Katharina Schmid

Katharina Schmid, born Katharina Althaus on 23 May 1996 in Oberstdorf, is a German former ski jumper and one of the most decorated athletes in the history of the sport. She is a seven-time world champion, with one individual title and six team titles, and a two-time Olympic silver medallist, winning individual silver at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. She has competed at World Cup level since the 2011 to 12 season and finished second in the World Cup overall in 2017 to 18 and 2018 to 19. She became mixed team world champion with Carina Vogt, Richard Freitag and Severin Freund at the 2015 World Championships in Falun, took her first World Cup win in Ljubno on 12 February 2017, and at the 2023 Planica World Championships won medals in all four events: three golds and a bronze. She married Patrick Schmid in May 2023.