Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

Career

He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

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. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship e ...

with gold in 1999 and silver in 1997. His only World cup victory was in 1992 in

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. On 22 March 1992, he crashed at world record distance at 194 metres (636 ft) at

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 The 1992 FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships took place on 21–22 March 1992 at Čerťák in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia for the second time. Harrachov previously hosted the event in 1983. It is the first Ski Flying World Championships in which G ...

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. On 18 March 1994, he crashed at world record distance at 207 metres (679 ft) at

FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994 The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1994 took place on 20 March 1994 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fourth time. It also counted for World Cup. They previously hosted the championships as being part of Yugoslavia in 1972, 1979 and 198 ...

Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking d ...

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World Cup

Standings

Wins

Invalid ski jumping world records

Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

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* * * 1971 births Living people German male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany People from Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub