Johann André Forfang

Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion.

Johann André Forfang
Johann André Forfang during October 2017 FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix competitions in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany
Country	Norway
Born	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29) Tromsø, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Ski club	Tromsø SK
Personal best	245 m (804 ft) Planica, 20 March 2016
World Cup career
Seasons	2015–present
Starts	242
Podiums	18
Wins	5
Medal record Representing  Norway Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Team LH 2018 Pyeongchang Individual NH World Championships 2017 Lahti Team LH 2023 Planica Team LH 2023 Planica Mixed team NH Men's ski flying World Championships 2016 Bad Mitterndorf Team 2018 Oberstdorf Team 2020 Planica Team 2022 Vikersund Team
Updated on 22 March 2024.

Career

Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team gold medal FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 with his teammates in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf.^[2] His first individual world cup victory was in Titisee-Neustadt on 12 March 2016.^[3] In 2018 he won the last worldccup before the Olympic Games in Willingen. At the 2018 Olympic Games he gained a silver medal in normal hill individual and he is Olympic Champion 2018 with the Norway skijumping team (Andreas Stjernen, Daniel-André Tande, Robert Johansson). On 1 December 2018 he won the world cup in Tagil (Russia).

FIS World Nordic Ski Championships

Event	Normal hill	Large hill	Team LH	Mixed Team NH
2015 Falun	–	18	–	–
2017 Lahti	7	12		–
2019 Seefeld		7

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	RA	W6	T5	P7
2014/15	23	21	8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015/16	5	6		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016/17	27	—	15	6	N/A	N/A	N/A
2017/18	7	9	6	6		N/A
2018/19	8	16	9	5	11	N/A	9
2019/20	12	6	9	23	12	6	N/A
2020/21	19	19	11	N/A	35	N/A	13
2021/22	24	21	15	39	N/A	N/A	13
2022/23	16	15	13	11	N/A	N/A	10
2023/24	7	22	9	15	N/A	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	2015/16	12 March 2016	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze HS142	LH
2	2017/18	4 February 2018	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS145	LH
3	2018/19	1 December 2018	Nizhny Tagil	Tramplin Stork HS134	LH
4	2023/24	3 February 2024	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze HS147	LH
5		9 March 2024	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken HS134	LH

Individual starts (226)

Season	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	Points
2014/15																																	325
	–	–	–	DQ	–	–	–	12	19	28	19	12	43	13	14	21	37	16	–	–	–	–	10	3	49	24	11	9	37	9	15
2015/16																																	1240
	9	12	3	5	3	14	4	8	4	4	7	9	5	19	2	18	8	2	7	6	10	5	–	–	4	1	2	3	3
2016/17																																	197
	24	46	43	33	q	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	6	42	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	6	4	q	9
2017/18																																	821
	18	2	3	15	7	31	4	7	9	19	13	30	6	7	1	10	5	6	6	9	2	8
2018/19																																	892
	10	13	9	1	2	4	15	25	22	21	17	11	12	4	q	10	7	8	8	7	10	9	9	5	5	7	8	8
2019/20																																	579
	16	DQ	13	14	7	6	12	15	9	7	11	9	6	4	13	16	34	22	6	16	7	14	10	36	16	21	48
2020/21																																	338
	–	DQ	5	20	7	18	20	35	9	25	26	13	34	32	13	45	23	12	42	19	11	–	11	13	8
2021/22																																	182
	25	9	18	34	12	14	6	20	28	30	24	16	44	15	30	–	–	–	–	34	12	43	10	q
2022/23																																	574
	9	14	10	q	17	23	28	32	11	20	15	13	18	25	11	5	18	8	7	22	40	23	–	10	6	6	16	29	22	9	8	10
2023/24																																	328
	33	26	17	20	9	15	6	13	12	28	19	32	11	8	1

References

1. "Johann Andre FORFANG". olympicchannel.com. Olympic Channel Services. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
2. "Victory for Norway's ski flyers". The Norwegian American. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
3. "Forfang beats overall winner Prevc to win ski jumping WCup". yahoo. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

External links

• Johann Forfang at FIS (ski jumping)
• Johann Forfang at Olympics.com
• Johann Forfang at Olympedia
• Johann André Forfang at Team Norway (in Norwegian)