Jonas Backofen
Austrian curler
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Jonas Backofen (born 2001 in Leipzig, Germany)[2] is an Austrian male curler from Fieberbrunn.[2]
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| Born | 2001 (age 24–25) Leipzig, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Kitzbühel CC, Kitzbühel[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Mathias Genner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Jonas Backofen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Matthäus Hofer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Martin Reichel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Johann Karg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Curling career  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship appearances | 6 (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the national level, he is a 2018 Austrian mixed champion curler.[3]
Teams and events
Men's
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2015–16 | Mathias Genner | Niklas Haas | Martin Seiwald | Damir Srebric | Jonas Backofen | Boris Seidl | WJBCC 2016 (20th) |
| 2016–17 | Martin Seiwald | Florian Mavec | Jonas Backofen | Damir Srebric | Konstantin Kammerhofer | Boris Seidl | WJBCC 2017 (20th) |
| 2017–18 | Martin Seiwald (fourth) | Jonas Backofen | Damir Srebric | Florian Mavec (skip) | Sean Purcell | Boris Seidl | WJBCC 2018 (22nd) |
| 2018–19 | Jonas Backofen | Martin Seiwald | Sean Purcell | Florian Mavec | Thomas Wittischlaeger | Boris Seidl | WJBCC 2019 (Jan) (21st) |
| 2019–20 | Sebastian Wunderer | Martin Reichel | Martin Seiwald | Florian Mavec | Jonas Backofen | Björn Schröder | ECC 2019 (21st) |
| Jonas Backofen (fourth) | Florian Mavec (skip) | Martin Seiwald | Sean Purcell | Thomas Wittischlaeger | Björn Schröder, Gernot Higatzberger | WJBCC 2019 (Dec) (15th) | |
| 2021–22 | Mathias Genner | Jonas Backofen | Martin Reichel | Lukas Kirchmair | Matthäus Hofer | Björn Schröder, Andreas Winkler | ECC 2021 (15th) |
| Jonas Backofen (fourth) | Matthäus Hofer | Gernot Higatzberger (skip) | Moritz Jöchl | Johann Karg | Björn Schröder | POQE 2021 (7th)[4] | |
| 2022–23 | Mathias Genner | Jonas Backofen | Martin Reichel | Florian Mavec | Philipp Nothegger | Björn Schröder, Andreas Winkler | ECC 2022 (17th) |
| 2023–24 | Mathias Genner | Jonas Backofen | Martin Reichel | Florian Mavec | Moritz Jöchl | Björn Schröder, Daniela Jentsch | ECC 2023 (12th) |
| 2024–25 | Mathias Genner | Jonas Backofen | Martin Reichel | Florian Mavec | Johann Karg | Björn Schröder | ECC 2024 (7th) |
| Mathias Genner | Jonas Backofen | Martin Reichel | Florian Mavec | Matthäus Hofer | Brian Chick | WCC 2025 (12th) |
Mixed
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 2015–16 | Verena Pflügler | Jonas Backofen | Chiara Puchinger | Niklas Haas | AmxCC 2016 (6th)[5] |
| 2017–18 | Veronika Huber | Jonas Backofen | Edeltraud Koudelka | Florian Mavec | AmxCC 2018  |
Personal life
As of 2025 he is a sales project manager. He started curling in 2018 at the age of 17.[2]
