Thomas Morgenstern
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's ski jumping | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Individual large hill | |
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Team large hill | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Oberstdorf | Team normal hill | |
| Gold | 2005 Oberstdorf | Team large hill | |
Thomas Morgenstern also known as "Morgi" (born 30 October 1986 in Spittal an der Drau) is an Austrian ski jumper.
He is one of the biggest natural ski jumping talents in Austria. At the 2002-3 Four Hills Tournament, he made his ski jumping debut. During this season he finished 9th in Oberstdorf, 25th in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 9th in Innsbruck and 6th in Bischofshofen. Five days after the end of the tournament, he won his first World Cup jump, in Liberec, Czech Republic.
He continued his success well into the 2003-4 season. He was second overall to Sigurd Pettersen during most of the Four Hills tournament, finally ending up in fourth place.
Morgenstern won both team Competitions at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (Normal and Large Hills).
During the 2006 Winter Olympics, he won the gold medals in the individual and team large hill competitions.
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| Olympic champions in ski jumping individual large hill |
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| 1924: Jacob Tullin Thams | 1928: Alf Andersen | 1932: Birger Ruud | 1936: Birger Ruud | 1948: Petter Hugsted | 1952: Arnfinn Bergmann | 1956: Antti Hyvärinen | 1960: Helmut Recknagel | 1964: Toralf Engan | 1968: Vladimir Belussov | 1972: Wojciech Fortuna | 1976: Karl Schnabl | 1980: Jouko Törmänen | 1984: Matti Nykänen | 1988: Matti Nykänen | 1992: Toni Nieminen | 1994: Jens Weissflog | 1998: Kazuyoshi Funaki | 2002: Simon Ammann | 2006: Thomas Morgenstern |
| Olympic Champions in men's ski jumping team large hill |
| 1988 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Matti Nykänen, Tuomo Ylipulli, & Jari Puikkonen 1992 Finland Ari-Pekka Nikkola, Mika Laitinen, Risto Laakkonen, & Toni Nieminen 1994 Germany Hansjörg Jäkle, Christof Duffner, Dieter Thoma, & Jens Weissflog 1998 Japan Takanobu Okabe, Hiroya Saito, Masahiko Harada, & Kazuyoshi Funaki 2002 Germany Sven Hannawald, Stephan Hocke, Michael Uhrmann, & Martin Schmitt 2006 Austria Andreas Widhölzl, Andreas Kofler, Martin Koch, & Thomas Morgenstern |
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