Marinus Kraus ( German: Marinus Kraus , born February 13, 1991 ) is a German ski jumper , the 2014 Olympic champion in the team championship [1] .
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| Full name | Marinus kraus | |||||||
| Original name | Marinus kraus | |||||||
| Citizenship |  Germany | |||||||
| Date of Birth | February 13, 1991 (28 years old) | |||||||
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| Growth | 174 cm | |||||||
| Weight | 59 kg | |||||||
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Career
Kraus began his career as a biathlete .
In 2014, he won team gold at the Olympics in Sochi along with Zeverin Freund , Andreas Wellinger and Andreas Wank [1] . Moreover, Kraus brought his team the most points among his partners. In the first round he scored 136.1 points (the best among the Germans), and in the second 132 (second only to his partner Andreas Welling ).
The athlete also performed in the individual championship on the big springboard . He took fourth place in the qualification, jumping 130 meters and gaining 120.2 points. In the final, he significantly improved his results: in the first round he flew by 131 meters, in the second - by 140 meters. Moreover, among all in the second round he became the second, and by the results took the sixth place [2] . In total, he scored 257.4 points.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Germany - Olympic champion in team competitions , Sport Express (February 17, 2014). Archived on July 9, 2017. Date of treatment February 13, 2018.
- ↑ Stoch - Olympic champion in the big springboard , Sport Express (February 15, 2014). Archived on July 9, 2017. Date of treatment February 13, 2018.
Links
- Marinus Kraus - statistics on the FIS website (English) - Ski Jumping
- Marinus Kraus - statistics on the FIS website (Eng.) - Nordic Combined