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Sven Hannawald

Sven Hannawald
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Hannawald in 2013
Country  Germany
Born (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 42)
Erlabrunn, East Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Personal best 220 m (722 ft)
Planica, 23 Mar 2002
World Cup career
Seasons 19932004
Individual wins 18
Team wins 1
Indiv. podiums 40
Team podiums 7
Yellow bibs 2
Indiv. starts 174
Team starts 11
Four Hills titles 1 (2002)
Ski Flying titles 2 (1998, 2000)

Association football career
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 TSV Burgau
2009–2010 TSV Neuried
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Updated on 10 February 2016.
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 TSV Burgau
2009–2010 TSV Neuried
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sven Hannawald (born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper. His career best achievement was winning the 2001/02 Four Hills Tournament and becoming the only ski jumper in history to win all four events in the same tournament. He also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, as well as three medals each in the Winter Olympics and the Ski Flying World Championships. He currently plays football for Kreisliga club TSV Burgau and drives for Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters.

In 1998, Hannawald won a silver medal at the 1998 Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf as well as a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Nagano in the team large hill event.

In the 1998/99 season, he finished fifth place overall in World Cup Ski Jumping. At the world championships in Ramsau, he won a silver medal in the individual large hill behind Martin Schmitt, as well as winning a gold medal in the team large hill event.

In 2000 Hannawald won the Ski-flying World Championships in Vikersund. He also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival that year.

In the 2000/01 season, Hannawald won gold in the team large hill event and bronze in the team normal hill event at the world championships in Lahti.


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