Severin Freund
Birth date11 May 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeFreyung, West Germany
Height1.85 m
ClubWSV DJK Rastbüchl
Personalbest245 m (804 ft)
Vikersund, 15 February 2015
Seasons2008–2017
2019–2022
Wins22
Teamwins6
Totalpodiums53
Teampodiums21
Individual starts250
Team starts38
Wcoveralls1 (2015)
Show-medalsno

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

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

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

Record

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships results

EventNormal hillLarge hillTeam LHMixed Team NH
2011 Oslo7124
2013 Predazzo49
2015 Falun5
2021 Oberstdorf–22–

FIS Ski Flying World Championships

EventIndividualTeam
2012 Vikersund4
2014 HarrachovCancelled
2016 Bad Mitterndorf6
2022 Vikersund12

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall4HSFRAW6T5P7NT
2007/086839N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A—
2008/094857—N/AN/AN/AN/A—
2009/10426031N/AN/AN/AN/A39
2010/1171215N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2011/12879N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2012/1341312N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2013/14165N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2014/158N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2015/166N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
2016/172135——N/AN/AN/AN/A
2017/18—————N/A—N/A
2018/1957—————N/AN/A
2019/2073——42——N/AN/A
2020/21292732N/A32N/A24N/A
2021/2230332223N/AN/A30N/A

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
12010/1115 January 2011  SapporoŌkurayama HS134 (night)LH
230 January 2011  WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145LH
32012/1324 November 2012  LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)NH
41 December 2012  KuusamoRukatunturi HS142 (night)LH
52013/148 December 2013  LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS138LH
626 February 2014  FalunLugnet HS134 (night)LH
728 February 2014  LahtiSalpausselkä HS130 (night)LH
89 March 2014  OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
921 March 2014  PlanicaBloudkova velikanka HS139LH
102014/1514 December 2014  Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
1110 January 2015  Tauplitz/Bad MitterndorfKulm HS225FH
121 February 2015  WillingenMühlenkopfschanze HS145LH
137 February 2015  Titisee-NeustadtHochfirstschanze HS142LH
1415 February 2015  VikersundVikersundbakken HS225FH
1510 March 2015  KuopioPuijo HS100 (night)NH
1612 March 2015  TrondheimGranåsen HS140 (night)LH
1714 March 2015  OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134 (night)LH
1815 March 2015  OsloHolmenkollbakken HS134LH
192015/165 December 2015  LillehammerLysgårdsbakken HS100 (night)NH
2013 December 2015  Nizhny TagilTramplin Stork HS134 (night)LH
2129 December 2015  OberstdorfSchattenbergschanze HS137 (night)LH
222016/1726 November 2016  Kuusamo/RukaRukatunturi HS142 (night)LH

Individual starts (250)

Season12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Points
2007/0812
–––––504930–q20qq––––––––––––––
2008/0936
2642443829474238q––––42182839–242536––––––
2009/1075
–––––––47––––31122621232719391736q
2010/11769
30132113131886422413––1231561104––3176
2011/12857
6282103516472130129105273625910389276
2012/13923
11612546315433-22731109––17933101399
2013/141303
2867158482010321510412136––2211227112
2014/151729
16736431710131088133––311ds412111147
2015/161490
3151128613223–1041010543583265467
2016/17309
211111261092021––––––––––––––––––
2018/1912
–2931223050473641–––––––––––––––––––
2019/202
–––––––––––––––––––––322946454338
2020/21160
252393918q39253936202324162737173121303114q2725
2021/22211
–––––––––DQ28124644201714424152318193917133228

References

  1. ^ "Innauer nimmt Abschied: ZDF macht Freund zum Skisprung-Experten" (in de-DE). kicker. Retrieved 2023-02-21.