Stefan Kraft

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 three times each, the Four Hills Tournament once and Raw Air Tournament three times, and three individual gold medals at the World Championships. Since March 2017, he has held the ski flying world record of 253.5 m.

Career
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. His personal best and world record is 253.5 meters set in Vikersund in 2017, 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.

Season titles

 * 6 titles – (3 overall, 3 ski flying)

Ski jumping world record
Current world record longest standing ski jump in the world.

World Championships

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