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Severin Freund
Severin Freund
	Freund in Hinzenbach, 2015
Country	Germany
Born	11 May 1988 (age 35); Freyung, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Ski club	WSV DJK Rastbüchl
Personal best	245 m (804 ft); Vikersund, 15 February 2015
World Cup career
Seasons	2008–2017; 2019–2022
Starts	250
Podiums	53
Wins	22
Overall titles	1 (2015)
Medal record
Representing Germany
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
Ski Jumping World Championships
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships

Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, and scoring 22 individual World Cup wins. As a member of the German national team, Freund won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and mixed team competitions.

Career edit

Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.

On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished seventh in the 2011 World Cup season.

TV edit

Severin Freund has been a ski jumping expert for ZDF since February 2023.^[1]

Record edit

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships results edit

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2011 Oslo	7	12	4
2013 Predazzo	4	9
2015 Falun			5
2021 Oberstdorf	–	22		–

FIS Ski Flying World Championships edit

Event	Individual	Team
2012 Vikersund	4
2014 Harrachov		Cancelled
2016 Bad Mitterndorf	6
2022 Vikersund	12

World Cup edit

Standings edit

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7	NT
2007/08	68	39	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2008/09	48	57	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	—
2009/10	42	60	31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	39
2010/11	7	12	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011/12	8	7	9	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012/13	4	13	12	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013/14		16	5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014/15		8		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16			6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	21	35	—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	N/A	—	N/A
2018/19	57	—	—	—	—	—	N/A	N/A
2019/20	73	—	—	42	—	—	N/A	N/A
2020/21	29	27	32	N/A	32	N/A	24	N/A
2021/22	30	33	22	23	N/A	N/A	30	N/A

Wins edit

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2010/11	15 January 2011	Sapporo	Ōkurayama HS134 (night)	LH
2	2010/11	30 January 2011	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
3	2012/13	24 November 2012	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
4	2012/13	1 December 2012	Kuusamo	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH
5	2013/14	8 December 2013	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS138	LH
6		26 February 2014	Falun	Lugnet HS134 (night)	LH
7		28 February 2014	Lahti	Salpausselkä HS130 (night)	LH
8		9 March 2014	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
9		21 March 2014	Planica	Bloudkova velikanka HS139	LH
10	2014/15	14 December 2014	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
11		10 January 2015	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm HS225	FH
12		1 February 2015	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
13		7 February 2015	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142	LH
14		15 February 2015	Vikersund	Vikersundbakken HS225	FH
15		10 March 2015	Kuopio	Puijo HS100 (night)	NH
16		12 March 2015	Trondheim	Granåsen HS140 (night)	LH
17		14 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134 (night)	LH
18		15 March 2015	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH
19	2015/16	5 December 2015	Lillehammer	Lysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)	NH
20		13 December 2015	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134 (night)	LH
21		29 December 2015	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)	LH
22	2016/17	26 November 2016	Kuusamo/Ruka	Rukatunturi HS142 (night)	LH

Individual starts (250) edit


Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Points

2007/08																																12
2007/08	–	–	–	–	–	50	49	30	–	q	20	q	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–					12

2008/09																																36
2008/09	26	42	44	38	29	47	42	38	q	–	–	–	–	42	18	28	39	–	24	25	36	–	–	–	–	–	–					36

2009/10																																75
2009/10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47	–	–	–	–	31	12	26	21	23	27	19	39	17	36	q									75

2010/11																																769
2010/11	30	13	21	13	13	18	8	6	42	24	13	–	–	1	2	3	15	6	1	10	4	–	–	3	17	6						769

2011/12																																857
2011/12	6	28	2	10	3	5	16	4	7	21	30	12	9	10	5	27	36	2	5	9	10	38	9	2	7	6						857

2012/13																																923
2012/13	1	16	1	2	5	4	6	3	15	4	33	-	22	7	31	10	9	–	–	17	9	3	3	10	13	9	9					923

2013/14																																1303
2013/14	28	6	7	1	5	8	48	20	10	32	15	10	4	12	13	6	–	–	2	2	1	1	2	2	7	1	1	2				1303

2014/15																																1729
2014/15	16	7	3	6	4	3	1	7	10	13	10	8	8	1	3	3	–	–	3	1	1	ds	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	7	1729

2015/16																																1490
2015/16	3	1	5	1	12	8	6	1	3	2	2	3	–	10	4	10	10	5	4	3	5	8	3	2	6	5	4	6	7			1490

2016/17																																309
2016/17	2	1	11	11	26	10	9	20	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–					309

2018/19																																12
2018/19	–	29	31	22	30	50	47	36	41	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–				12

2019/20																																2
2019/20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	29	46	45	43	38					2

2020/21																																160
2020/21	25	23	9	39	18	q	39	25	39	36	20	23	24	16	27	37	17	31	21	30	31	14	q	27	25							160

2021/22																																211
2021/22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DQ	28	12	46	44	20	17	14	4	24	15	23	18	19	39	17	13	32	28				211