Gregor Schlierenzauer

Gregor Schlierenzauer
Schlierenzauer in Engelberg, 2014
Country	Austria
Born	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 27) Innsbruck, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Ski club	SV Innsbruck–Bergisel
Personal best	243.5 m (799 ft) Vikersund, 12 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons	2006–present
Individual wins	53
Team wins	16
Indiv. podiums	88
Team podiums	34
Yellow bibs	44
Indiv. starts	222
Team starts	42
Overall titles	2 (2009, 2013)
Four Hills titles	2 (2012, 2013)
Ski Flying titles	3 (2009, 2011, 2013)
Nordic titles	2 (2008, 2009)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 2 World Championships 6 5 1 Ski Flying World Championships 4 1 0 Total 11 7 2 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team LH 2014 Sochi Team LH 2010 Vancouver Individual NH 2010 Vancouver Individual LH Ski Jumping World Championships 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Team LH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Individual LH 2011 Oslo Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2009 Liberec Individual NH 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH 2013 Val di Flemme Individual NH 2015 Falun Individual LH 2015 Falun Team LH 2017 Lahti Team LH Men's ski flying Ski Flying World Championships 2008 Oberstdorf Individual 2008 Oberstdorf Team 2010 Planica Team 2012 Vikersund Team 2010 Planica Individual
Updated on 26 March 2017.

Gregor Schlierenzauer (pronounced [ˈʃliːʁənt͡saʊ̯ɐ]; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup, Four Hills Tournament, and Nordic Tournament twice each; the Ski Flying World Cup three times; as well as four medals at the Winter Olympics, five at the Ski Flying World Championships, and twelve at the Ski Jumping World Championships.

During his victorious 2008/09 World Cup season, Schlierenzauer set a number of ski jumping records, including surpassing Janne Ahonen's record of twelve individual World Cup wins with thirteen; and also tying Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki, and Thomas Morgenstern's record of six consecutive individual wins in a single season. On 26 January 2013, Schlierenzauer equalled Matti Nykänen's long-standing record of 46 individual World Cup wins, and currently has 53 to his name as of March 2017, which is a record shared with Sara Takanashi.

Gregor Schlierenzauer was born on 7 January 1990 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, to Paul and Angelika Schlierenzauer. The second of three children, he has an older sister, Gloria, and a younger brother, Lukas. His uncle is Markus Prock, the winner of three Winter Olympic medals in men's luge, who settled him a contract with Fischer Skis in 2001 and a few years later with Red Bull. Schlierenzauer is deaf in the left ear from birth. At age eight, Schlierenzauer began training in ski jumping at SV Innsbruck–Bergisel club. He attended an ordinary Austrian grammar school, however, due to tight schedules in both sport and school, he had problems keeping up with his class work. Schlierenzauer then enrolled at Skigymnasium Stams in Austria, the world's oldest ski-sport training center and boarding secondary school. He currently resides in Fulpmes, Tyrol.