer *

(21), in his 4th season – the WC 10 in Oberstdorf; first podium was 2012-13 WC 11 in Bischofshofen *

(23), in his 6th season – the WC 13 in Bischofshofen; first podium was 2013-14 WC 15 in Wisla *

Carina Vogt Carina Vogt (born 5 February 1992) is a German former ski jumper. Career She won the first Olympic gold medal ever awarded for women's ski jumping, at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Vogt's international debut was in the Meinerzhagen compe ...

(22), in her 4th season – the WC 4 in Zaō; first podium was 2012-13 WC 11 in Zaō ;First World Cup podium: * Špela Rogelj (20), in her 4th season *

Chiara Hölzl Chiara Kreuzer ( Hölzl, born 18 July 1997) is an Austrian ski jumper. Career Kreuzer's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 in Lillehammer. Her individual best result is an 11th place at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. At ...

(17), in her 3rd season - no. 3 in the WC 3 in Sapporo * Taylor Henrich (19), in her 4th season - no. 3 in the WC 6 in Oberstdorf *

Johann André Forfang Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team go ...

(19), in his 1st season - no. 3 in the WC 24 in Vikersund ;Victory in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time): *

- 9 (18) first place *

- 6 (30) first place *

- 5 (10) first place * Roman Koudelka - 4 (4) first place *

- 3 (6) first place *

- 3 (3) first place *

Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010. His other achievements include winning t ...

- 2 (23) first place *

- 2 (15) first place *

Richard Freitag Richard "Richi" Freitag (; born 14 August 1991) is a German former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2010 to 2022. Career His FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdor ...

- 2 (5) first place *

- 2 (2) first place *

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 ...

- 1 (53) first place *

Noriaki Kasai is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992, 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the Nordic Tournament 1999, 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at th ...

- 1 (17) first place * Anders Jacobsen - 1 (10) first place *

- 1 (2) first place * Špela Rogelj - 1 (1) first place *

- 1 (1) first place

Footnotes

References

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