2025 - German Winter Sports: Celebrating the Careers of Retiring Athletes

After the end of the ski jumping season, FIS has half a year to do its homework.

Markus Eisenbichler celebrates his farewell in Planica. A crazy ski jumping season ends spectacularly. The treatment of a scandal continues.

The sky is crying for Markus Eisenbichler - the fans are raging for the ski jumper. The DSV-Adler ends his career with one success: second place in flying in the legendary Planica. And Eisenbichler trumps up again.

2025 - German Winter Sports: Celebrating the Careers of Retiring Athletes

Several prominent winter sports athletes, including Markus Eisenbichler, Stephan Leyhe, Johannes and Tarjei Bö, Jarl Magnus Riiber, Svenja Würth, and Claudia Pechstein, have announced their retirements ahead of the Olympics. Each athlete reflects on their careers, highlighting personal achievements and memorable moments, while also prioritizing family or health. Their departures signal the end of significant chapters in their respective sports, …

Markus Eisenbichler, emblematic figure of ski jumping, retired, leaving the German team in search of new talents. Werner Schuster, his former coach, expressed concern about the future of sport, especially with veterans approaching the end of their careers. Young hopes, like Philipp Raimund, had to overcome challenges. Austria, with a well-established jumping culture, continued to produce new talents, while succession in Germany remained precario…

The 2024/25 season was full of ups and downs for the Slovenian men's ski jumping team, but also exceptional achievements. After a challenging start, when the results did not yet match the high expectations, the team with head coach Robert Hrgota came together, found much-needed peace, self-confidence and towards the end of the season reached the highest level at the Nordic World Championships and home Planica. "It was a big school for us. After …