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Simon Ammann

Simon Ammann (2011).jpg
Ammann in 2011

Country
  Switzerland
Born
(1981-06-25) 25 June 1981 (age 37)
Grabs, Switzerland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski clubRG Churfirsten
Personal best238.5 m (782 ft)
Vikersund, 13 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons
1998–present
Individual wins23
Indiv. podiums80
Yellow bibs38
Indiv. starts408
Team starts34
Overall titles1 (2010)
Nordic titles1 (2010)
Updated on 26 January 2019.

Simon Ammann (/ˈsmɒn/; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010, and is the only ski jumper to have achieved the gold double–double at the Winter Olympics. His other achievements include winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, the 2010 Nordic Tournament, and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title.




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 World Cup

    • 2.1 Standings


    • 2.2 Wins



  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Career[edit]


Ammann made his debut as a 16-year-old rookie during the 1997–1998 Ski jumping World Cup season. Ammann qualified for the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, where he finished 35th.


Prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Ammann crashed and suffered injuries during training in Willingen. Despite this, he won a gold medal in both the individual normal hill and large hill competitions, being only the second athlete to accomplish this feat (Matti Nykänen having done so in 1988). Following the Olympics, Ammann became a star in Switzerland and also made appearances on American talk shows, such as the Late Show with David Letterman (on 20 February 2002).


Ammann also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2002 and 2007. This earned him the Holmenkollen medal in 2007 (shared with Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja of Norway).


He made his third Olympic appearance in 2006 in Turin, Italy.


On 24 February 2007, he won his first medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a victory in the Individual Large Hill in Sapporo, Japan. Ammann would follow this with a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill the following week. Ammann would complete his set of medals with a bronze medal in the Individual Normal Hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.


In 2010, competing in his fourth Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Ammann won the gold medal in the Individual Normal Hill event. He became the first man in Olympic history to win gold medals in the Individual Normal Hill event in two Olympics.


On 20 February 2010, he also won a gold medal in the Individual Large Hill event at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, thus becoming the first man to win gold medals in both individual ski jumping events in two Olympic games, as well as the most decorated Swiss Olympic athlete of all time. His first jump was 144 meters. His second jump was 138 meters.


In March 2010, Ammann became the overall winner of 2009–10 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, winning all four events at the Nordic Tournament and nine World Cup events in one season overall. He finished the season by becoming the ski flying World Champion in Planica on the largest hill in the world. His 236.5 m fourth round jump was the longest jump of the event and then the second longest jump in history.


He won his most recent gold medal on the FIS World Cup circuit in December 2013. He was selected flag-bearer of the Swiss Winter Olympics team at Sochi, Russia, in February 2014.


The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were disappointing for Ammann. He called a news conference, and there was a lot of buzz that he was going to announce his retirement. However, he merely gave a long talk about how it was too early to decide.


On 6 January 2015, Ammann was injured on his second-round jump in Bischofshofen during the final stage of the 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament. His representation has since stated that his condition is stable, with the most damage being to his face. The Four Hills tournament proved to be a very tough outing overall for Ammann, as he also fell in the first round in Oberstdorf.



World Cup[edit]



Standings[edit]

















































































































































































































Season
Overall

4H

SF

RA

W5

P7

NT

JP

1997/98
7048N/AN/AN/A67

1998/99
64N/AN/AN/A

1999/00
4570N/AN/AN/A5945

2000/01
N/AN/AN/AN/A

2001/02
76N/AN/AN/AN/A4N/A

2002/03
2824N/AN/AN/AN/A24N/A

2003/04
1314N/AN/AN/AN/A3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/A

2004/05
2337N/AN/AN/AN/A27N/A

2005/06
1713N/AN/AN/AN/A20N/A

2006/07
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/A3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/A

2007/08
915N/AN/AN/AN/A20N/A

2008/09
2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/AN/A3rd, bronze medalist(s)N/A

2009/10
1st, gold medalist(s)53rd, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/AN/A1st, gold medalist(s)N/A

2010/11
2nd, silver medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)5N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2011/12
11193rd, bronze medalist(s)N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2012/13
142710N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2013/14
73rd, bronze medalist(s)4N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2014/15
1117N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2015/16
151115N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

2016/17
29442411N/AN/AN/AN/A

2017/18
1929312N/AN/A

2018/19
2813


Wins[edit]


































































































































No.
Season
Date
Location
Hill
Size
1
2001/0217 March 2002  
Norway Oslo

Holmenkollbakken K115
LH
2
2006/072 December 2006  
Norway Lillehammer

Lysgårdsbakken HS134 (night)
LH
3
18 March 2007  
Norway Oslo

Holmenkollbakken HS128
LH
4
2008/0929 November 2008  
Finland Kuusamo

Rukatunturi HS142 (night)
LH
5
7 December 2008  
Norway Trondheim

Granåsen HS140
LH
6
13 December 2008  
Italy Pragelato

Stadio del Trampolino HS140 (night)
LH
7
20 December 2008  
Switzerland Engelberg

Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137
LH
8
29 December 2008  
Germany Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)
LH
9
2009/106 December 2009  
Norway Lillehammer

Lysgårdsbakken HS138
LH
10
18 December 2009  
Switzerland Engelberg

Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137
LH
11
20 December 2009  
Switzerland Engelberg

Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS137
LH
12
17 January 2010  
Japan Sapporo

Ōkurayama HS134
LH
13
3 February 2010  
Germany Klingenthal

Vogtland Arena HS140 (night)
LH
14
7 March 2010  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä HS130
LH
15
9 March 2010  
Finland Kuopio

Puijo HS127 (night)
LH
16
12 March 2010  
Norway Lillehammer

Lysgårdsbakken HS138 (night)
LH
17
14 March 2010  
Norway Oslo

Holmenkollbakken HS134
LH
18
2010/111 January 2011  
Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Große Olympiaschanze HS140
LH
19
22 January 2011  
Poland Zakopane

Wielka Krokiew HS134 (night)
LH
20
13 March 2011  
Finland Lahti

Salpausselkä HS130
LH
21
2013/1429 December 2013  
Germany Oberstdorf

Schattenbergschanze HS137 (night)
LH
22
2014/1528 November 2014  
Finland Kuusamo

Rukatunturi HS142 (night)
LH
23
29 November 2014  
Finland Kuusamo

Rukatunturi HS142 (night)
LH


Personal life[edit]


Simon Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya in 2010.[1]



See also[edit]


  • List of Olympic medalists in ski jumping

  • List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping

  • List of FIS Ski Flying World Championships medalists in ski flying


References[edit]




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External links[edit]





  • Simon Ammann at the International Ski Federation

  • Official home page

  • Portrait of Simon Ammann

  • Home of Simon Ammann







Awards and achievements
Preceded by
André Bucher
Didier Cuche


Swiss Sportsmen of the Year
2002
2010
Succeeded by
Roger Federer
Didier Cuche


Olympic Games
Preceded by
Stéphane Lambiel

Flagbearer for Switzerland
Sochi 2014
Succeeded by
Dario Cologna














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