Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper. His career- best achievements include winning an individual gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics, individual silver at the 2014 Winter Olympics, mixed team gold at the 2017 Ski Jumping World Championships, and team silver at the 2016 Ski Flying World Championships. Wellinger's best finish in the World Cup overall standings is fourth, in the 2016 /17 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 fell on 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 firstcompetition in season 2013/ 2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second.
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