Katharina Schmid

Katharina Schmid (née Althaus; born 23 May 1996) is a German ski jumper. She is a seven-time world champion, including one individual title and six team titles, as well as a two-time Olympic silver medalist, making her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of ski jumping.

In May 2023, she married Patrick Schmid, the brother of Nordic combined athlete Julian Schmid.

Career She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011/12 season. She finished 2nd in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 World Cup overall, and won individual silver medals at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.

She became the mixed team ski jumping world champion together with her German teammates Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag, and Severin Freund in Falun at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015. She took her first World Cup win on 12 February 2017 in Ljubno.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 in Planica she won medals in all four disciplines (two Individual and two team events), three gold and one bronze medal.

Record

Winter Olympics Games

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships YearPlaceIndividualTeam NormalLarge WomenMixed 2013 Val di Fiemme 32 N/A N/A — 2015 Falun 17 N/A N/A 1 2017 Lahti 8 N/A N/A — 2019 Seefeld 2 N/A 1 1 2021 Oberstdorf 10 12 5 1 2023 Planica 1 3 1 1 2025 Trondheim 19 19 3 4

World Cup Standings Season Overall2011/1228 N/A2012/1322 N/A2013/1413 N/A2014/159 N/A2015/1612 N/A2016/174 N/A2017/18 N/A N/A2018/19 N/A 2019/205 N/A 4 N/A2020/219 N/A 82021/224 7 32 N/A20 N/A2022/23 5 N/A N/A2023/2410 N/A 4 N/A

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12016/17 12 February 2017 Ljubno Savina Ski Jumping Center HS95 NH22017/18 2 December 2017 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH33 December 2017 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH43 March 2018 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 NH52018/19 2 December 2018 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH615 December 2018 Prémanon Les Tuffes HS90 NH716 December 2018 Prémanon Les Tuffes HS90 NH82021/22 4 December 2021 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH92022/23 3 December 2022 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS98 NH1011 December 2022 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 LH117 January 2023 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS137 LH1228 January 2023 Hinterzarten Adler Ski Stadium HS111 LH134 February 2023 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 LH1417 February 2023 Râșnov Trambulina Valea Cărbunări HS97 NH1515 March 2023 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH162024/25 24 November 2024 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS140 LH1714 December 2024 Zhangjiakou Snow Ruyi HS106 NH1815 December 2024 Zhangjiakou Snow Ruyi HS106 NH195 January 2025 Villach Alpenarena HS98 NH