Severin Freund is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 ski jumper

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

. He hails from Waldkirchen

Waldkirchen

Waldkirchen is the biggest town in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Germany.-History:It was mentioned for the first time in 1203. Soon it became an important trading place along the "Goldener Steig" , a salt-trading route between Bavaria and Bohemia in the late Middle Ages...

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Having made his Continental Cup

Ski jumping Continental Cup

The FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup is arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation . It's the second-highest ski jumping season-long competition, only surpassed by the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The cup usually consist of juniors, or jumpers who are fighting for a spot on their nation's...

 debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

 in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup

Ski jumping World Cup

The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is a ski jumping tournament held yearly by the International Ski Federation since 1979–80 season.- World Cup points :...

 debut in December 2007 in Engelberg

Engelberg

Engelberg is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Engelberg has a population of . , 21.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.It is the leading mountain resort in central Switzerland...

, and his best result before the Season 2010/11 was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.

On December 29, 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On January 15, 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's team normal hill

The Men's team normal hill ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held 27 February 2011 at 15:00 CET. This event was last held at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf and was won by the Austrian team of Loitzl, Andreas Widhölzl, Thomas Morgenstern, and Martin...

 competition in Oslo. He finished the 2010/2011

2010–11 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

The 2010–11 Ski Jumping World Cup was the 32nd World Cup season in history. It began on 28 November 2010 at the Rukatunturi ski jumping hill in Kuusamo, Finland, and finished on 20 March 2011 at Planica, Slovenia.Defending champion was Simon Ammann. The overall world cup was...

world cup season as number seven.