He is historical as a World Champion in Nordic Combined  by succeeding in the nigh on impossible feat of winning it an incredible six times! At the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, he added two more gold medals to his growing collection. One of the gold medals was historic in as much as three German athletes stood on the rostrum (Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Rießle, Eric Frenzel). He won his second gold medal in a team heat in which he took the last run.

Harald Steidle and Markus Etzel from Axelent GmbH met Johannes after the World Cup season to take new pictures to use in their marketing.