Thomas Morgenstern

Thomas Morgenstern
Morgenstern in 2014
Country	Austria
Born	(1986-10-30) 30 October 1986 (age 30) Spittal an der Drau, Austria
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Personal best	232 m (761 ft) Planica, 19 March 2011
World Cup career
Seasons	2003–2014
Individual wins	23
Team wins	16
Indiv. podiums	76
Team podiums	31
Yellow bibs	52
Indiv. starts	245
Team starts	31
Overall titles	2 (2008, 2011)
Four Hills titles	1 (2011)
Nordic titles	1 (2006)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 3 1 0 World Championships 8 2 1 Ski Flying World Championships 3 0 2 Total 14 3 3 Olympic Games 2006 Turin Individual LH 2006 Turin Team LH 2010 Vancouver Team LH 2014 Sochi Team LH FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 Oberstdorf Team NH 2005 Oberstdorf Team LH 2007 Sapporo Team LH 2009 Liberec Team LH 2011 Oslo Individual NH 2011 Oslo Team NH 2011 Oslo Team LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Team LH 2011 Oslo Individual LH 2013 Val di Fiemme Mixed NH 2007 Sapporo Individual NH Men's ski flying FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2008 Oberstdorf Team 2010 Planica Team 2012 Vikersund Team 2004 Planica Individual 2006 Bad Mitterndorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won the World Cup twice; the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each; the Grand Prix three times; eight gold medals at the World Championships and three gold medals at the Winter Olympics.

Morgenstern began his ski jumping career in the Continental Cup, winning three events out of four attempts. He made his senior level World Cup debut at the 2002–03 Four Hills Tournament, where he finished 9th in Oberstdorf, 25th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 9th in Innsbruck and 6th in Bischofshofen; this placed him 10th overall in the final tournament standings. Five days after the end of the tournament, he won his first World Cup event in Liberec. In the following summer, he won the Ski jumping Grand Prix for the first time.

At the start of the 2003–04 season, Morgenstern suffered a violent accident in Kuusamo, in which he was hit by a gust of wind just after takeoff, forcing him to flip over in mid-air and land hard on his back. He only sustained minor injuries, and managed to recover quickly to continue his success. He was second overall to Sigurd Pettersen during most of that season's Four Hills tournament, finally ending up in fourth place. He won his first team medal with a 3rd place at the Ski-Flying World Championships.