Richard Freitag

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.

Olympic Games edit

Year	Place	Normal hill	Large hill	Team
2018	Pyeongchang	9	9

Nordic World Ski Championships edit

Year	Place	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed team
2011	Oslo	—	15	4	—
2013	Val di Fiemme	6	6
2015	Falun	7	15	5
2017	Lahti	9	19	4	—
2019	Seefeld	5	9		—

Ski Flying World Championships edit

Year	Place	Individual	Team
2010	Planica	28	7
2012	Vikersund	9
2016	Bad Mitterndorf	8
2018	Oberstdorf		4

Standings edit

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W5	T5	P7	NT
2009/10	90	38	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2010/11	38	17	52	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/12	6	10	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13	8	11	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14	24	24	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15	12	6	19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	9	9	13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	13	11	17	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18		27	7	7	11	N/A	5	N/A
2018/19	21	14	21	32	9	N/A	18	N/A
2019/20	44	—	—	—	31	—	—	N/A
2020/21	69	45	—	Cnx	—	—	—	N/A
2021/22	59	—	—	—	—	—	—	N/A

Wins edit

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2011/12	11 December 2011	Harrachov	Čerťák HS142	LH
2	2012/13	16 February 2013	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze HS213 (night)	FH
3		10 March 2013	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130	LH
4	2014/15	20 December 2014	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137	LH
5		4 January 2015	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze HS130	LH
6	2017/18	2 December 2017	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
7		10 December 2017	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142 (night)	LH
8		17 December 2017	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140	LH

• Richard Freitag at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Richard Freitag at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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