Johann André Forfang
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Johann André Forfang during October 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix competitions in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tromsø, Norway | 4 July 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ski club | Tromsø SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 245 m (804 ft) Planica, 20 March 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 2015–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts | 242 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 22 March 2024. |
Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.
Career
[edit]Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf.[2] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.[3] In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (Andreas Stjernen, Daniel-André Tande, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (Russia).
FIS World Nordic Ski Championships
[edit]Event | Normal hill | Large hill | Team LH | Mixed Team NH |
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– | 18 | – | – | |
7 | 12 | – | ||
7 |
World Cup
[edit]Standings
[edit]Season | Overall | 4H | SF | RA | W6 | T5 | P7 |
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2014/15 | 23 | 21 | 8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2015/16 | 5 | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2016/17 | 27 | — | 15 | 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2017/18 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | N/A | ||
2018/19 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 11 | N/A | 9 |
2019/20 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 12 | 6 | N/A |
2020/21 | 19 | 19 | 11 | N/A | 35 | N/A | 13 |
2021/22 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 39 | N/A | N/A | 13 |
2022/23 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 10 |
2023/24 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 15 | N/A | N/A |
Wins
[edit]No. | Season | Date | Location | Hill | Size |
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1 | 2015/16 | 12 March 2016 | Hochfirstschanze HS142 | LH | |
2 | 2017/18 | 4 February 2018 | Mühlenkopfschanze HS145 | LH | |
3 | 2018/19 | 1 December 2018 | Tramplin Stork HS134 | LH | |
4 | 2023/24 | 3 February 2024 | Mühlenkopfschanze HS147 | LH | |
5 | 9 March 2024 | Holmenkollbakken HS134 | LH |
Individual starts (226)
[edit]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 | Points |
2014/15 | 325 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | – | – | DQ | – | – | – | 12 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 37 | 16 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 9 | 15 | |||
2015/16 | 1240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||
2016/17 | 197 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 46 | 43 | 33 | q | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 6 | 42 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 4 | q | 9 | ||||||||
2017/18 | 821 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
2018/19 | 892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | q | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||||
2019/20 | 579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | DQ | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 16 | 21 | 48 | |||||||
2020/21 | 338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | DQ | 5 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 42 | 19 | 11 | – | 11 | 13 | 8 | |||||||||
2021/22 | 182 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 44 | 15 | 30 | – | – | – | – | 34 | 12 | 43 | 10 | q | ||||||||||
2022/23 | 574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 14 | 10 | q | 17 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 23 | – | 10 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 10 | ||
2023/24 | 328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- Johann Forfang at FIS (ski jumping)
- Johann Forfang at Olympics.com
- Johann Forfang at Olympedia
- Johann André Forfang at Team Norway (in Norwegian)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tromsø
- Norwegian male ski jumpers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- Olympic ski jumpers for Norway
- Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic silver medalists for Norway
- Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- 21st-century Norwegian people
- European Games competitors for Norway
- Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games