Severin Freund

Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, and scoring 22 individual World Cup wins. As a member of the German national team, Freund won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics 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 Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from Sapporo 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 Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished seventh in the 2011 World Cup season.

TV Severin Freund has been a ski jumping expert for ZDF since February 2023.

Record FIS World Nordic Ski Championships results EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHMixed Team NH 2011 Oslo 7 12 4 2013 Predazzo 4 9 2015 Falun 5 2021 Oberstdorf – 22 –

FIS Ski Flying World Championships EventIndividualTeam 2012 Vikersund 4 2014 Harrachov Cancelled 2016 Bad Mitterndorf 6 2022 Vikersund 12

World Cup Standings Season Overall 2007/08 68 39 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A —2008/09 48 57 — N/A N/A N/A N/A —2009/10 42 60 31 N/A N/A N/A N/A 392010/11 7 12 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2011/12 8 7 9 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2012/13 4 13 12 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2013/14 16 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2014/15 8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2015/16 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016/17 21 35 — — N/A N/A N/A N/A 2017/18 — — — — — N/A — N/A 2018/19 57 — — — — — N/A N/A 2019/20 73 — — 42 — — N/A N/A 2020/2129 27 32 N/A 32 N/A 24 N/A2021/2230 33 22 23 N/A N/A 30 N/A

Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 2010/11 15 January 2011 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS134 (night) 2 30 January 2011 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH3 2012/13 24 November 2012 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night) 4 1 December 2012 Kuusamo Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH5 2013/14 8 December 2013 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS138 LH6 26 February 2014 Falun Lugnet HS134 (night) LH7 28 February 2014 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 (night) LH8 9 March 2014 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH9 21 March 2014 Planica Bloudkova velikanka HS139 LH10 2014/15 14 December 2014 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH11 10 January 2015 Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm HS225 12 1 February 2015 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 LH13 7 February 2015 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 LH14 15 February 2015 Vikersund Vikersundbakken HS225 FH15 10 March 2015 Kuopio Puijo HS100 (night) NH16 12 March 2015 Trondheim Granåsen HS140 (night) LH17 14 March 2015 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night) LH18 15 March 2015 Oslo Holmenkollbakken HS134 LH19 2015/16 5 December 2015 Lillehammer Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night) NH20 13 December 2015 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) LH21 29 December 2015 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) LH22 2016/17 26 November 2016 Kuusamo/Ruka Rukatunturi HS142 (night) LH

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