Richard "Richi" Freitag (; born 14 August 1991) is a German former

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who competed at

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level from 2010 to 2022.

Career

His

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debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the

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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, having previously gained success in the Continental Cup. On 3 January 2010, he succeeded in

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with a 30th place-his first World Cup point. At the

FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 was held 18–21 March 2010 in Planica, Slovenia for a record sixth time. Planica hosted the event previously in 1972, 1979, 1985, 1994, and 2004. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer was the defending indivi ...

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he reached the 28th place in the individual event. In his second season, he won the third place with the German team in Oberstdorf in 2011. At the beginning of the 2011/2012 World Cup, he finished 9th in

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. In

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on 3 December 2011 he reached the second rank, his first podium placing. A week later he won the competition on the large hill in

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ahead of

Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the World Cup overall title twice with 23 individual wins, the Four H ...

and his teammate

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, ...

. At the same jump, his father Holger Freitag celebrated his only World Cup victory on 8 January 1983. On 20 January he clinched 2nd spot in Polish

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, behind home favorite

Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

, securing his 3rd individual podium of his career. At the Winter Olympics 2018 in

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he won together with his German team mates

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 ...

Stephan Leyhe Stephan Leyhe (; born 5 January 1992) is a German ski jumper. He made his World Cup debut in December 2014 in Engelberg , neighboring_municipalities = Attinghausen (UR), Gadmen (BE), Innertkirchen (BE), Isenthal (UR), Wassen (UR), Wolfenschie ...

, and

Andreas Wellinger Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career-best achievements include winning an individual gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, individual silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 Ski Jump ...

the silver medal in the team large hill competition.

Record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Standings

Wins

References

External links

* * 1991 births Living people German male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Germany FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub