Christof Duffner Explained

Christof Duffner
Nationality:	(1988-90) (1990–2003)
Birth Date:	16 December 1971
Birth Place:	Triberg im Schwarzwald, West Germany
Height:	184 cm
Personalbest:	219 m (720 ft) Planica, 17–18 March 2001
Seasons:	1989–2003
Wins:	1
Teamwins:	1
Totalpodiums:	5
Teampodiums:	9
Individual Starts:	222
Team Starts:	16
Updated:	10 February 2016

Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former ski jumper.

Career

He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 1999 and silver in 1997. His only World cup victory was in 1992 in Oberstdorf.

On 22 March 1992, he crashed at world record distance at 194 metres (636 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1992 in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia.^{[1] [2]}

On 18 March 1994, he crashed at world record distance at 207 metres (679 ft) at FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1994 in Planica, Slovenia.^{[3] [4]}

World Cup

Standings

Season	Overall
scope=row align=center		—	90	N/A	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		—	—	N/A	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		17	16	21	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		19	21	8	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		6	7	10	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		25	28	4	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		44	70	16	N/A	N/A
scope=row align=center		14	5	align=center bgcolor=#A57164		N/A	17
scope=row align=center		34	26	—	21	29
scope=row align=center		38	39	17	37	45
scope=row align=center		21	44	5	16	23
scope=row align=center		49	56	34	41	55
scope=row align=center		25	33	18	25	N/A
scope=row align=center		22	21	N/A	10	N/A
scope=row align=center		47	45	N/A	42	N/A

Wins

Invalid ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
22 March 1992	Čerťák K185	Harrachov, Czechoslovakia	194	636
18 March 1994	Velikanka bratov Gorišek K185	Planica, Slovenia	207	679

Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kasai svetovni prvak v poletih, Samo Gostiša osvojil 6. mesto (page 9). Delo. 23 March 1992. sl.
2. Web site: Christof Duffner - Harrachov 1992 - 194 m - World record crash. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/e_AtRmT4AwY . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube. 22 March 1992.
3. Web site: Planica ne pozna nobenih meja Espen Bredesen poletel 209 metrov (page 8). Delo. 19 March 1994. sl.
4. Web site: Christof Duffner - Planica 1994 - 207 m - World Record (fall). https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GKx9uVpB4_M . 2021-12-21 . live. ORF/YouTube. 17 June 2012.