Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles two and three times respectively, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament twice, and three individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 metres (832 ft).

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Stefan Kraft
Kraft in 2019
Country	Austria
Born	(1993-05-13) 13 May 1993 (age 30) Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Ski club	SV Schwarzach
Personal best	253.5 m (832 ft) Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons	2012–present
Starts	301
Podiums	118
Wins	43
Overall titles	3 (2017, 2020, 2024)
Four Hills titles	1 (2015)
Ski Flying titles	3 (2017, 2020, 2023)
Raw Air titles	3 (2017, 2022, 2024)
Medal record Representing  Austria Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Team LH World Championships 2017 Lahti Individual NH 2017 Lahti Individual LH 2021 Oberstdorf Individual LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2017 Lahti Mixed team NH 2019 Seefeld Team LH 2019 Seefeld Mixed team NH 2021 Oberstdorf Team LH 2015 Falun Individual NH 2017 Lahti Team LH 2019 Seefeld Individual NH 2021 Oberstdorf Mixed team NH 2023 Planica Team LH Men's ski flying World Championships 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2024 Bad Mitterndorf Team 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Individual 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team 2022 Vikersund Individual
Updated on 24 March 2024.

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Kraft's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Bischofshofen. He has two world cup wins and won 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament overall.^[1] His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017,^[2] only half a meter away from Dimitry Vassiliev's 254-meter jump, the longest to date. At FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 in Falun, he won the silver medal from Men's team large hill event and bronze from Individual normal hill event.

In March 2017, he clinched his first overall FIS Ski Jumping World Cup title.^[3]

Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.

• 13 medals – (3 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze)

Year
	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Team (men)	Team (mixed)
2013 Val di Fiemme	33	8	–	–
2015 Falun	3	5	2	4
2017 Lahti	1	1	3	2
2019 Seefeld	3	6	2	2
2021 Oberstdorf	10	1	2	3
2023 Planica	4	6	3	4