Austria's ski jumping team member Thomas Morgenstern lands his trial jump during the men's team ski jumping final of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, February 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian three-times Olympic ski jump champion Thomas Morgenstern is retiring as of Friday after severely injuring himself in a fall earlier this year, he announced at a news conference.
Morgenstern, 27, won two Olympic titles in the individual and team large hill event in Turin in 2006 and a team large hill gold in Vancouver in 2010, as well as many other titles.
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