Jan Hörl (born 16 October 1998) 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 Olympic champion from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing Hörl's

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debut took place in

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on January 4th 2019 where he finished 29th. On 5 December 2021 he won his first individual World Cup competition in

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, Poland. On February 14th 2022, he achieved his biggest success when Jan Hörl, together with

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 ...

, Daniel Huber and

Manuel Fettner Manuel Fettner (born 17 June 1985) is an Austrian ski jumper.. Retrieved 17 January 2016. He won a silver medal on the normal hill at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called ...

, won the team competition gold medal in

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World Cup

His best season has been the 2021-22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, where he finished 9th in the overall ranking with 662 points and achieved his first individual World Cup win in

and finished 3rd on the Paul-Außerleitner-Schanze in his hometown

Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route cr ...

. Hörl has won three team competitions this season in

and

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. He also finished first in the large hill team competition in

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Individual victories

team victories

Season standings

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* 1998 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Austria Olympic gold medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century Austrian people {{Austria-wintersport-bio-stub