Last start in Planica: Ski jumper Eisenbichler ended career

“I’ve been thinking a lot about it in the past few months, and my gut feeling tells me: It’s the right time. It feels good, ”said Eisenbichler. “Ski jumping was my life – with ups and downs, with emotions that can hardly be put into words.”

In addition to the World Cup titles in single, mixed team and team, Eisenbichler won Olympic bronze with the team in Beijing in Beijing. In addition, there are two silver and a bronze medal at Ski flight world championships in statistics. Finally, Eisenbichler no longer came to his old performance level. An activity as a trainer is an option for the future.

Outstanding World Cup 2019 in Austria

“With Markus Eisenbichler, one of the very big ski jumpers leaves the World Cup stage. The German Ski Association is Markus in passion for its many years, of energy, but of course also very grateful in many, many, ”said DSV sports director Horst Hüttel. “His six World Cup titles are outstanding. He is the most successful German ski jumper in history. “

At the Nordic Ski World Cup in Innsbruck and Seefeld alone, Eisenbichler was at the top of the podium three times. He became world champion in the individual from the large hill. He had made his debut in the World Cup team as part of the 2011/2012 four-hill tour in Oberstdorf.

“Markus was always an athlete who was looking for the open word who was looking for the dialogue and who never bent,” said Hüttel. “That is why he was so popular with the fans and colleagues in the whole ski jumping community.”

Würth also breaks out

Svenja Würth, who was on the top platform in Lathi in 2017 at the World Cup in Lathi, also ends – but as a combined man. The 31-year-old will last in the discipline at the World Cup final in Oslo from March 14th to 16th, in which she debuted in 2020. Würth had previously celebrated success in ski jumping, such as the 2017 World Cup title in the Mixed team alongside Eisenbichler, Andreas Wellinger and Carina Vogt.

“For us as a team, Svenja’s end of career means a difficult loss that also hurts. Especially in the past two years it has been an integral part of the Nordic Combination national team, ”said national coach Florian Aichinger.

Serious injuries

In 2014, Würth suffered a rubble fracture in the cervical spine in the event of a fall during the landing. That “this trip did not end for me in a wheelchair, I probably had the greatest guardian angel at all,” she said.

The 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang missed Würth despite nomination because of a cruciate ligament tear. “It was difficult to accept. After that I had to fight for a long time, I lacked motivation. That is why I decided to switch to the Nordic combination. That was a fresh start for me, ”said Würth.