Martin Schmitt

Martin Schmitt
Schmitt in 2018
Personal information
Born (1978-01-29) 29 January 1978
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons19972014
Indiv. starts292
Indiv. podiums52
Indiv. wins28
Team starts31
Team podiums15
Team wins2
Overall titles2 (1999, 2000)
Ski Flying titles2 (1999, 2001)
JP titles1 (2000)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)224 m (735 ft)
Planica, 23 Mar 2002
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Team LH
1998 Nagano Team LH
2010 Vancouver Team LH
World Championships
1999 Ramsau Team LH
1999 Ramsau Individual LH
2001 Lahti Individual LH
2001 Lahti Team LH
2001 Lahti Individual NH
2005 Oberstdorf Team NH
2009 Liberec Individual LH
1997 Trondheim Team LH
2001 Lahti Team NH
2011 Oslo Team NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
2002 Harrachov Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016

Martin Schmitt (German pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtiːn ʃmɪt] ; born 29 January 1978) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2014. He is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers, having won the World Cup twice; a gold medal at the Winter Olympics; four gold medals at the World Championships; and a ski flying world record. His and his countryman Sven Hannawald's success further popularized ski jumping in Germany, and with particular help from cable TV station RTL, their coverage received great acclaim in the late 1990s and early 2000s.