Sven Hannawald
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Sven Hannawald (born November 9, 1974 in Erlabrunn
, Saxony
) is a former German
ski jumper
who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. Hannawald won the Four Hills Tournament
once. He also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
, as well as three medals each in the Olympic Winter Games and the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships. He played currently football for Kreisliga
club TSV Burgau and drives for Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters.
by SC Dynamo Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains. At age twelve, he was sent to a special school for young athletes in Klingenthal
(SG Dynamo Klingenthal), also in Saxony. In 1991 his family moved to Jettingen-Scheppach
near Ulm
where he transferred to the Furtwangen
Ski Boarding School, where he completed an apprenticeship in Communication Electronics.
in Oberstdorf
as well as a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Nagano in the team large hill event.
In the 1998/1999 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 2000/2001 season, Hannawald won gold in the team large hill event and bronze in the team normal hill event at the world championships in Lahti
.
The following winter of 2001/02 was the most successful of his career: Sven Hannawald emerged victorious as the World's best ski jumper, winning all four Individual jumping titles at the Four Hills Tournament
, the first to do so. He successfully defended his title of Ski Flying World Champion
. At the Olympic Winter Games
in Salt Lake City, he won gold in the team large hill
and silver in the individual normal hill. Hannawald finished second in the world rankings. For these achievements, he was nominated for Sportsman of the Year
in Germany.
In the 2002/2003 season he finished again second in the world rankings and managed to set another highlight of his career: at the Worldcup competition in Willingen
, Germany http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf, he became the third person in history to achieve perfect marks from all five judges (20 points maximum) - 27 years after the first one (Anton Innauer) and five years after the second one (Kazuyoshi Funaki
). Surprisingly enough, this mark has been matched only about one hour later at the same World Cup competition by Hideharu Miyahira
, who finished sixth. Then it took another six years until Wolfgang Loitzl
at Bischofshofen
, Austria
in 2009 during the 2008-09 Four Hills Tournament
http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2009/JP/3010/2009JP3010RL.pdf became the fifth one.
In the 2003/2004 season, he performed well below personal expectations. His best result was third in Engelberg
. As a consequence of that, Hannawald ended his season prematurely. On April 29, 2004, Hannawald revealed that he was suffering from burnout
, and had put himself into psychiatric treatment. During this time, Sven Hannawald managed to recover and reappeared to the public.
On August 3, 2005, he ended his career as a ski jumper, explaining through his managers that, after successfully dealing with his burnout, he no longer wished to suffer the stresses of professional sport.
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Breitenbrunn, Saxony
Breitenbrunn is a community in the Ore Mountains in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony in Germany.- Constituent communities :...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
) is a former German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
ski jumper
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
who competed from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s. Hannawald won the Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...
once. He also won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...
, as well as three medals each in the Olympic Winter Games and the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships. He played currently football for Kreisliga
Kreisliga
The Kreisliga is a low tier in league sports in Germany and the 9th tier of league soccer there.The Kreisligen usually rank right below the Bezirksligen, Bezirksklassen or Landesligen. Any teams finding themselves at the bottom of the Kreisligen would find themselves in one of the local...
club TSV Burgau and drives for Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters.
Life
Hannawald was born in Erlabrunn and grew up in the nearby town of JohanngeorgenstadtJohanngeorgenstadt
Johanngeorgenstadt is a mining town in Saxony’s Ore Mountains, 17 km south of Aue, and 27 km northwest of Karlovy Vary. It lies in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, and right on the border with the Czech Republic, is a state-recognized health resort , and calls itself Stadt des...
by SC Dynamo Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains. At age twelve, he was sent to a special school for young athletes in Klingenthal
Klingenthal
Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Karlovy Vary.The Aschberg towers above the...
(SG Dynamo Klingenthal), also in Saxony. In 1991 his family moved to Jettingen-Scheppach
Jettingen-Scheppach
Jettingen-Scheppach is a market community in the Günzburg Landkreis in the Schwaben Regierungsbezirk in Bavaria. It lies between Ulm and Augsburg. Its population as of 1 December 2005 was 7,044.- Community council :...
near Ulm
Ulm
Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...
where he transferred to the Furtwangen
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
Furtwangen im Schwarzwald is a small city located in the Black Forest region of south western Germany. It belongs to the district of Schwarzwald-Baar along with the two more important cities of Villingen and Schwenningen....
Ski Boarding School, where he completed an apprenticeship in Communication Electronics.
Career
In 1998, Hannawald won a silver medal at the ski jumping world championshipsFIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1998
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 1998 took place on 25 January 1998 in Oberstdorf, Germany for the record-tying fourth time, matching that of Planica, Slovenia. Oberstdorf hosted the championships previously in West Germany in 1973, 1981, and 1988...
in Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf
Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...
as well as a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Nagano in the team large hill event.
In the 1998/1999 season, he finished fifth place overall in World Cup Ski Jumping. At the world championships in Ramsau
Ramsau
Ramsau is the name of several municipalities and towns in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, as well as the traditional German name of the municipality of Ramzová in the Czech Republic.Municipalities named Ramsau include:*Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany...
, he won a silver medal in the individual large hill behind Martin Schmitt
Martin Schmitt
Martin Schmitt is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers. Beginning his competitive career at the Furtwangen area skiing club in Germany, his and Sven Hannawald's successes made their sport one of the most popular in the country...
, as well as winning a gold medal in the team large hill event.
In 2000, Hannawald won the Ski-flying World Championships
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2000
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 2000 took place on 14 February 2000 in Vikersund, Norway for the third time. Vikersund hosted the championships previously in 1977 and 1990. The event was limited to three jumps due to weather conditions.-Individual:...
in Vikersund
Vikersund
Vikersund is a town of 2,448 inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Buskerud, Norway.Vikersund is located 30 kilometers south of Hønefoss and 40 kilometers northwest of Drammen. The village is located at the southwestern arm of Tyrifjorden. The Drammen river enters...
. He also won the ski jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival
Holmenkollen ski festival
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. It takes place in March and has been arranged every year since 1892, except for 1898 and during World War II...
that year.
In the 2000/2001 season, Hannawald won gold in the team large hill event and bronze in the team normal hill event at the world championships in Lahti
Lahti
Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
.
The following winter of 2001/02 was the most successful of his career: Sven Hannawald emerged victorious as the World's best ski jumper, winning all four Individual jumping titles at the Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...
, the first to do so. He successfully defended his title of Ski Flying World Champion
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2002
The FIS Ski-Flying World Ski Championships 2002 took place on 9–10 March 2002 in Harrachov, Czech Republic for the third time. Harrachov hosted the championships previously in Czechoslovakia in 1983 and 1992. This marked the first time the event took place on separate days...
. At the Olympic Winter Games
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City, he won gold in the team large hill
Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympic Games Ski jumping-Medal table:- Events :-References:*...
and silver in the individual normal hill. Hannawald finished second in the world rankings. For these achievements, he was nominated for Sportsman of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the "Sportsman of the Year" award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the...
in Germany.
In the 2002/2003 season he finished again second in the world rankings and managed to set another highlight of his career: at the Worldcup competition in Willingen
Mühlenkopfschanze
Mühlenkopfschanze is a German ski jumping hill, located in Willingen. It is the world's biggest large hill, and holds World Cup events every year....
, Germany http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2003/JP/3033/3033RL4.pdf, he became the third person in history to achieve perfect marks from all five judges (20 points maximum) - 27 years after the first one (Anton Innauer) and five years after the second one (Kazuyoshi Funaki
Kazuyoshi Funaki
, born April 27, 1975 in Yoichi, Hokkaido) is a Japanese ski jumper.He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style technique, where the body lies flat....
). Surprisingly enough, this mark has been matched only about one hour later at the same World Cup competition by Hideharu Miyahira
Hideharu Miyahira
is a retired Japanese ski jumper.He competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers and one bronze .Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team...
, who finished sixth. Then it took another six years until Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World...
at Bischofshofen
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze
Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze was opened in 1941, and re-built in 2003, and is a ski jumping venue in Bischofshofen, Austria. It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup, annually hosting the fourth and final competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in 2009 during the 2008-09 Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952.The Four Hills Tournament champion is the one who gets the most points over the four events...
http://www.fis-ski.com/pdf/2009/JP/3010/2009JP3010RL.pdf became the fifth one.
In the 2003/2004 season, he performed well below personal expectations. His best result was third in Engelberg
Engelberg
Engelberg is a village in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Engelberg has a population of . , 21.0% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.It is the leading mountain resort in central Switzerland...
. As a consequence of that, Hannawald ended his season prematurely. On April 29, 2004, Hannawald revealed that he was suffering from burnout
Burnout (psychology)
Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest. Research indicates general practitioners have the highest proportion of burnout cases; according to a recent Dutch study in Psychological Reports, no less than 40% of these experienced high levels of...
, and had put himself into psychiatric treatment. During this time, Sven Hannawald managed to recover and reappeared to the public.
On August 3, 2005, he ended his career as a ski jumper, explaining through his managers that, after successfully dealing with his burnout, he no longer wished to suffer the stresses of professional sport.
Football career
On 26 September 2008 he signed a two year contract as Striker of TSV Burgau in the German KreisligaKreisliga
The Kreisliga is a low tier in league sports in Germany and the 9th tier of league soccer there.The Kreisligen usually rank right below the Bezirksligen, Bezirksklassen or Landesligen. Any teams finding themselves at the bottom of the Kreisligen would find themselves in one of the local...
.
Motorsport career
In April he gave his debut as a Touring Car racing driver in the ADAC GT Masters. Hannawald drove his first race on 10 April 2010 in OscherslebenOschersleben
Oschersleben is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2005 about 18,000.-Geography:...
.