Daniela Iraschko-Stolz ( Iraschko; born 21 November 1983) is an Austrian
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 ...
and
footballer
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.
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 individual female World Cup wins – 12 – as of March 2017. Since 2003 she has held the
women's ski flying world record of , and remains the only woman to reach that distance.
In football she has played at the highest levels of the domestic women's game.
Career
Ski jumping
Iraschko-Stolz has competed in ski jumping since 2000. She is best known for her three individual victories at the
Holmenkollen Ski Festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic.
History
It takes place in March ...
(2000, 2001, 2003). In 2009–10 she won the women's
Continental Cup. She won the gold medal at the
2007 Winter Universiade
The 2007 Winter Universiade, the XXIII Winter Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy from January 17 to 27, 2007.
Opening ceremony
The Opening Ceremony of the XXIII Winter Universiade Torino 2007 was held with a cast of acrobats, circus performe ...
in
Turin
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, gold at the
2011 Ski Jumping World Championships in
Holmenkollen
Holmenkollen () is a mountain and a neighbourhood in the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, Norway. It goes up to above sea level and is well-known for its international skiing competitions.
Overview
In addition to being a residential area, the are ...
, and silver at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
. At World Cup level, she has nine individual wins and finished second overall in the first ever women's World Cup season in
2011/12.
On 29 January 2003, Iraschko-Stolz became the first woman to fly over 200 metres, during practice for a World Cup event on the
ski flying
Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ra ...
hill in
Kulm, a
women's world record which still stands today.
Due to being injured, she was unable to compete in the Nordic World Championships 2013.
In 2014, she won a silver medal in the
normal hill competition at the
Winter Olympics
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in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
.
At the
Nordic World Ski Championship 2015 in
Falun
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, she won a bronze medal in the
normal hill competition. At the
Nordic World Ski Championship 2017 in
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
, she won together with
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 ...
,
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger
Jacqueline "Jaci" Seifriedsberger (born 20 January 1991) is an Austrian ski jumper.
She represents SC Waldzell club. She was selected to compete for Austria in the 2009 World Championship and 2011 World Championship in Oslo. She also won a gold ...
, and
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 ...
the silver medal in the mixed team competition.
Football
Iraschko started playing
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
at a young age and started her career at WSV Eisenerz in 1993. In 2003 she moved to the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...
side Innsbrucker AC, and after the dissolution of the women's team in 2006 she moved to
Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 she became Austrian runner-up with the team behind the champions
SV Neulengbach
SV Neulengbach is an Austrian association football club from Neulengbach. The club was founded in 1923, and in 1996 expanded to include a women's football section.
While the men always played in the lower leagues of Austria, the women are a suc ...
, in 2009 and 2012 she was in the
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...
final.
Honours and statistics
Ski Jumping World Cup
Standings
Wins
Austrian football
With
Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
:
*2x
Austrian Cup
The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...
finalist: 2009, 2012
*3x
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...
runner-up: 2008, 2009, 2010
Personal life
She married her
lesbian
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partner in 2013.
[Michael Shields (29 January 2014]
Ski jumping-Austria's Iraschko dreams of Olympic flight
Reuters
References
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1983 births
Austrian female ski jumpers
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
LGBT sportspeople from Austria
Lesbian sportswomen
Living people
Ski jumpers at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Olympic ski jumpers of Austria
Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
People from Eisenerz
Universiade medalists in ski jumping
Universiade gold medalists for Austria
LGBT skiers
LGBT ski jumpers
World record setters in ski flying
Women's association football forwards
Austrian women's footballers
21st-century LGBT people
Sportspeople from Styria
Footballers from Styria
21st-century Austrian women