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Thomas MORGENSTERN

Austria

Gender: Male
Nationality: Austria

Birthday: 30 October 1986
Age: 27

Height: 1.84 m (6' 0'')
Weight: 69 kg / 152 lbs

Place of Birth: Austria, SPITTAL / DRAU
Place of Residence: -

Ski Jumping

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Medals

Athlete competitions and results

8 February, 20:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round
Thomas MORGENSTERN
Total Points: 118.3
Rank: 9

9 February, 21:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
Thomas MORGENSTERN
Total Points: 125.6
Rank: 15

9 February, 22:47 Men's Normal Hill Individual Final Round
Thomas MORGENSTERN
Total Points: 251.6
Rank: 14

14 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual Qualification Round
Thomas MORGENSTERN
Total Points: 116.0
Rank: 6

15 February, 21:30 Men's Large Hill Individual 1st Round
Thomas MORGENSTERN
Total Points: 106.3
Rank: 40

17 February, 21:15 Men's Team 1st Round
Team: AUT
Total Points: 516.5
Rank: 2

17 February, 22:26 Men's Team Final Round
Team: AUT
Total Points: 1038.4
Rank: 2

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
1	Large Hill Team	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1107.9
1	Large Hill Individual	2006	Torino, ITA	276.9
1	Large Hill Team	2006	Torino, ITA	984.0
5	Large Hill Individual	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	246.7
8	Normal Hill Individual	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	258.5
9	Normal Hill Individual	2006	Torino, ITA	259.5
World Championships
1	Large Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	1135.9
1	Normal Hill Individual	2011	Oslo, NOR	269.2
1	Normal Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	1025.5
1	Large Hill Team	2011	Oslo, NOR	500.0
1	Large Hill Team	2009	Liberec, CZE	1034.3
1	Large Hill Team	2007	Sapporo, JPN	1000.2
1	Normal Hill Team	2005	Oberstdorf, GER	970.5
1	Large Hill Team	2005	Oberstdorf, GER	1137.3
2	Mixed Normal Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	986.7
2	Large Hill Individual	2011	Oslo, NOR	277.2
3	Normal Hill Individual	2007	Sapporo, JPN	254.5
5	Normal Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	242.0
16	Large Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	271.8

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall
2013/2014	11
2012/2013	25
2011/2012	7
2010/2011	1
2009/2010	3
2007/2008	1

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	NH-Individual	Large Hill Individual	SF-Individual	NH-Team	LH-Team	SF-Team
2013/2014	1 x 34th	1 x 1st	-	1 x 2nd	1 x 5th	-
2012/2013	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	-	-	1 x 2nd	-
2011/2012	1 x 7th	1 x 1st	1 x 2nd	1 x 1st	1 x 1st	1 x 1st
2010/2011	-	6 x 1st	1 x 1st	-	3 x 1st	2 x 1st

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
1	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Titisee-Neustadt, GER	284.1
2	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	285.1
2	Normal Hill Team	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	901.9
3	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Bischofshofen, AUT	293.6
3	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Kuusamo, FIN	272.3
5	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Oberstdorf, GER	296.8
5	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	270.6
5	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Klingenthal, GER	499.8
8	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Innsbruck, AUT	118.8
15	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Klingenthal, GER	115.4
Four Hills Tournament (Ranking)
1	Large Hill Individual	2010/2011		958.8
2	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014		994.3
2	Large Hill Individual	2011/2012		908.0
2	Large Hill Individual	2007/2008		1066.0
3	Large Hill Individual	2004/2005		985.5
16	Large Hill Individual	2012/2013		847.7

Legend
NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: Morgi (skijumpingworld.com, 03 Feb 2006)
Family: Daughter Lilly
Coach: Alexander Pointner [national] (AUT) (olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 10 Jan 2014)
Debut: 2002 for Austria, World Cup (Oberstdorf) (fis-ski.com, 2013)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006

Hobbies: Flying planes, football, motorsports, sport in general, video games. (thomasmorgenstern.com, 2013)
Languages Spoken: English, German
Sporting Relatives: His uncle Alois Morgenstern competed in alpine skiing for Austria at the 1976 Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck. (sslk.at, 10 Dec 2004)
Injuries: On 10 January 2014 he crashed in training for the World Cup event in Tauplitz, Austria. He briefly lost consciousness and suffered head injuries and a bruised lung. He spent several days in hospital and returned to jumping on 31 January 2014 in Oberstdorf, Germany. (olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 10 Jan 2014; rsport.ru, 31 Jan 2014)

He suffered facial injuries and damaged his right hand after falling during the World Cup event in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, in December 2013. (fis-ski.com, 15 Dec 2013)

In March 2013 he had to take a break for a couple of weeks with a knee injury. (fisskijumping.com, 04 Mar 2013)

In 2011 he injured his arm after falling during a qualification jump in Oberstdorf, Germany. (heute.at, 30 Dec 2011)

He tore ligament in his right ankle while training at Ramsau, Austria, in June 2008. (kaerneten.orf, 15 Jun 2008)

He was hospitalised after losing conciousness when he fell during a World Cup event in Kuusamo, Finland, in November 2003. (ABC 30 Nov 2003, CNN, 29 Nov 2003)

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He began ski jumping at age nine. (redbull.com, 15 Nov 2004)

Reason for taking up this sport
He was participating successfully in alpine ski races but he discovered his love for ski jumping when he took part in an event called the 'Toni-Innauer Festival'. He enjoys the 'hang time' aspect of the sport. "It feels like a gift. I can fly for a short time and I'm as free as a bird. The dream of flying becomes reality for a short period of time." (sslk.at, 10 Dec 2004; redbull.com 15 Nov 2004; redbull.at, 21 Feb 2011)

Ambitions
To win a gold medal the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (berkutschi.com, 01 Sep 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning three gold medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (redbull.com, 2013)

Hero
Ski jumpers Martin Koch and Kazuyoshi Funaki. (sslk.at, skispringen.com.rtl.de, 10 Dec 2004)

Superstitions / Rituals
He always performs the same ritual before he jumps. "I slap myself on the thighs twice when I sit on the bar. When you sit at the bar, you see the flags and hear the noise. But when you jump all of that is gone. You'll get some sort of tunnel vision. That's when you reach a state of unconsciousness. Many times I find myself thinking about useless details on the way down, like a car in the parking lot. Those are often the best jumps, when you perform your motions almost unconsciously." (redbull.at, 21 Feb 2011; sport10.at, 19 Oct 2010)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"No risk, no fun." (Facebook, 21 Feb 2011)

Awards
In 2008 and 2011 he was voted Athlete of the Year by Austrian sports journalists. (berkutschi.com, 09 Nov 2011)

He was awarded Austria's 'Silver Teapot' in 2004 for being the 'High Flyer of the Year' and the 'Golden Teapot' as the country's most popular Nordic skiing athlete. (redbull.com, 15 Nov 2004)

General
DAREDEVIL
He enjoys extreme activities away from the ski jumping hill as well. In 2008 he attained his pilot's licence. "That has always been one of my biggest dreams, now I've made it come true." In 2009 he drove a rally car at the Erzberg event in Austria. (thomasmorgenstern.com, 21 Feb 2011)

NO SAFETY JUMP
He never makes a safety jump. "My colleagues often describe me as 'Mister Self-Confidence'. I want to be up front, even when I'm not in form. And you can't win with a safety jump. A risky jump demands full dedication. Factors like the wind will be hidden. That can be dangerous. It caught me out once. Since then I have more respect for the external conditions." (sport10.at, 19 Oct 2010)

FORMULA 1 FAN
He is a big motorsport fan and even had a chance to drive a Red Bull Racing Formula 1 car in 2012. "I won't quickly forget my weekend at the Red Bull Ring. Sampling a Formula 1 car for the first time and then the race in the Scirocco R-Cup: simply fantastic. I fluffed the start a little, but I didn't want to be too aggressive. This was only topped by driving Red Bull's F1 racer. That was just indescribable." (paddocktalk.com, 02 Jun 2012)

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