Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former

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and current TV expert. He competed at

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level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in

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, and scoring 22 individual World Cup wins. As a member of the German national team, Freund won a gold medal at the

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and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and mixed team competitions.

Career

Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from

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in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his

debut in December 2007 in

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, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from

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in January 2010. On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at

. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in

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. He finished seventh in the

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World Cup season.

TV

Severin Freund has been a ski jumping expert for

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since February 2023.

Record

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships results

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup

Standings

Wins

Individual starts (250)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Freund, Severin 1988 births Living people People from Freyung-Grafenau Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria German male ski jumpers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics ZDF people German sports journalists