Johannes RYDZEK

Germany
Nordic Combined
9 Dec 1991
30
Male
1.80/5'10''
OBERSTDORF
 
Germany
OBERSTDORF
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
NCB Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km 5
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km 28

Schedule

Start Time Location Event Status
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km, Cross-Country
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Trial Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Ski Jumping Competition Round
Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km, Cross-Country
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men's Large Hill / 10 km, Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
1Men's Team2018PyeongChang, KOR
2Team2014Sochi, RUS
3Team2010Vancouver, CAN
5Men's Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual2018PyeongChang, KOR
6Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual2014Sochi, RUS
8Large Hill / 10 km, Individual2014Sochi, RUS
28Normal Hill / 10 km, Individual2010Vancouver, CAN
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT28:29.5
1Gundersen LH HS130/10.0 K Men2017Lahti, FIN26:41.6
1Team Sprint HS130/2x7.5 K Men2017Lahti, FIN29:01.8
1Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men2017Lahti, FIN26:19.6
1Team HS100/4x5 Km Men2017Lahti, FIN47:57.3
1Gundersen NH HS100/10.0 K Men2015Falun, SWE26:38.9
1Team HS100/4x5 Km Men2015Falun, SWE44:20.7
2Team HS109/4x5 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT50:16.5
2Team Sprint HS134/2x7.5 K Men2015Falun, SWE38:34.3
2Team HS134/4x5 Km Men2011Oslo, NOR47:12.4
2Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men2011Oslo, NOR25:38.3
2Team HS106/4x5 Km Men2011Oslo, NOR48:08.2
3Gundersen LH HS134/10,0 K Men2015Falun, SWE23:00.7
4Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men2011Oslo, NOR25:42.1
8Gundersen NH HS109/10,0 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT25:55.1
9Gundersen LH HS130/10,0 Km Men2019Seefeld, AUT24:19.1
10Gundersen LH HS134/10.0 K Men2013Predazzo, ITA28:30.5
17Gundersen Large Hill HS137/10,0 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER26:27.0
28Gundersen Normal Hill HS106/10.0 Km Men2021Oberstdorf, GER25:50.3
30Gundersen NH HS106/10.0 K Men2013Predazzo, ITA31:24.9
World Cup Rankings
SeasonOverall
2021/202212
2020/202111
2019/202014
2018/20194
2016/20172
2014/20153
2013/20142
World Cup - Best Achievements
SeasonNH/15.0kmNH/10.0kmNH/5.0kmLH/10.0kmPR LH/10.0kmTeam NH/4x5kmTeam LH/4x5kmTSP NH/2x7.5kmTSP LH/2x7.5km
2021/20221 x 3rd1 x 8th
2020/20211 x 9th2 x 12th1 x 12th1 x 4th1 x 4th
2019/20201 x 11th1 x 5th1 x 23rd2 x 11th1 x 2nd1 x 8th1 x 3rd
2018/20192 x 2nd1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 2nd
2017/20181 x 12th1 x 5th1 x 18th2 x 1st1 x 2nd1 x 2nd1 x 2nd
2016/20171 x 2nd2 x 1st1 x 1st5 x 1st1 x 1st
2015/20161 x 6th2 x 6th1 x 4th1 x 1st1 x 2nd1 x 1st
2014/20151 x 4th1 x 5th1 x 6th1 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 1st
2013/20141 x 4th2 x 2nd1 x 5th3 x 1st1 x 1st1 x 5th1 x 2nd
2012/20131 x 6th1 x 5th1 x 3rd1 x 2nd1 x 1st1 x 1st
2011/20122 x 12th1 x 3rd1 x 7th1 x 2nd1 x 9th
2010/20111 x 3rd1 x 1st1 x 4th
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
3NH/10.0km2021/2022Val di Fiemme, ITA26:20.2
5NH/10.0km2021/2022Val di Fiemme, ITA26:20.5
8NH/7.5km2021/2022Seefeld, AUT20:16.0
8LH/10.0km2021/2022Klingenthal, GER25:40.8
9LH/10.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN26:04.0
10LH/5.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN13:42.2
12LH/10.0km2021/2022Klingenthal, GER26:38.8
14NH/12.5km2021/2022Seefeld, AUT31:47.6
15LH/10.0km2021/2022Ruka, FIN26:24.1
15NH/10.0km2021/2022Otepää, EST24:45.4
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Rydschi

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Mountains, photography, coffee.

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Athlete, Student

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Completed a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engeneering from the University of Kempten (GER). (johannesrydzek.de, Sep 2021)

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Wife, Lissi (married September 2018). Father, Michael. Mother, Marlene. Brother, Simon. Sister, Coletta.

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German, English

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SC 1906 Oberstdorf

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Team: Hermann Weinbuch (GER)
Personal: Kai Bracht (GER)

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Sister Coletta Rydzek (Cross-country skiing): Bronze medallist at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

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2008 World Cup in Kuusamo (Large hill/10km - 15th)

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2019: Left foot injury caused him to miss the summer Grand Prix and all training in summer 2019.

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2008

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Growing up in Oberstdorf, he experienced winter sports early on, starting cross-country and Alpine skiing at a very young age. Chose Nordic combined as his sport and had his World Cup debut at the age of 16. (johannesrydzek.de, Sep 2021)

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Goal for 2021/22: Participate in the Olympic Winter Games.
Career goal: "Getting back to my top level." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Winning the Olympic gold medal in 2018 in Large hill/10km.

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Trail runner, ski mountaineer and long-distance runner Kilian Jornet (ESP). (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Nordic combined athlete Hannu Manninen (FIN), six-time Olympian, PyeongChang 2018 being the last. Olympic team gold medallist in Salt Lake City 2002, four-time winner of the overall World Cup (2004-07), and current record holder with 48 World Cup wins.

Nordic combined athlete Felix Gottwald (AUT), won seven Olympic medals between 2002 and 2010 (three gold, one silver, three bronze). Austria's most successful Olympic athlete of all time. Won 23 World Cup races.

Nordic combined athlete Ronny Ackermann (GER), three Olympic silver medals (2002, 2006), four-time individual world champion between 2003-07, 28 World Cup wins. Retired 2010.

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"I love running up mountains and not taking everything too seriously." (Athlete, Sep 2021)

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Germany's Athlete of the Year (2017)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Finished fifth in the normal hill/10km event in Beijing 2022 and 28th in the large hill/10km race.

Participated at the age of 18 in his first Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver 2010) and won a bronze medal with the team. In Sochi 2014, he won silver with the team and at his third participation in PyeongChang 2018, he won gold with the team and gold in the individual large hill/10km event.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competed in six World Championships (2011-21), winning 12 medals. In 2017 in Lahti, he won gold in all four events (two team, two individual). Won three gold medals with the team (two in 2017, one in 2015) and three individual gold (two in 2017, one in 2015).

Only in 2013 and in 2021 at his home World Championships in Oberstdorf, did he not finish on the podium.

Between 2009-11, he won five medals at the Junior World Championships, two of them gold.

WORLD CUP
He currently has 17 individual World Cup wins with 2017 being his best season with eight wins. His first World Cup win was in 2011 in Lahti. He has not won a race after his injury in 2019.

2021/22
Finished in the top 10 six times, with one podium result, finishing third in Val die Fiemme (normal hill/10km). Currently ranked 12th in the overall World Cup.
Legend
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