Thomas Morgenstern
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Medal record
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Updated on 10 February 2016. |
Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former
Career
Morgenstern began his ski jumping career in the
At the start of the
In the next season, Morgenstern won gold medals in both team events (normal hill and large hill) at the Nordic World Ski Championships.[6]
During the
In the 2006–07 season, he won the large hill team event at the Nordic World Ski Championships. Further, by reaching the 3rd place in the normal hill event he won his first individual medal at world championships.[6] As in 2003, Morgenstern won the Ski jumping Grand Prix.[3]
At the beginning of the
During the
The
The season
On 10 January 2014, he suffered serious head injuries during training for the ski flying event in Bad Mitterndorf.[10] He recovered in time to take part in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he placed 14th in the normal hill and 40th in the large hill men's individual ski jumping events.[11]
On 26 September 2014, Morgenstern announced his retirement from competitive ski jumping.[12] His last jump in competitive ski jumping was when he won the silver medal with the Austrian team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
World Cup
Standings
Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT |
---|---|---|---|---|
2002/03 | 20 | 10 | N/A | 9 |
2003/04 | 6 | 4 | N/A | 9 |
2004/05 | 7 | N/A | 8 | |
2005/06 | 5 | 20 | N/A | |
2006/07 | 6 | 4 | N/A | 17 |
2007/08 | N/A | 6 | ||
2008/09 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 8 |
2009/10 | 6 | 18 | ||
2010/11 | N/A | |||
2011/12 | 7 | 7 | N/A | |
2012/13 | 25 | 16 | — | N/A |
2013/14 | 15 | — | N/A |
Wins
No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 2002/03 | 11 January 2003 | Liberec | Ještěd A K120 (night) | LH |
2 | 2005/06 | 10 March 2006 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS134 (night) | LH |
3 | 2007/08 | 1 December 2007 | Kuusamo | Rukatunturi HS142 (night) | LH |
4 | 8 December 2007 | Trondheim | Granåsen HS131 (night) | LH | |
5 | 9 December 2007 | Trondheim | Granåsen HS131 | LH | |
6 | 13 December 2007 | Villach | Villacher Alpenarena HS98 | NH | |
7 | 14 December 2007 | Villach | Villacher Alpenarena HS98 (night) | NH | |
8 | 22 December 2007 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 | LH | |
9 | 30 December 2007 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) |
LH | |
10 | 2 February 2008 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS134 (night) | LH | |
11 | 3 February 2008 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS134 | LH | |
12 | 8 February 2008 | Liberec | Ještěd A HS134 (night) | LH | |
13 | 2009/10 | 6 January 2010 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night) | LH |
14 | 16 January 2010 | Sapporo | Ōkurayama HS134 (night) | LH | |
15 | 2010/11 | 4 December 2010 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night) | LH |
16 | 5 December 2010 | Lillehammer | Lysgårdsbakken HS138 | LH | |
17 | 17 December 2010 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 | LH | |
18 | 18 December 2010 | Engelberg | Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137 | LH | |
19 | 30 December 2010 | Oberstdorf | Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night) |
LH | |
20 | 4 January 2011 | Innsbruck | Bergiselschanze HS130 |
LH | |
21 | 9 January 2011 | Harrachov | Čerťák HS205 | FH | |
22 | 2011/12 | 6 January 2012 | Bischofshofen | Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze HS140 (night) | LH |
23 | 2013/14 | 14 December 2013 | Titisee-Neustadt | Hochfirstschanze HS142 |
LH |
Honours
- Gold Merit Badge of Austria: 2004
- Grand Decoration of Austria: 2006
- Austrian Sportspersonality of the year: 2008, 2011
- Part of the Austrian Sportsteam of the year, together with the Austrian ski jumping team: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011
- CarinthianSportspersonality of the year: 4 times, including 2008, 2010
Personal life
In 2013 he left his girlfriend of 10 years and went on vacation to Hawaii with his new girlfriend, a physiotherapist.[13] He has a daughter named Lily (born 26 December 2012) with his ex-fiancee and twins named Sara and Tina (born 2021) with his current partner Sabrina.[14]
References
- ^ Morgenstern's FIS-Ski Continental Cup Results Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Morgenstern's FIS-Ski World Cup Results Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Morgenstern's FIS-Ski Grand Prix Results Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Morgenstern hospitalised after another crash". Gulf Times. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
- ^ a b c Morgenstern's FIS-Ski-Flying World Championships Results
- ^ a b c Morgenstern's FIS-Ski World Championships Results
- ^ a b Morgenstern's Olympic Winter Games Results
- ^ Der Standard: Und wieder Morgenstern, 14 December 2007 (German)
- ^ Der Standard: Küttel nimmt Morgenstern den Druck, 23 December 2007 (German)
- ^ "Schädelverletzung bei Morgenstern". orf.at. 10 January 2014.
- ^ sochi2014.com/en/athlete-thomas-morgenstern
- ^ "Three-time Olympic ski jump champ Morgenstern retires". foxsports.com. 26 September 2014.
- ^ Morgenstern dumps partner and three-month-old baby for affair with massage therapist Austrian Independent, 19 April 2013
- ^ [1] Heute.at, 20th June 2023