| Gianina Ernst | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Winterthur, Switzerland |
| Known For: | Youngest participant during the 2014 Winter Olympics |
Gianina Ernst (born 31 December 1998) is a German ski jumper and the youngest participant during the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]
Gianina Ernst was born in Winterthur, Switzerland, to a German-Swiss family.[2] Her father, Joachim Ernst, was a ski jumper and German champion who, during FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo, finished 11th on the K70 hill and 38th on the K90 hill.[2] [3] Her mother, Cornelia Thomas, was a Swiss cross country skier, who represented Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics and 1982 World Championship.[4]
Gianina has five siblings. Her brother, Benjamin Ernst (born 21 March 1995), is also a ski jumper.[5]
Ernst's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in December 2013 in Lillehammer, where she'd already won a second place medal in a previous competition.
She was the youngest participant during the 2014 Winter Olympics when a Women's Ski Jump competition was hosted for the first time in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.[2]