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Andreas Wellinger
Andreas Wellinger
	Wellinger in Klingenthal, 2017
Country	Germany
Born	28 August 1995 (age 29); Ruhpolding, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski club	SC Ruhpolding
Personal best	245 m (804 ft); Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Indiv. starts	244
Indiv. podiums	40
Indiv. wins	8
Team starts	43
Team podiums	28
Team wins	8
Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
World Championships
Men's ski flying
World Championships
	Updated on 1 December 2024.

Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career-best achievements include an individual gold and silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He also won a team gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 and 2023 Ski Jumping World Championships, an individual silver medal at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships and individual silver medal at the 2024 Ski Flying World Championships.

Wellinger's best finish in the World Cup overall standings is the third place, in the 2023–24 season.

Career

Wellinger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 on competition on small hill in Lillehammer. He led after the first round, but in the second round he dropped to fifth place. The same year, he won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg as well. During the 2012/2013 season, he reached 393 points and finished in World cup in 20th place.

He won the summer Grand Prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the first competition in season 2013/2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second. He ended the Four Hills Tournament in 10th place. Then he won in Wisla 2014. He was on Germany's ski jumping 2014 Winter Olympics team. He was sixth on a small individual hill and won a gold medal with Germany in a team event. He ended 2013/2014 season in 9th place. He started season 2014/2015 in Klingenthal with 3rd place. In Ruka he had a bad fall and broke his collarbone and next jumped on 6 March in Lahti.

2018: Winter Olympic Games

Andreas Wellinger won the gold medal in the Men's Normal Hill Individual Ski Jumping event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games. He also won the silver in the Men's Individual Large Hill Ski Jumping event, and another silver as part of the German Team in the Men's Team Ski Jumping event.

Major tournament results

Olympic Games

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Team Mixed
2014 Sochi	6	45		–
2018 Pyeongchang				–

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2015 Falun	11	DNS	—	—
2017 Lahti			4
2019 Seefeld	—	32	—	—
2023 Planica		13	5

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Event	Individual	Team
2014 Harrachov	13	Cancelled
2016 Bad Mitterndorf	14
2018 Oberstdorf	7	4
2022 Vikersund	14
2024 Bad Mitterndorf

World Cup

Season standings

Season ^[1]				Tour Standings
Season ^[1]	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	P7
2012/13	20	9	45	N/A
2013/14	9	10	12	N/A
2014/15	35	—	—	N/A
2015/16	17	12	—	N/A
2016/17	4	22			N/A
2017/18	6		26	19	5	24
2018/19	18	31	22	33	19	25
2020/21	—	62	—	—	—	—
2021/22	29	31	25	29	N/A	17
2022/23	7	11	9	22	N/A	17
2023/24			7	6	N/A	15
2024/25	5				N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2013/14	16 January 2014	Wisła	Malinka HS134 (night)	LH
2	2016/17	29 January 2017	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
3	2017/18	3 December 2017	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
4	2022/23	11 February 2023	Lake Placid	MacKenzie Intervale Complex HS128	LH
5	2022/23	18 February 2023	Râșnov	Râșnov Ski Jump HS97	NH
6	2023/24	29 December 2023	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
7	2023/24	4 February 2024	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 (night)	LH
8	2024/25	1 December 2024	Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH