Richard Freitag

Richard "Richi" Freitag (; born 14 August 1991) is a German former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2010 to 2022. He was runner-up in the overall 2017–18 Ski Jumping World Cup, and won the bronze medal at the 2018 Ski Flying World Championships.

Career His FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place on 29 December 2009 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, having previously gained success in the Continental Cup. On 3 January 2010, he succeeded in Innsbruck with a 30th place-his first World Cup point. At the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica 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 Kuusamo. In Lillehammer 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 Harrachov ahead of Thomas Morgenstern and his teammate Severin Freund. 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 Zakopane, behind home favorite Kamil Stoch, securing his 3rd individual podium of his career.

At the Winter Olympics 2018 in Pyeongchang, together with his German team mates Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, and Andreas Wellinger he won the silver medal in the team large hill competition.

Record Olympic Games

Nordic World Ski Championships

Ski Flying World Championships

World Cup Standings Season Overall2009/1090 38 — N/A N/A N/A N/A —2010/1138 17 52 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2011/126 10 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2012/138 11 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2013/1424 24 — N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2014/1512 6 19 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2015/169 9 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A2016/1713 11 17 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A2017/18 27 7 7 11 N/A 5 N/A2018/1921 14 21 32 9 N/A 18 N/A2019/2044 — — — 31 — — N/A2020/2169 45 — — — — N/A2021/2259 — — — — — — N/A

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12011/12 11 December 2011 Harrachov Čerťák HS142 22012/13 16 February 2013 Oberstdorf Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night) 310 March 2013 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH42014/15 20 December 2014 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 LH54 January 2015 Innsbruck Bergiselschanze HS130 LH62017/18 2 December 2017 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH710 December 2017 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 (night) LH817 December 2017 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 LH