Capital: | € 1 million |
Age: | 27 |
Born: | February 11, 1993 |
Country of origin: | Germany |
Source of wealth: | Ski jumper |
Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Karl Geiger was born on February 11, 1993 in Oberstdorf. Karl completed a degree in energy and environmental technology at the University in Kempten. He successfully completed this at the end of 2019. 2012/2013 was the season where he made a world cup debut. In February 2016, he was on the podium for the first time in his career. With his team, he won a silver medal in the Nations Cup in 2018 at the winter Olympics. 1.83 meter ski jumpers only weighed 64 kilograms, mostly friendly and smiling. The original Bavaria has its roots in the hometown of Oberstdorf. With his girlfriend Franziska, he lives in his own apartment at his parents’ house. Together they have a daughter. Karl has a nickname at the World Cup Circus. Because of its technical analysis in team meetings, which sometimes comes out of hand, it is also called “engineer”.
Early life
Ski jumpers who successfully started his career on the stove bench, said his mother Ramona. At the age of four he jumped from the stove bench with a friend. Karl Geiger made his first hop in the ski at the age of 5 years, after all he managed seven meters at the time. The great role model is Martin Schmitt, a former Jumping ski star. During his success in 1998 and 20,000, Karl stood on the hill as an audience. Until the age of twelve, Karl was a ski jumper and Nordic combined athlete. Karl has two siblings, his sister Verena and her sister Lucia. His parents were in every competition and crossed their fingers. As a natural boy, he is not only enthusiastic about jumping skiing, paragliding, mountain hiking and mountain biking is between his hobbies.
Career
Like many children, Karl Geiger began skiing at the beginning of the area around Oberstdorf. The apartment of his parents is not far from Flying Ski and Ski Jumping Hill. Karl ambitious attracted his attention to himself at a young age, but also had to overcome some setbacks. In 2014 he was transferred from the team to Squad B. He must compete in the second class continental trophy while his teammates participated in the Olympics in Sochi and returned with a gold medal. Geiger slowly but continues to increase. In 2018 he and his team won silver in Pyeonchang. In December in the same year he won his first World Cup victory at Engelberg. Others followed in February 2019 while jumping in Willingen. The world champion champion was followed a little later with his team at Seefeld. Geiger works on the technology and can rely on the determination even under pressure.
Career highlights
Karl Geiger’s biggest success is a silver medal with his team at the 2018 Olympics. He also won the 2019 gold medal twice, the 1 X gold team and a mixture of 1 X, and a silver medal in 2019. WM won his bronze medal team.
The position of the best World Cup respectively
Place 1 – Team Lahti 2018
1st Place Single in Engelberg 2019
1st Place Single in Willingen 2019
First – Zakopane 2019 Team
First place in individual Val in Fiemme 2020
Note World Cup Karl Geiger shows
3 times the 1 place
5 times 2nd
This produces the 10th place in the overall ranking.
Amazing facts that not everyone knows
Geiger graduated from high school with a Bachelor of Energy and Energy Teknology from Kempati Applied Sciences. Topic: “Efficient use of energy in vehicle care and ice”.
In 2018, Federal President Steinmeier presented it with laurel silver leaves for the success of the team at the Olympics.
His best friend was Ski Jumper Eisenbichler, he shared a double room with Karl for a business trip. Both of them are “like Ying and who”.
Karl Geiger is not just a good pilot in skiing, one of his hobbies is high – he likes paragliding in Lanzarote or Australia.