Markus Eisenbichler puts an end! The ex -world champion announces his end of his career – but not immediately.
The German ski jumping star Markus Eisenbichler has announced his end of his career.
In an Instagram video, the 33-year-old addressed emotional words to his followers and explained that he will end his active career.
Markus Eisenbichler ends his career after Planica
End of career: then Eisenbichler stops
However, “Eisei” does not stop immediately, but only after ski flying in Planica, which will increase with individual and team competition from March 28th.
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“I will use the next World Cup station to accelerate again, show good jumps and show wide flights, especially in Planica,” said Eisenbichler: “Why in Planica at the end? It is very simple: I was allowed to celebrate my first World Cup victory there, set the German record and ski flying was simply my dream and my life for which I burned. It will be emotional, but it feels right to stop now. “
So Eisenbichler thinks about his farewell
The Siegsdorfer celebrated a total of six World Cup titles in his career: five times he was on the podium with the team or mixed team at the top of the podium, in 2019 he became world champion in Seefeld. At the 2022 Olympics, he flew to bronze with the team.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about it in the past few months, and my gut feeling tells me: It’s the right time. It feels good, ”Eisenbichler is quoted in a message from the DSV.
At the World Cup not there
The 33-year-old celebrated his debut in the World Cup in the 2011/12 season and was a guarantee of success for the German team for a long time. However, Eisenbichler has had to struggle in recent years, among other things, he recently missed the World Cup in Trondheim due to performance.
“Ski jumping was my life – with ups and downs, with emotions that can hardly be put into words. I was able to celebrate incredible success: world championship title, World Cup victory, medal successes, of which I could only dream of as a child, “said Eisenbichler, who stands in German for the RAW-Air tour in German on Thursday:” I lived my dream and I am infinitely grateful. But I am also looking forward to what is coming: new challenges, new experiences and finally time for things that have so far been neglected. ”
DSV sports director Horst Hüttel praised Eisenbichler as “one of the really big ski jumpers”. Eisenbichler, who can imagine a work as a trainer, was “always an athlete”, said Hüttel, “who was looking for the open word who was looking for the dialogue and who has never bent. That is why he was so popular with the fans and colleagues in the whole ski jumping community. “