Mihai Damian

2005–06 season In the 2005 summer season, Damian competed in the first four FIS Cup events. In Predazzo, he placed 78th and 73rd, surpassing Flavio Fruch, Roman Kuriawski, and in the first event, and Johnathan Sevick, , Kuriawski, and Fruch in the second. In Bischofshofen, he finished 48th in the first event, beating 11 competitors, but was disqualified in the second.

In 2005, he earned another bronze medal at the Romanian National Championships.

2006–07 season In the 2006–07 season, Damian competed in seven FIS Cup events. In Bischofshofen, he was disqualified in the first event but placed 34th in the second, outperforming Aleksandr Voronkov, Markus Eisenbichler, Klemens Murańka, and . In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, he finished 39th, beating eight competitors. In Einsiedeln, he placed 31st and 42nd, missing the final round and points in the first event by 0.5 points and beating only Niklas Strandbråten in the second. In Zakopane's winter FIS Cup, he finished 55th (tied with and Mojmír Nosáľ, beating 15 competitors) and 62nd, surpassing nine athletes.

In July 2006, he competed in the unofficial Children's World Championships for under-17s in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, placing 9th out of 11, ahead of Mojmír Nosáľ and Domingo Boland.

In 2006, Damian won his third bronze medal at the Romanian National Championships and two junior national titles, earning him the title of best athlete at CS Dinamo Brașov for 2006.

In March 2007, he competed in the 2007 Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, finishing last in the qualifiers for both the normal and large hill events. That same month, at the 2007 Junior World Ski Championships in Planica, he placed 67th out of 75 competitors, including two disqualified athletes.

2007–08 season

In the 2007–08 season, Damian competed in 12 FIS Cup events and four Continental Cup events. He scored FIS Cup points four times: 27th and 24th at Tveitanbakken in Notodden, and 27th and 29th at the Erzberg Arena in Eisenerz. These results earned him 17 points and 206th place in the FIS Cup general classification. In Notodden, the first event saw him finish last (27th) after a disqualification in the second round, while in the second, he outperformed , Szilveszter Kozma, Remus Tudor, and Jan Fuhre. In Eisenerz, he tied with to beat 11 competitors in the first event and surpassed nine in the second.

In the 2007–08 Continental Cup, Damian did not score points. He competed in Zakopane and Hinterzarten, placing 76th (out of 83, including two disqualified) and 80th in Zakopane, where he jumped 100 m at Wielka Krokiew on 3 February 2008, beating Bogomil Pavlov, Volodymyr Veredyuk, and Remus Tudor in the latter. In Hinterzarten, he finished 59th and 60th, beating Thomas de Wit, Kozma, Pavlov, and Tudor in both events.

Damian also competed in two FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup events at Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld, finishing 65th (out of 70) and 61st (out of 69).

In December 2007, he won three gold medals at the Romanian National Championships and two junior titles, earning him the second-best athlete award at CS Dinamo Brașov, behind gymnast Lucian Frățiloiu. He also placed 9th in the Romanian Ski and Biathlon Federation's poll for the best skier of 2007.

Due to insufficient snow in Romania, the February 2008 national championships were held in Zakopane. Damian won a silver medal in the individual senior event on Średnia Krokiew, finishing behind . With Balazs and , he won the team event for CS Dinamo Brașov. In the junior category, he earned a bronze medal, behind Kozma and .

In late February, Damian competed in his third Junior World Ski Championships in Zakopane, finishing 49th.

Achievements

Nordic World Ski Championships

Continental Cup

Results in individual Continental Cup events Source:

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Summer Continental Cup

Results in individual Summer Continental Cup events 2004 Place2007–08206

Results in individual FIS Cup events Source:

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