“I see ski jumping as a winter sport”: In view of climate change, Andreas Wellinger is thinking about how his sport can change. Image: EPA
In an interview, ski jumper Andreas Wellinger talks about the fascination of flying, the surprising rise of his teammate Pius Paschke and the future of his sport.
Andreas Wellinger is 28 years old. He was also active in Nordic combined until 2011 before switching to ski jumping. The Traunstein native competed in his first World Cup in this discipline at the age of 17. At the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, Wellinger won gold with the team and four years later brought three medals with him from Pyeongchang, where he became individual Olympic champion on the normal hill and also took second place on the large hill and with the team.
The fascination of ski jumping, the fascination of the Four Hills Tournament. Everyone dreams of lifting the Golden Eagle in Bischofshofen on the evening of January 6th. Why is the winner at the end of this tour called Andreas Wellinger?
