Sven Hannawald

Sven Hannawald
Hannawald in 2019
Personal information
Born (1974-11-09) 9 November 1974
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons19932004
Indiv. starts174
Indiv. podiums40
Indiv. wins18
Team starts11
Team podiums7
Team wins1
Four Hills titles1 (2002)
Ski Flying titles2 (1998, 2000)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)220 m (720 ft)
Planica, 23 March 2002
Medal record
Men's ski jumping
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City Team LH
1998 Nagano Team LH
2002 Salt Lake City Individual NH
World Championships
1999 Ramsau Team LH
2001 Lahti Team LH
1999 Ramsau Individual LH
2001 Lahti Team NH
Men's ski flying
World Championships
2000 Vikersund Individual
2002 Harrachov Individual
1998 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016

Sven Hannawald (German pronunciation: [svɛn ˈhanaˌvalt] ; born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper. Having competed from 1992 to 2004, his career highlight was winning the 2002 Four Hills Tournament, on that occasion becoming the first athlete to win all four events of said tournament. He also finished runner-up twice in the World Cup season, winning four medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships, as well as three medals each at the Winter Olympic Games and Ski Flying World Championships.