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Severin Freund
Freund in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country	Germany
Born	(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988 (age 36) Freyung, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	WSV DJK Rastbüchl
Personal best	245 m (804 ft) Vikersund, 15 February 2015
World Cup career
Seasons	2008–2017 2019–2022
Indiv. starts	250
Indiv. podiums	53
Indiv. wins	22
Team starts	38
Team podiums	21
Team wins	6
Overall titles	1 (2015)
Medal record Representing  Germany Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Team LH Ski Jumping World Championships 2015 Falun Individual LH 2015 Falun Mixed team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2015 Falun Individual NH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed team NH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2014 Harrachov Individual 2012 Vikersund Team 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team 2022 Vikersund Team

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

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2011 Oslo	7	12	4
2013 Predazzo	4	9
2015 Falun			5
2021 Oberstdorf	–	22		–

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
2012 Vikersund	4
2014 Harrachov		Cancelled
2016 Bad Mitterndorf	6
2022 Vikersund	12

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7	NT
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	39
2010/11	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
2020/21	29	27	32	N/A	32	N/A	24	N/A
2021/22	30	33	22	23	N/A	N/A	30	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2010/11	15 January 2011	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134 (night)	LH
2		30 January 2011	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
3	2012/13	24 November 2012	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
4		1 December 2012	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH
5	2013/14	8 December 2013	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138	LH
6		26 February 2014	Falun	Lugnet HS134 (night)	LH
7		28 February 2014	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH
8		9 March 2014	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
9		21 March 2014	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka HS139	LH
10	2014/15	14 December 2014	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
11		10 January 2015	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS225	FH
12		1 February 2015	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
13		7 February 2015	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142	LH
14		15 February 2015	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
15		10 March 2015	Kuopio	Puijo HS100 (night)	NH
16		12 March 2015	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH
17		14 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night)	LH
18		15 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
19	2015/16	5 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
20		13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
21		29 December 2015	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
22	2016/17	26 November 2016	Kuusamo/Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH

Individual starts (250)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Points
2007/08																																12
	–	–	–	–	–	50	49	30	–	q	20	q	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008/09																																36
	26	42	44	38	29	47	42	38	q	–	–	–	–	42	18	28	39	–	24	25	36	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009/10																																75
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47	–	–	–	–	31	12	26	21	23	27	19	39	17	36	q
2010/11																																769
	30	13	21	13	13	18	8	6	42	24	13	–	–	1	2	3	15	6	1	10	4	–	–	3	17	6
2011/12																																857
	6	28	2	10	3	5	16	4	7	21	30	12	9	10	5	27	36	2	5	9	10	38	9	2	7	6
2012/13																																923
	1	16	1	2	5	4	6	3	15	4	33	-	22	7	31	10	9	–	–	17	9	3	3	10	13	9	9
2013/14																																1303
	28	6	7	1	5	8	48	20	10	32	15	10	4	12	13	6	–	–	2	2	1	1	2	2	7	1	1	2
2014/15																																1729
	16	7	3	6	4	3	1	7	10	13	10	8	8	1	3	3	–	–	3	1	1	ds	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	7
2015/16																																1490
	3	1	5	1	12	8	6	1	3	2	2	3	–	10	4	10	10	5	4	3	5	8	3	2	6	5	4	6	7
2016/17																																309
	2	1	11	11	26	10	9	20	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2018/19																																12
	–	29	31	22	30	50	47	36	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019/20																																2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	29	46	45	43	38
2020/21																																160
	25	23	9	39	18	q	39	25	39	36	20	23	24	16	27	37	17	31	21	30	31	14	q	27	25
2021/22																																211
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DQ	28	12	46	44	20	17	14	4	24	15	23	18	19	39	17	13	32	28

References

1. "Innauer nimmt Abschied: ZDF macht Freund zum Skisprung-Experten". kicker (in German). Retrieved 21 February 2023.

External links

• Severin Freund at FIS (ski jumping)
• Severin Freund at Olympics.com
• Severin Freund at Olympedia
• Severin Freund at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)

v t e Olympic champions in men's ski jumping team large hill

1988:  Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, Jari Puikkonen (FIN) 1992:  Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, Toni Nieminen (FIN) 1994:  Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, Jens Weißflog (GER) 1998:  Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN) 2002:  Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, Martin Schmitt (GER) 2006:  Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, Thomas Morgenstern (AUT) 2010:  Wolfgang Loitzl, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Morgenstern, Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014:  Severin Freund, Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wank, Andreas Wellinger (GER) 2018:  Daniel-André Tande, Andreas Stjernen, Johann André Forfang, Robert Johansson (NOR) 2022:  Stefan Kraft, Daniel Huber, Jan Hörl, Manuel Fettner (AUT)

• 1988 births
• Living people
• People from Freyung-Grafenau
• Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria
• Skiers from Bavaria
• German male ski jumpers
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
• Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Olympic ski jumpers for Germany
• Olympic gold medalists for Germany
• Olympic medalists in ski jumping
• Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• ZDF people
• German sports journalists
• 21st-century German sportsmen