Stephan LEYHE

Germany
Ski Jumping
5 Jan 1992
30
Male
SCHWALEFELD, WILLINGEN
 
Germany
HINTERZARTEN
 
Germany

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SJP Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill Individual 24
Men's Large Hill Individual  
Men's Team
GER
Germany
 3 Bronze

Schedule

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
2Team Large Hill2018PyeongChang, KOR
World Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Normal Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT1012.2
1Large Hill Team2019Seefeld, AUT987.5
4Large Hill Team2017Lahti, FIN1052.9
6Normal Hill2019Seefeld, AUT210.6
13Normal Hill2017Lahti, FIN244.9
16Large Hill2017Lahti, FIN247.2
Four Hill Tournament
RankEventYearLocationResult
4Large Hill2019Innsbruck, AUT239.1
4Large Hill2019Bischofshofen, AUT266.0
5Large Hill2020Innsbruck, AUT241.6
7Large Hill2019Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER249.0
8Large Hill2017Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER268.8
8Large Hill2017Bischofshofen, AUT259.9
9Large Hill2022Oberstdorf, GER266.8
9Large Hill2018Innsbruck, AUT235.1
10Large Hill2022Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER263.7
10Large Hill2018Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER263.3
11Large Hill2017Innsbruck, AUT113.0
13Large Hill2020Oberstdorf, GER276.6
13Large Hill2019Oberstdorf, GER260.0
14Large Hill2016Oberstdorf, GER263.5
15Large Hill2015Innsbruck, AUT226.2
16Large Hill2020Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER261.6
16Large Hill2015Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER243.3
17Large Hill2017Oberstdorf, GER269.4
17Large Hill2016Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER221.8
18Large Hill2020Bischofshofen, AUT257.7
19Large Hill2018Bischofshofen, AUT222.4
19Large Hill2015Oberstdorf, GER241.8
20Large Hill2022Bischofshofen, AUT249.0
21Large Hill2016Innsbruck, AUT223.7
24Large Hill2018Oberstdorf, GER233.2
25Large Hill2022Bischofshofen, AUT242.4
26Large Hill2015Bischofshofen, AUT220.5
45Large Hill2016Bischofshofen, AUT98.4
World Cup Rankings Overview
SeasonOverall
2021/202216
2019/20206
2018/201911
Best Performance per Season in World Cup Events from 2018/2019
SeasonNormal HillLarge HillFlying HillLarge Hill Team
2021/20221 x 6th2 x 2nd
2019/20201 x 2nd1 x 1st1 x 10th2 x 1st
2018/20191 x 2nd1 x 11th1 x 1st
Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
RankEventSeasonLocationResult
2Large Hill Team2021/2022Wisla, POL842.7
2Large Hill Team2021/2022Zakopane, POL1034.7
6Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER97.0
8Large Hill2021/2022Titisee-Neustadt, GER267.0
9Large Hill2021/2022Ruka, FIN281.6
10Large Hill2021/2022Titisee-Neustadt, GER253.8
10Large Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS210.8
11Large Hill2021/2022Four Hills Tournament, FIS1021.9
14Large Hill2021/2022Nizhny Tagil, RUS202.4
17Large Hill2021/2022Willingen, GER188.2
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Studying. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Athlete, Student, Armed Forces

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Studying to become an architect. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Father, Volker Leyhe. Mother, Renate Leyhe. Brother, Christoph.

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German, English

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SC Willingen

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Team: Stefan Horngacher (AUT)
Personal: Stefan Horngacher (AUT), Jens Deimel (GER), Andreas Wank (GER)
Ski: Fluege.de

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Brother Christoph Leyhe (Ski jumping): Competed in several FIS event between 2005-07, but did not compete at the World Cup.

Grandmother Helga Stoeckel (Gymnastics): Competed at the 1954 World Cup in Rome. (faz.net, 8 Feb 2020)

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2007 Continental Cup in Oberstdorf (Large hill - 40th)
2014 World Cup in Engelberg (Large hill - 13th)

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11 March 2020: Rupture of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee after a crash in Trondheim (NOR), causing him to miss the whole season 2020/21. Returned in summer 2021 after a 16-month-break for the Summer Grand Prix opener in Wisla (POL). Four weeks before this fall, he had his first World Cup victory and was enjoying the best season of his career. (sportschau.de, 12 Mar 2021)

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2007

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Started in Willingen at the age of five at his home club SC Willingen, (with his older brother Christoph), taking part in a trial course. His father Volker had previously taught him to ski as he was a ski instructor. (skideutschland.de; hna.de)

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Season 2021/22 goal: top-15 results.
Career goal: World Cup win after his knee (ACL) injury. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games, silver medal in the team event, with Andreas Wellinger, Richard Freitag and Karl Geiger.
World Cup victory in Willingen, in his home town, on 8 Feb 2020. (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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Childhood hero, ski jumper Sven Hannawald (GER), 2002 Olympic champion in the team event, two-time Ski Flying World champion (2000, 2002), first ski jumper to win all four events in the Four Hills Tournament (prestigious competition consisting of four events in Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkichen, Innsbruck, and Bischofshofen). (Athlete, Jul 2021)

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"You can't force singing and jumping." (tagesspiegel.de, 10 Feb 2020)

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Hessen's Sportsman of the Year 2919

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Member of silver medal-winning team at PyeongChang 2018 that finished 3.3 points ahead of Poland.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2019 World team champion with Karl Geiger, Richard Freitag, and Markus Eisenbichler. Has two other top-six results, in 2017 (fourth in team) and 2019 (sixth in normal hill).

In 2016, he won the team silver medal at the Ski-Flying World Championships (fourth in 2018).

Two-time Junior World Championships team silver medallist (2010, 2011) and fifth in 2012.

WORLD CUP
Since his debut in 2014 he reached the podium five times, four times in the 2019/20 season, including his first individual win in 2020 on his home hill in Willingen in front of a sold-out arena of 23,500 fans. "I don't really know what to say. It has always been special for me to jump here in Willingen but this year I came here in very good shape and I wanted to jump well. I always said that a top-10 finish would be good, but I was hoping for a podium. Winning here is simply amazing." (fis-ski.com, 8 Feb 2020)

FOUR HILLS TOURNAMENT
Seven participations with his best result in 2018/19 when he finished third. 11th in 2021/22, missed 2020/21 due to his knee injury.

SEASON 2021/22
In his comeback Summer Grand Prix, he competed in five of the eight events with a best result in Hinzenbach of 13th. In the winter season he finished top-10 seven times, a sixth place at his home hill in Willingen (large hill) was his best season result.

He was member of the German team in two of the four team events in this season, in Wisla and in Zakopane. At both events the German team finished second, once behind Austria (Wisla) and once behind Slovenia.

In the overall World Cup he is currently ranked 16th.
Legend
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Bronze
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Gold Medal Event
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