Gregor Schlierenzauer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Austrian ski jumper
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Place of Birth: Fulpmes, Tyrol, Austria
About Gregor Schlierenzauer
- Gregor Schlierenzauer (pronounced ['?li???nt?sa???]; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian ski jumper.
- He is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tournament, and Nordic Tournament twice each; the Ski Flying World Cup overall title three times; as well as four medals at the Winter Olympics, twelve at the Ski Jumping World Championships, and five at the Ski Flying World Championships. During his victorious 2008/09 World Cup season, Schlierenzauer set a number of ski jumping records, including surpassing Janne Ahonen's record of twelve individual World Cup wins with thirteen; and also tying Ahonen, Matti Hautamäki, and Thomas Morgenstern's record of six consecutive individual wins in a single season.
- On 26 January 2013, Schlierenzauer equalled Matti Nykänen's long-standing record of 46 individual World Cup wins, and currently has 53 to his name as of March 2018; the most of any male ski jumper.
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