Overview
- Justin Lisso announced his retirement from ski jumping at age 26 after multiple serious knee injuries.
- He re-tore a cruciate ligament in November 2025 two months after a brief return to competition.
- The WSV Schmiedefeld athlete first suffered a major knee injury in a June 2023 training crash and spent more than a year in rehab.
- Lisso never reached a World Cup breakthrough, with top finishes of 11th in Titisee-Neustadt in January 2022, 13th in Oslo in March 2023, and 15th in Lahti.
- He said on Instagram that the decision was hard yet hopeful, and the German Ski Association loses another young prospect with his departure.