Severin Freund
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Freund in Hinzenbach, 2015
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| Country |
 Germany
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| Born |
11 May 1988 Freyung, West Germany |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Ski club | WSV DJK Rastbüchl |
| Personal best |
245 m (804 ft)  Vikersund, 15 February 2015 |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2008–present |
| Individual wins | 22 |
| Team wins | 6 |
| Indiv. podiums | 53 |
| Team podiums | 19 |
| Yellow bibs | 13 |
| Indiv. starts | 194 |
| Team starts | 35 |
| Overall titles | 1 (2015) |
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Medal record
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| Updated on 16 February 2017. | |
Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German ski jumper. He is the former FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champion, having won 2015 season and being the first German to win the World Cup since Martin Schmitt in 2000. As a member of the national team, Freund won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and in the mixed team event. He currently holds the German national distance record of 245 m (804 ft), which was set in Vikersund on 15 February 2015.
Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the 2011 season was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.
On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished seventh in the 2011 World Cup season.
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