Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann was born in Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland on June 25th, 1981 and is the Skier. At the age of 42, Simon Ammann biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Simon "Simi" Ammann (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.
Personal life
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.
Career
During the 1997-1998 Ski jumping World Cup, Ammann made his debut as a 16-year-old rookie. Ammann qualified for the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, where he finished 35th.
Ammann crashed and suffered injuries during training in Willingen prior to the 2002 Winter Olympics. Despite this, he won gold medal in both the individual mountain and large hill races, becoming the second athlete to do so (Matti Nykänen had done so in 1988). Following the Olympics, Ammann became a celebrity in Switzerland and also appeared on American talk shows, such as the Late Show with David Letterman (on February 20, 2002).
Ammann has also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2002 and 2007. He was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 2007 (shared with Frode Estil, Odd-Bjrn Hjelmeset, King Harald V, and Queen Sonja of Norway)).
In Turin, Italy, he made his third Olympic appearance in 2006.
He won his first medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, Japan, on February 24th. Ammann would finish the Individual Normal Hill with a silver medal the following week. Ammann will win a bronze medal in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
Ammann won the gold medal in the Individual Normal Hill event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 2010. In the Individual Normal Hill event in two Olympics, he became the first man in Olympic history to win gold medals.
He also won a gold medal in the Individual Large Hill event at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, making him the first man to win gold medals in both individual ski jumping and team sports, as well as the most decorated Swiss Olympic athlete of all time. He made his first leap at 144 meters. His second jump was 138 meters.
Ammann was named overall champion of the 2009-10 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in March 2010, winning all four events at the Nordic Tournament and nine World Cup events in a row. He finished the season by becoming the world ski racing World Champion in Planica on the world's biggest hill. His 236.5 m fourth round jump was the longest jump of the tournament and then the second longest jump in history.
In December 2013, he captured his most recent gold medal on the FIS World Cup circuit. In February 2014, he was chosen flag-bearer for the Swiss Winter Olympics team in Sochi, Russia.
Ammann's 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were disappointing. He called a news conference, and there was a lot of buzz that he was supposed to announce his resignation. On the other hand, he simply spoke about how it was too early to decide.
During the final stage of the 2014/15 Four Hills Tournament, Ammann was injured on his second-round hop in Bischofshofen on January 6, 2015. His rep has since reported that his health is stable, with the most harm being done to his face. Ammann was also disqualified in the first round of Oberstdorf, making the Four Hills tournament a tough outing overall.
He competed in his 6th Olympics in 2018 finishing 11th in the normal hill and 13th in the large hill. This time, Switzerland did not send a team.
In 2022, he competed in his 7th Olympics, placing 25th in both hills. The Swiss finished eighth in the men's big hill team competition, along with Dominik Peter, Gregor Deschwanden, and Killian Peier.