Who won the first Olympic gold medal in women's ski jumping?

Carina Vogt won the first Olympic gold medal awarded in women’s ski jumping.

The German jumper made history at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where women’s ski jumping appeared on the Olympic program for the first time. Vogt won the women’s normal hill individual event at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center on February 11, 2014.

Her winning total was 247.4 points. Austria’s Daniela Iraschko-Stolz took silver with 246.2 points, and France’s Coline Mattel won bronze with 245.2. Japan’s Sara Takanashi, despite being a leading jumper, finished fourth, which is why she is not the answer.

Women had competed internationally in ski jumping for decades before Olympic inclusion, but their event was added only in Sochi. Vogt later became a world champion, winning the individual normal hill title at the 2015 World Championships and successfully defending it in 2017.