Katharina Althaus (born 23 May 1996) is a German

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 ...

who has competed at

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level since the 2011/12 season. She finished runner-up in the 2017/18 season overall standings, and won individual silver medals at the

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and 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

She made her World Cup debut in the 2011/12 season. She became the mixed team ski jumping world champion together with her German team mates

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, and Severin Freund in

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabitan ...

at the

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. She took her first World Cup win on 12 February 2017 in

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World Championship results

World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Althaus, Katharina 1996 births Living people German female ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of Germany Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping People from Oberstdorf Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) Ski jumpers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping 21st-century German women