The 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 43rd

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season in

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for men, the 25th official World Cup season in

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, and the 11th World Cup season for women. The men's season started in November in

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, Russia and concluded in March in

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, Slovenia. The women's season started in December in

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, Norway and was expected to conclude in March in Chaykovsky, Russia. Because of the

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, the women’s season concluded in Oberhof,

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. Norwegian

Halvor Egner Granerud Halvor Egner Granerud (born 29 May 1996) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won 25 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, and the Four Hills Tournament once ...

and Slovenian

Nika Križnar Nika Križnar (born 9 March 2000) is a Slovenian Ski jumping, ski jumper. Career In the 2020–21 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, 2020–21 World Cup season, she won the overall title after finishing nine points above Sara Takanashi. At the 2022 Wint ...

were the defending overall champions from the 2020–21 season. The 1st edition of new year's "Silvester Tournament" (women's version of

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

) was held with two K.O. events from 31 December to 1 January in

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, Slovenia. The "Alpenkrone" (Crown of the Alps) tournament - consisting of one competition in Ramsau and two in

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- also makes its debut in the women's competition. As of this season, the mixed competition on the large hill is making its debut.

Fatih Arda İpcioğlu Fatih Arda İpçioğlu (born 28 September 1997) is a Turkish ski jumper and ex national record holder. Career In 2017, he became the first Turkish ski jumper, who scored Continental Cup points in Erzurum; he also became the first Turkish s ...

became the first Turkish ski jumper in history of World Cup who managed to qualify to the main competition at the season opener in Nizhni Tagil. He also became the first representative of Turkey to qualify for a competition at the Four Hills Tournament and the first to score World Cup points.

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 ...

became the third ski jumper in history to win the final of the previous season and the opening of a new one (after

Espen Bredesen Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the nor ...

in 1992–93 and 1993–94 and

Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki (; born 14 July 1981) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2012. He is one of Finland's most successful ski jumpers, having won sixteen individual World Cup competitions; multiple medals at the Winter ...

in 2002–03 and 2003–04). After his 12th win in an individual competition in Nizhni Tagil,

has the most wins of any Norwegian in the World Cup ever. The Norwegian is also the first jumper in World Cup history who could not qualify for two consecutive competitions (Ruka) after winning a competition (Nizhny Tagil).

Marita Kramer Sara Marita Kramer (born 25 October 2001) is a Dutch-born Austrian ski jumper. Biography Kramer was born in the Netherlands, but moved from Apeldoorn to Maria Alm in Austria aged 6 when her parents started a pancake restaurant. This was document ...

won the individual competition on November 26 with the biggest lead over the second athlete (

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 ...

) in the history of the FIS Women's' World Cup with 41,7 points. For the first time since the 1983–84 season, six different athletes won the first six men's individual competitions. After the competition in

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was cancelled, for the second time in the 70-year history of the

will be held on three hills. The previous situation was in the 2007–08 season. For the first time ever, the

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tournament consists of more competitions for women than for men. On 1 March 2022, following the

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, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.

Map of world cup hosts

All 21 locations hosting world cup events for men (16), for women (9) and shared (6) in this season.

Men

;World Cup history in real time after FH event in

(27 March 2022)

Calendar

Men's team

;World Cup history in real time after FH event in

(26 March 2022)

Standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Ski Flying

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

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Women

;World Cup history in real time after NH event in Oberhof (13 March 2022)

Calendar

Women's team

;World Cup history in real time after NH event in

(25 February 2022)

Standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Silvester Tournament

Alpenkrone

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Mixed team

;World Cup history in real time after LH event in

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(4 March 2022)

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2021/22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup for men and women.

Qualifications

In case the number of participating athletes is 50 (men) / 40 (women) or lower, a Prologue competition round must be organized. In the Women's Silvester Tournament qualifies 50 jumpers.

Men

Women

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory: ;Men *

Anže Lanišek Anže Lanišek (born 20 April 1996) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Career In March 2014, Lanišek set an unofficial hill record of Bloudkova velikanka with , achieved during the Slovenian Nordic combined national championships in Planica. He made h ...

(25), in his 9th season – the WC 4 in

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Jan Hörl Jan Hörl (born 16 October 1998) is an Austrian ski jumper and Olympic champion from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing Hörl's FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place in Innsbruck on January 4th 2019 where he finished 29th. On 5 December ...

(23), in his 4th season – the WC 5 in

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* Daniel Huber (29), in his 7th season – the WC 13 in

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* Žiga Jelar (24), in his 6th season – the WC 27 in

;Women *

(23), in her 8th season – the WC 2 in

Urša Bogataj Urša Bogataj (born 7 March 1995) is a Slovenian ski jumper. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in the women's normal hill individual event. She made her World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entitie ...

(26), in her 11th season – the WC 12 in

Silje Opseth Silje Opseth (born 28 April 1999) is a Norwegian ski jumper, who represents the club Holeværingen IL. She competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti, Finland. Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 9 ...

(22), in her 7th season – the WC 16 in

;First World Cup podium: ;Men *

Lovro Kos Lovro Kos (born 23 July 1999) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Kos made his FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut in January 2021 in Willingen. His best result in World Cup so far is third place, achieved in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 1 January 2022 in the 2 ...

(22), in his 2nd season – the WC 11 in

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– 3rd place *

Cene Prevc Cene Prevc (born 12 March 1996) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper. Career On 18 February 2013, Prevc won the individual event at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival (EYOF) with a combined points of 261.0. With this victory Cene fo ...

(25), in his 8th season – the WC 19 in

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– 3rd place ;Women * Aleksandra Kustova (23), in her 7th season – the WC 11 in

– 3rd place *

Lisa Eder Lisa Eder (born 12 August 2001) is an Austrian ski jumper. Career On 9 August 2015 she started in the Alpencup for the first time. When she jumped the small Vogtlandschanzen in Klingenthal, she took 18th place. She celebrated her first victory ...

(20), in her 5th season – the WC 12 in

– 3rd place *

Joséphine Pagnier Joséphine Pagnier (born 4 June 2002) is a French ski jumper. She won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and won the French national championship in 2019 and 2020. She competed in the normal hill event at the 2022 Winter Olympics a ...

(19), in her 4th season – the WC 13 in

– 3rd place ;Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins): ;Men *

Ryōyū Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won during the 2018–19 season thirteen World Cup events and all six possible titles in the World Cup season: overall title, ski flying t ...

– 8 (27) *

Marius Lindvik Marius Lindvik (born 27 June 1998) is a Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic gold medalist. Career He won the silver medal in the normal hill at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed at the Junior World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018 wit ...

– 5 (8) *

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 ...

– 4 (25) *

– 4 (13) *

– 2 (13) *

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 ...

– 1 (8) *

Timi Zajc Timi Zajc (born 26 April 2000) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Career Continental Cup In September 2017 in Trondheim, Zajc finished on the podium for the first time in his career after finishing third in the first competition and winning the second c ...

– 1 (2) *

– 1 (1) *

– 1 (1) * Daniel Huber – 1 (1) * Žiga Jelar – 1 (1) ;Women *

– 7 (15) *

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 ...

– 3 (63) *

– 3 (5) *

– 3 (3) *

Katharina Althaus Katharina Althaus (born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season. She finished runner-up in the 2017/18 season overall standings, and won individual silver medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winte ...

– 1 (8) *

– 1 (1) *

– 1 (1)

Retirements

The following notable ski jumpers retired during or after the 2021–22 season: ;Men * Andreas Alamommo *

Thomas Diethart Thomas Diethart (born 25 February 1992) is an Austrian former ski jumper who won the 2014 Four Hills Tournament. Career Diethart's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2011 in Innsbruck. He won his first podium, a third ...

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 ...

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, ...

* Claudio Haas * Daiki Itō * Arkadiusz Jojko *

Čestmír Kožíšek Čestmír Kožíšek (born 9 November 1991) is a Czech ski jumper from club LSK Lomnice nad Popelkou. Career Kožíšek appeared for the first time in Ski jumping Fis Cup in 2006. He came in 29th place in his first competition. Almost two years ...

* Marinus Kraus * Jonathan Learoyd * Kilian Märkl * Viktor Polášek *

* Andreas Schuler * Adrian Sell * Anže Semenič * Markus Schiffner * Cedrik Weigel * Julian Wienerroither ;Women * Jerneja Brecl * Susanna Forsström * Océane Avocat Gros * Park Guy-lim *

Yurika Hirayama is a Japanese ski jumper and the 2011 World University Vice Champion.SeRetrieved 6 January 2013. Career At the age of 14, Hirayama started her career as a ski jumper at the FIS Race (ski jumping), FIS Race in Sapporo in 2005 where she placed e ...

Kaori Iwabuchi is a Japanese ski jumper. She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season, with her best individual result being sixth place in Lahti on 19 February 2016. Representing the Japanese national team, she won a gold medal in the women ...

Nina Lussi Nina Lussi (born March 29, 1994, in Lake Placid, New York) is an American ski jumper and four-time national champion. As a young jumper, Lussi won several Junior Olympic titles in Special Jumping and Nordic Combined. She also competed in track ...

* Štěpánka Ptáčková * Špela Rogelj *

Misaki Shigeno Misaki ( ja, 御先, "misaki") are a collective term for spirit-like existences in Japan like gods, demons and spirits, among other supernatural entities. Their name comes from a kannushi's vanguard. Summary Misaki are subordinate to the high ...

* Joanna Szwab *

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 ...

* Virág Vörös

Notes

References

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World cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

Map of world cup hosts

Men

Calendar

Men's team

Standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Ski Flying

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament (german: link=no, Vierschanzentournee) or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week (german: link=no, Deutsch-Österreichische Skisprung-Woche) is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in ...

Raw Air Raw Air is the no break ten-day tournament in ski jumping and ski flying in four venues across Norway. Founded by Arne Åbråten, it is organized as part of the FIS World Cup. Competition Prize money Locations Men's competition will b ...

Planica7

Women

Calendar

Women's team

Standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Silvester Tournament

Alpenkrone

Raw Air Raw Air is the no break ten-day tournament in ski jumping and ski flying in four venues across Norway. Founded by Arne Åbråten, it is organized as part of the FIS World Cup. Competition Prize money Locations Men's competition will b ...

Mixed team

Podium table by nation

Points distribution

Qualifications

Men

Women

Achievements

Retirements

See also

Notes

References