The 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 36th

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season in

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for men, the 18th official World Cup season in

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and the 4th World Cup season for ladies. It began on 22 November 2014 and ended on 22 March 2015 in

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, Slovenia. A break took place during the season in February for the

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, Sweden. The defending champions from the previous season were

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 ...

from Poland,

Peter Prevc Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Fou ...

from Slovenia as defending ski flying champion, and Sara Takanashi from Japan. The 63rd Four Hills Tournament offered extra prize money.

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of Austria won the tournament for the first time, followed by

Michael Hayböck Michael "Michi" Hayböck (; born 5 March 1991) is an Austrian former Ski jumping, ski jumper. Career He took his first World Cup win on 6 January 2015 in Bischofshofen in the final event of the 2014–15 Four Hills Tournament, Four Hills Tourname ...

of Austria and Peter Prevc. February 2015 saw an improvement of the

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in ski jumping distance. On 14 February, Peter Prevc set the new mark with in

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, Norway. His achievement was beaten the next day by

Anders Fannemel Anders Fannemel (; born 13 May 1991) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is a former list of the longest ski jumps#Men, ski flying world record holder, with set in Vikersundbakken, Vikersund on 2014–15 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, 15 February 2015. ...

from Norway with , which was the world record until March 2017. Peter Prevc and Jurij Tepeš became the sixth and seventh man in ski jumping history to achieve a "perfect jump", with all five judges awarding them top style marks (5x20). This took place in Planica on 20 March (Prevc) and 22 March (Tepeš). Severin Freund became the World Cup winner for the first time. Freund and Prevc ended the season with the identical number of points but Freund was awarded the title on the basis of higher number of victories during the season (nine for Freund and three for Prevc). Prevc defended the Ski flying title and Germany won the Nations cup. In ladies' World cup Daniela Iraschko-Stolz won her first overall title and Austria won their first Nations cup.

World records

Season titles

Map of world cup hosts

All 25 locations hosting world cup events for men (21) and ladies (8) in this season. Events in

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were canceled. Green pog

''Four Hills Tournament''

Calendar

Men

Only single-round competitions were held in Lillehammer, Nizhny Tagil, Wisła and Kuopio. The second round in each was cancelled due to strong wind.

Ladies

Only one round competition in Zaō and Râșnov.

Men's team

Only one round competition in Planica team event. Second round cancelled because of strong wind.

Men's standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Four Hills Tournament

Ski Flying

Ladies' standings

Overall

Nations Cup

Prize money

Achievements

;First World Cup career victory: *

Roman Koudelka Roman Koudelka (; born 9 July 1989) is a Czech ski jumping, ski jumper. Career Koudelka's first world cup start was in Kuusamo on 24 November 2006. He finished in 31st position. He ended the season 39th in the world cup standings with 87 po ...

(25), in his 9th season – the WC 1 in Klingenthal; first podium was 2010-11 WC 13 in Harrachov * Špela Rogelj (20), in her 4th season – the WC 1 in Lillehammer *

(23), in his 5th season – the WC 6 in Nizhny Tagil; first podium was 2012-13 WC 2 in Lillehammer *

(21), in his 4th season – the WC 10 in Oberstdorf; first podium was 2012-13 WC 11 in Bischofshofen *

(23), in his 6th season – the WC 13 in Bischofshofen; first podium was 2013-14 WC 15 in Wisla * Carina Vogt (22), in her 4th season – the WC 4 in Zaō; first podium was 2012-13 WC 11 in Zaō ;First World Cup podium: * Špela Rogelj (20), in her 4th season * Chiara Hölzl (17), in her 3rd season - no. 3 in the WC 3 in Sapporo * Taylor Henrich (19), in her 4th season - no. 3 in the WC 6 in Oberstdorf * Johann André Forfang (19), in his 1st season - no. 3 in the WC 24 in Vikersund ;Victory in this World Cup (in brackets victory for all time): * Severin Freund - 9 (18) first place * Sara Takanashi - 6 (30) first place * Daniela Iraschko-Stolz - 5 (10) first place *

- 4 (4) first place *

- 3 (6) first place *

- 3 (3) first place *

Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010. ...

- 2 (23) first place *

- 2 (15) first place * Richard Freitag - 2 (5) first place * Carina Vogt - 2 (2) first place *

- 2 (2) first place *

Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer (; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tourname ...

- 1 (53) first place *

Noriaki Kasai is a Japanese ski jumper. His career achievements include a gold medal at the 1992 Ski Flying World Championships, winning the 1999 Nordic Tournament, individual silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and two individual bronze medals at the ...

- 1 (17) first place * Anders Jacobsen - 1 (10) first place * Jurij Tepeš - 1 (2) first place * Špela Rogelj - 1 (1) first place *

- 1 (1) first place

Footnotes

References

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