The 2015–16 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 37th

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season in

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for men, the 19th official World Cup season in

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and the 5th World Cup season for ladies. It began on 21 November 2015 in

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, Germany and concluded on 20 March 2016 in

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, Slovenia. For men, the title holders from the previous season were

Severin Freund Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, ...

in overall,

Peter Prevc Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Four Hills ...

in ski flying, and Germany in the nations cup. For ladies,

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 ...

was defending the overall title and Austria the nations cup.

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and the country of Kazakhstan hosted ski jumping World Cup events for the first time in history. Several events had to be cancelled or rescheduled to other venues due to weather conditions. The cancelled individual event from

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was replaced in Planica on 17 March 2016, which meant that

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became the first hill in history to host four World Cup events in a row.

Map of world cup hosts

All 24 locations hosting world cup events for men (21) and ladies (10) in this season. Events in Kuusamo/Ruka and

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were completely canceled. Green pog

''Four Hills Tournament''

Men

Summary

Peter Prevc, who was the runner-up in the previous two seasons, dominated the men's season. Prevc secured his first World Cup title by winning the second event in Almaty, six events before the end of the season. At the end of the season, Prevc broke several statistical records. He won the highest number of points in a single season (2303, the previous record being 2083 of

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 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup overall titl ...

from the 2008/09 season) and also recorded the highest number of victories, podium finishes, and average points per event in a season (15 victories, 22 podiums, and 79.41 points on average, the previous records being 13 victories, 20 podiums, and 77.15 points on average from Schlierenzauer's 2008/09 season). The point difference between the first and the second, 813 points, was also the highest ever. By winning the sky flying title, Prevc became the first ski jumper to win the title for three years in a row. In the overall standings, the defending champion

finished second and Kenneth Gangnes finished third. Prevc also won the prestigious 64th Four Hills Tournament. The tournament was broadcast in 57 different countries for 200 million viewers around the globe. Prevc won the competition with the highest total score ever with 1139.4 points and won three events out of four. At the

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, which did not count for World Cup points, Prevc became the world champion in sky flying. The event on 19 December 2015 in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, marked some interesting statistical features:

and

Domen Prevc Domen Prevc (born 4 June 1999) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Career 2015: World Cup debut Prevc competed in the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. He made an individual World Cup debut on 22 November 2015 in Klingenthal with eighth place. ...

became first brothers in history who shared a ski jumping World Cup podium;

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 ...

became the oldest contestant on a podium at 43 years and 196 days old; for the first time the oldest

(43) and the youngest

(16) participant of any competition both on podium and with record age difference between two on podium. The Prevc brothers finished on the podium again in Sapporo, where they were joined by

Robert Kranjec Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Kranjec won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He won his first World Cup event at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. I ...

. Prevc also became only the third ski jumper who managed to win the event with falling or touching the ground upon landing, by winning the ski flying event in Vikersund on 14 February. Such a feat was previously achieved only by

Andreas Goldberger Andreas "Andi" Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres in 1994, although he didn't manage to stand. Career He won the World Cup overall titles three times ( ...

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and

Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt (; born 29 January 1978) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2014. He is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers, having won the World Cup twice; a gold medal at the Winter Olympics; four gold medals at th ...

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. In team events, Norway won three times, Germany twice, and Slovenia once. The Nations Cup was won by Norway, followed by Slovenia and Germany. A total of 111,000 people (2,500 / 20,500 / 22,500 / 32,500 / 33,000) has gathered at hill test and four days of competitions at the season final in

Calendar

Single-round event.

Men's team

Single-round team event.

Ladies

Summary

Sara Takanashi (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall titles (an all-time fema ...

of Japan won her third overall title. She won 14 out of 17 events and secured the title several events before the end of the season.

, the title holder from the previous year, finished second, while Maja Vtič finished third. No team events for ladies or mixed team events were scheduled this season. The Nations Cup was won by Austria, followed by Japan and Slovenia. Since the last two events of the season were cancelled due to lack of snow, the award ceremony took place in Planica, together with men's.

Calendar

Single-round team event.

Men's standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Four Hills Tournament

Ski Flying

Ladies' standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Yellow bib timeline

Men

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Tande Alexandre Ramos Samuel (born March 20, 1970), nickname Tande, is a former Brazilian volleyball player. He began playing volleyball for the Botafogo team when he was 12 years old. Tande won a gold medal with the Brazilian national volleyball te ...

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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

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Ladies

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Ski Flying

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Four Hills Tournament

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Qualifications

Men

Ladies

Head coach

Nations

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory: *

Daniel-André Tande Daniel-André Tande (; born 24 January 1994) is a Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Tande's first World Cup start was in Bad Mitterndorf on 11 January 2014. On 25 November 2015, he achiev ...

(21), in his third season – the WC 1 in Klingenthal * Kenneth Gangnes (26), in his seventh season – the WC 3 in Lillehammer * Maja Vtič (28), in her fifth season – the WC 13 in Ljubno *

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 ...

(20), in his second season – the WC 26 in Titisee-Neustadt ;First World Cup podium: *

(21), in his third season – the WC 1 in Klingenthal * Kenneth Gangnes (26), in his seventh season – the WC 2 in Lillehammer *

Eva Pinkelnig Eva Pinkelnig (born 27 May 1988) is an Austrian ski jumper. Career She competed in the 2015 World Cup season. She represented Austria at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipali ...

(27), in her second season – the WC 2 in Nizhny Tagil * Joachim Hauer (24), in his third season – the WC 4 in Nizhny Tagil *

(16), in his first season – the WC 6 in Engelberg *

Ema Klinec Ema Klinec (born 2 July 1998) is a Slovenian ski jumper. In February 2021, she became the first Slovenian female ski jumping world champion after winning the normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021. On 18 March 2023, Kli ...

(17), in her second season – the WC 4 in Sapporo *

Karl Geiger Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 ...

(23), in his fourth season – the WC 21 in Lahti ;Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins): *

– 15 (21) *

– 14 (44) *

– 3 (21) *

Michael Hayböck Michael "Michi" Hayböck (; born 5 March 1991) is an Austrian ski jumper. Career He took his first World Cup win on 6 January 2015 in Bischofshofen in the final event of the Four Hills Tournament 2014/15. He is a junior world champion from Hinte ...

– 3 (4) *

– 2 (12) *

– 2 (7) * Roman Koudelka – 1 (5) *

Stefan Kraft Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup and FIS Ski Flying World Cup, Ski Flyi ...

– 1 (4) *

Anders Fannemel Anders Fannemel (; born 13 May 1991) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former ski flying world record holder, with set in Vikersund on 15 February 2015. Career Fannemel started ski jumping when he was 14 years old, which is rather late c ...

– 1 (3) *

– 1 (1) * Kenneth Gangnes – 1 (1) * Maja Vtič – 1 (1) *

– 1 (1)

Footnotes

References

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