Sophie SORSCHAG

Austria

Ski Jumping

Date of Birth: 14 Nov 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: VILLACH

Birth Country:

Austria

Residence: REISACH

Residence Country:

Austria

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ski Jumping	Women's Normal Hill Individual	DSQ

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Women's Normal Hill Individual Trial Round for Competition	Finished
	Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre	Women's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Normal Hill Team	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	959.3
17	Large Hill	2021	Oberstdorf, GER	215.4

World Cup Rankings Overview
Season	Overall
2021/2022	39
2020/2021	12
2019/2020	40

Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
Season	Normal Hill	Large Hill	Normal Hill Team
2021/2022	1 x 18th
2020/2021	2 x 9th	1 x 7th	1 x 1st
2019/2020		1 x 20th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location	Result
18	Normal Hill	2021/2022	Ljubno, SLO	225.1
22	Normal Hill	2021/2022	Ljubno, SLO	217.3

Hobbies:

Riding bycicle and football.

Occupation:

Athlete, Student, Soldier

Education:

Studies to become a teacher for mathematics and informatics in a programme for top athletes at Klagenfurt University (AUT), plans to graduate in 2023. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Family:

Father, Michael Sorschag. Mother, Ingrid Sorschag. Two brothers, Maximilian and Philipp.

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

SK Villach (Villach, AUT)

Coach:

Team: Harald Rodlauer (AUT)
Personal: Lukas Tschuschnig (AUT)
Ski: Fischer

Other sports:

Football: Played at SK Grafendorf/Obergailtal (AUT) until age 16.

Alpine skiing. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Debut:

2019 Continental Cup in Planica (Normal hill - 3rd)
2020 World Cup in Lillehammer (Large hill - 23rd)

National team:

2019

Reason:

Started with Alpine skiing, but did not find it exciting enough, switched to ski jumping. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Ambition:

Show training form in competitions. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Career goal: "I have reached everything I have been dreaming of." (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Memorable:

Team World Champion in 2021. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Influence:

Former ski jumper Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), born 1986, competed from 2002 to 2014. Won three Olympic gold medals (individual in Torino 2006, team in 2006 and 2010) and the team silver medal in Sochi 2014. Eight-time world champion (one individual, seven team), three-time ski flying world champion (team), two-time winner of the overall World Cup and winner of the Four Hills Tournament 2010/11.

Ski jumper and teammate Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT), born 1983, pioneer of women's ski jumping, Olympic silver medallist (2014), world champion, overall World Cup winner.

Ritual:

Yes, but secret. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

General Interest

Came late to ski jumping and was considered too old, but made her way into the national team. In 2020, was accepted in the top athlete programme of the Austrian military and joined the army. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

Milestones

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
First and only participation in 2021, team gold medallist. Individually she finished 17th on Large hill.

WORLD CUP
Three top-10 finishes, one team victory in March 2021.

SEASON 2021/22
Started the winter season in the Continental Cup and joined the World Cup team for the new Silvester Tour in which she finished overall 18th as well as finishing 18th in the second World Cup in Ljubno, which was her best season result. Won three of the six Continental Cups in which she competed.
Won the FIS Cup in Zakopane on 30 Jan 2022, in which she competed just prior to her surprising nomination for the Olympic team, after her teammates, World Cup leader Martia Kramer, as well as Jacqueline Seifriedsberger tested positive for COVID-19.

Social Media

Legend

DSQ:: Disqualified

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