Ski Jumping
Katharina Schmid
- Normal Hill
- Large Hill
- Ski Flying
- Team
- Nationality
- Germany
- Hometown
- Oberstdorf, Germany
- Born
- 23 May 1996
- Primary discipline
- Normal Hill
About Katharina Schmid
German ski jumper (SC 1906 Oberstdorf) from Oberstdorf, competing under her maiden name Althaus for most of her career before marrying Patrick Schmid (brother of Nordic combined athlete Julian Schmid) in May 2023. One of the most decorated women in ski jumping history: seven-time World Champion (one individual, six team titles) and two-time individual Olympic silver medalist (2018 PyeongChang and 2022 Beijing). Announced via Instagram that she would retire at the end of the 2025-26 season, capping her career with a start at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics (16th, Normal Hill; 41st, Large Hill).
Has two individual Olympic silvers, from PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022, and a career World Cup win total of 22. Competed as Katharina Althaus for most of her career before marrying and taking the surname Schmid in 2023.
Sponsors: Fischer (skis)
Setup
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Skis
Fischer Ski jumping
- Ski Jumping
FIS athlete-biography 'Skis' field lists Fischer (bespoke competition ski-jumping equipment; retail range shows only RC1/Speedmax cross-country skis -- see Products id 298 notes).
Ski jumping race ski from Fischer's ski jumping athlete roster, distinct from the brand's existing alpine and cross-country race-ski entries. Starting the 2025-26 season, Fischer Sports' ski jumping skis carry a co-branding partnership with the unrelated German fastening-technology company 'fischer Group', featuring the fischer Group's 'DuoPower' anchor-product branding on the skis alongside the Fischer Sports logo - this is a sponsorship/branding tie-up, not a new ski model name.
Setup verified 19 July 2026