Christof Duffner

Christof Duffner, born on 16 December 1971, is a German former ski jumper who competed for West Germany and later for the unified German team. He won the gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. At the Nordic World Ski Championships he won two medals in the team large hill, silver in 1997 and gold in 1999. His only individual World Cup victory came in 1992 in Oberstdorf. He is also remembered for two long falls at ski flying championships: in March 1992 he crashed at a distance of 194 metres at Harrachov, and in March 1994 he crashed at 207 metres in Planica, and because he did not land these jumps they were not recognized as official world records.