Laurent Mühlethaler wants to make the weight for his first “real” Olympics in Nordic combined

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Laurent Mühlethaler is not returning to the Asian continent to simply contemplate the landscape this winter… Replacing the French Nordic combined team at the South Korean Olympiad in Pyeongchang 2018, the Jura player wants believe in your chances of a medal at the Beijing Olympics 2022 (February 4 to 20).

For the first “real” Olympic Games of his career, at age 24: Laurent Mühlethaler is now the leader of the Blues, he who embeds himself more and more often in the world Top 10 dfor two seasons.

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Laurent Mühlethaler openly dreams of shining at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, thanks to his enormous qualities as a ski jumper, but he also watches his healthy weight like milk on fire. Not so long ago, this bon vivant got up at night to weigh himself.

Special feature too: unlike the other Olympiads, because of the threat of the Covid, the competitors could not go and test the springboards. The game is therefore very open. “We can’t predict what will happen” concludes the Jura.

Listen to Julien Laurent’s report, with Laurent Mühlethaler

Laurent Mühlethaler’s prize list

  • Olympic Games 2018: replacement
  • 9th at the world championships 2021 (large hill)
  • 2x World Cup Top 10 (6th and 7th, in 2021)
  • 10 x Top 15 in the World Cup
  • 7th with specific classification world cup best jumper 2021
  • 22nd overall in the World Cup (as of January 16, 2022), 23rd in 2021, 25th in 2020
  • Bronze medal at the Junior World Championships 2017
  • Silver medal by team (relay) at the 2017 Junior World Championships

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Laurent Mühlethaler’s schedule for the 2022 Beijing Olympics

  • Wednesday February 9, 9 a.m.* (jump) + 12 p.m. (background) = Individual/Small Hill
  • Tuesday February 15, 9 a.m. (jump) + 12 p.m. (background) = Individual/Large Hill
  • Thursday February 17, 9 a.m. (jump) + 12 p.m. (background) = Per Team/Large Hill

* French time (+ 7h in Beijing)

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