Granerud wins Bischofshofen and 4HT overall - facts
Jan 06, 2023·Ski JumpingThe 71st Four Hills Tournament came to an end with the final in Bischofshofen. Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud, who had won two of three competitions (Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) in the Tour before Bischofshofen, crowned himself the undisputed champion with an outstanding last competition.
71st Four Hills Tournament Facts:
- Halvor Egner Granerud won the Four Hills Tournament with the highest overall score ever - 1191.2 points.
- Halvor Egner Granerud is the ninth Norwegian to win the Four Hills Tournament after Olaf B. Bjørnstad (1953/54), Toralf Engan (1962/63), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1964/65), Bjørn Wirkola (1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69), Ingolf Mork (1971/72), Espen Bredesen (1993/94), Sigurd Pettersen (2003/04) and Anders Jacobsen (2006/07).
- Halvor Egner Granerud won three out of four competitions.
- Halvor Egner Granerud showed the longest jump of the Four Hills Tournament with his second jump in Bischofshofen at 143.5 metres.
- Halvor Egner Granerud and Dawid Kubacki reached the podium in each of the four competitions. Anze Lanisek only missed the podium in Oberstdorf.
- Dawid Kubacki reached all three different podiums in the Four Hills Tournament (1st in 2019/20, 2nd in 2022/23, 3rd in 2020/21).
- Anze Lanisek achieved his first overall podium in the Four Hills Tournament. His best result so far was 16th in the 2021/22 season.
- In the overall ranking of the Four Hills Tournament, three Poles finished in the top 5 with Dawid Kubacki in second, Piotr Zyla in fourth and Kamil Stoch in fifth.
- For the first time since 2017, German athletes did not manage a podium finish in all four competitions.
- For the first time, two Estonian athletes (Artti Aigro and Kevin Maltsev) reached the second round in a Four Hills Tournament and a World Cup competition in Innsbruck.
- Two Austrian athletes (Michael Hayböck in Innsbruck and Stefan Kraft in Bischofshofen) took part in their 250th World Cup jumping event at this Four Hills Tournament.