Information about Simon Ammann

Personal facts

About him

  • Ski jumper
  • Born June 25, 1981
  • Grabs, Switzerland
  • 1.72 m (5 feet 8 inches)
  • 60 kg (132 pounds)

Accomplishments

Olympic Games

  • Gold medal (individual large hill – K120) in Salt Lake City, United States: 2002.
  • Gold medal (individual normal hill – K90) in Salt Lake City, United States: 2002.
  • Gold medal (individual large hill – HS140) in Vancouver, Canada: 2010.
  • Gold medal (individual normal hill – HS106) in Vancouver, Canada: 2010.
  • He participated in 5 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan (1998), Salt Lake City, United States (2002), Turin, Italy (2006), Vancouver, Canada (2010) and Sochi, Russia (2014) by representing Switzerland.

Ski Flying World Championships (FIS)

  • Gold medal (individual large hill – HS215) at the Letalnica Bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia: 2010.

Nordic World Ski Championships (FIS)

  • Gold medal (individual large hill – HS 134) at the Ōkurayama in Sapporo, Japan: 2007.

World Cup

  • First place of the overall standings of the FIS: season 2009-2010.
  • Rukatunturi (HS142) in Kuusamo, Finland: 2014 (two wins).
  • Schattenbergschanze (HS137) in Oberstdorf, Germany: 2013.
  • Salpausselkä (HS130) in Lathi, Finland: 2011.
  • Wielka Krokiew (HS134) in Zakopane, Poland: 2011.
  • Große Olympiaschanze (HS140) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany: 2011.
  • Holmenkollbakken (HS134) in Oslo, Norway: 2010.
  • Lysgårdsbakken (HS138) in Lillehammer, Norway: 2010.
  • Puijo (HS127) in Kuopio, Finland: 2010.
  • Salpausselkä (HS130) in Lahti, Finland: 2010.
  • Vogtland Arena (HS140) in Klingenthal, Germany: 2010.
  • Ōkurayama (HS134) in Sapporo, Japan: 2010.
  • Gross-Titlis-Schanze (HS137) in Engelberg, Switzerland: 2009 (two wins).
  • Lysgårdsbakken (HS140) in Lillehammer, Norway: 2009.
  • Schattenbergschanze (HS137) in Oberstdorf, Germany: 2008.
  • Gross-Titlis-Schanze (HS137) in Engelberg, Switzerland: 2008.
  • Trampolino dal Ben (HS140) in Pragelato, Italy: 2008.
  • Granåsen (HS140) in Trondheim, Norway: 2008.
  • Rukatunturi (HS142) in Kuusamo, Finland: 2008.
  • Holmenkollbakken (HS128) in Oslo, Norway: 2007.
  • Lysgårdsbakken (HS134) in Lillehammer, Norway: 2006.
  • Holmenkollbakken (K115) in Oslo, Norway: 2002.

Grand Prix

  • HS140 in Courchevel, France: 2009.
  • Trampolino dal Ben (HS140) in Pragelato, Italy: 2009.
  • HS108 in Hinterzarten, Germany: 2009.
  • HS131 in Hakuba, Japan: 2008 (two wins).
  • Bauhenk (HS109) in Kranj, Slovenia: 2006.

Award

  • Holmenkollen Medal: 2007.

Ski jumping fact

Personal best

  • 238.50 metres at the Vikersundbakkenim in Vikersund, Norway: 2011.