Andreas Wellinger

German ski jumper and 2018 Olympic normal hill champion, one of the most consistent performers on the World Cup circuit for over a decade.

Born on 28 August 1995 in Ruhpolding, Germany, Andreas Wellinger made his FIS World Cup debut in 2012 and won his first individual event in Wisła, Poland, in 2014. That same season, fresh off his breakthrough win, he was selected for Germany's team at the Sochi Winter Olympics, where he won gold in the team large hill event. Wellinger's finest individual moment came at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where he won gold in the normal hill individual event with a decisive second jump of 113.5 metres, adding silver medals in the large hill individual and team events at the same Games — a haul of three medals from a single Olympics. He also won mixed team gold at both the 2017 and 2023 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, alongside individual silver medals at the 2017 and 2023 World Championships. Wellinger's career was significantly disrupted by injuries in the years following PyeongChang, including a torn ACL and a broken collarbone, and he was left off Germany's team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics after testing positive for coronavirus during the selection period. He worked his way back to top form, and by the 2022-23 season had produced an outstanding run of 10 podium finishes, half of them wins, securing his best-ever World Cup overall finish of third. Wellinger continued competing at an elite level into his thirties, winning his first ski-flying World Cup event at Vikersund in 2025 and claiming a further individual silver medal at the 2025 World Championships in Trondheim, cementing his status as one of Germany's most consistent and decorated modern ski jumpers.

Technically consistent jumper equally strong on normal, large and ski-flying hills

One of Germany's most consistent and decorated modern ski jumpers