Gianina Ernst

Background

Gianina Ernst was born in Switzerland to a German-Swiss family. 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.

Career

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.

Achievements

• Ernst"s debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in December of 2013 in Lillehammer, where she"d already won a second place medal in a previous competition.