Gianina Ernst

Gianina Krucker is a former German ski jumper. She was the youngest participant during the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Gianina Ernst was born in Winterthur, 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. Her mother, Cornelia Thomas, was a Swiss cross country skier, who represented Switzerland at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the 1982 World Championships.
Gianina has five siblings. Her brother, Benjamin Ernst, is also a ski jumper.

Career

Ernst's debut in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in December 2013 in Lillehammer, where she had 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. In 2020 she announced her retirement from the sport.