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Simon Ammann

Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann (2011).jpg
Ammann in 2011
Country   Switzerland
Born (1981-06-25) 25 June 1981 (age 35)
Grabs, Switzerland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Ski club RG Churfirsten
Personal best 238.5 m (782 ft)
Vikersund, 13 February 2011
World Cup career
Seasons 1998–present
Individual wins 23
Indiv. podiums 79
Yellow bibs 38
Indiv. starts 373
Team starts 25
Overall titles 1 (2010)
Nordic titles 1 (2010)
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 0 0
World Championships 1 1 2
Ski Flying World Championships 1 0 0
Total 6 1 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2002 Salt Lake City Individual LH
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Individual NH
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver Individual LH
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Sapporo Individual LH
Silver medal – second place 2007 Sapporo Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Liberec Individual NH
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Oslo Individual LH
Men's ski flying
FIS Ski Flying World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Planica Individual
Updated on 16 February 2016.

Simon Ammann (SEE-mon; 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. Additionally he won the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships; the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships; the 2010 Nordic Tournament; and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup.

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 undividual 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).


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