Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships and an individual gold medal at the 2021 Ski Flying World Championships. Geiger represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. In the World Cup, he finished runner-up in the 2019–2020 and 2021–2022 seasons.
Career His career-best achievements include winning a team silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics as well as individual silver, team, and mixed team gold at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019.
On 12 December 2020, Geiger achieved the gold medal of the 2020 Ski Flying World Championships. He became the ski flying World Champion beating Halvor Egner Granerud and Markus Eisenbichler.
Geiger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in November 2012 in Lillehammer. On 15 December 2018 in Engelberg, Geiger won a World Cup competition for the first time in his career. On 16 February 2019, he achieved his second World Cup victory in Willingen, Germany.
Record Olympic Games EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHTeam Mixed 2018 Pyeongchang 10 7 – 2022 Beijing 15 9
FIS World Nordic Ski Championships EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHMixed Team 2019 Seefeld 18 2021 Oberstdorf 2023 Planica 8 5 2025 Trondheim 4 23 4
FIS Ski Flying World Championships EventIndividualTeam 2020 Planica 2022 Vikersund 8 2024 Bad Mitterndorf 19 2026 Oberstdorf 17 4
World Cup Season standings Season Tour StandingsOverall 2012/1341 59 47 N/A2013/1442 48 — N/A2014/1575 58 — N/A2015/1630 31 29 N/A2016/1718 18 18 23 N/A2017/1814 11 24 20 20 N/A 352018/1910 11 13 11 N/A 62019/20 5 12 4 5 N/A2020/216 N/A 20 N/A 2021/22 4 10 N/A 112022/2311 23 25 14 N/A 202023/2417 14 31 36 N/A 172024/259 N/A
Individual wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size12018/19 15 December 2018 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 216 February 2019 Willingen Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 32019/20 11 January 2020 Val di Fiemme Trampolino Giuseppe Dal Ben HS104 412 January 2020 521 February 2020 Râșnov Râșnov Ski Jump HS97 61 March 2020 Lahti Salpausselkä HS130 LH72020/21 29 December 2020 Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze HS137 826 March 2021 Planica Letalnica bratov Gorišek HS240 928 March 2021 102021/22 20 November 2021 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 LH1118 December 2021 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 1222 January 2022 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 1323 January 2022 142023/24 9 December 2023 Klingenthal Vogtland Arena HS140 LH1510 December 2023
Individual starts + 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 32 Points2012/13 862130262962935q36 – –33q – – – – – –42204021462634 –2013/14 1062514154629232832q473234 – – – –1312 – –20q3136 – – – –2014/15 5 – – –qq4531 – –38q – – – – –2639 – – – – – – – – – – – – –2015/16 174 – – – – – – –2632314036 – – –1640282818225172024 –2133242016/17 3696914121424472728159291011363223131692525311116232017/18 4271718691411121771216q21142291411734q72018/19 765958105141219241019192442351618306161720822972019/20 151977265342282111255115546122119192020/21 826298 – – – – 15163251125 3112332382322 3311 2021/22 1515125244221257438211192553759912162022/23 7363417633352210411q2314202234––5218433125372117325232023/24 6231194411204716261510233331123722122927393635361639–13222024/25 991713263
Podiums SeasonPodiums Medals Total2012/13----2013/14----2014/15----2015/16-1-12016/17----2017/18----2018/192--22019/20461112020/2131482021/22452112022/23--442023/242––22024/25––11Total15131240
Personal life Geiger studied energy and environmental engineering at Kempten University of Applied Sciences, graduating in December 2019. His hobbies include paragliding, hiking, mountain biking, and playing the accordion. He married his girlfriend Franziska in September 2020. In December 2020, they welcomed their first daughter. In August 2025, they welcomed their second daughter. Nordic combined skier Vinzenz Geiger is his second cousin.
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