Ronny Ackermann
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's nordic combined | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 4 x 5 km team | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 15 km individual | |
| Gold | 2005 Oberstdorf | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Gold | 2005 Oberstdorf | 15 km individual | |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 7.5 km sprint | |
| Silver | 2003 Val di Fiemme | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Silver | 2005 Oberstdorf | 4 x 5 km team | |
| Bronze | 2001 Lahti | 7.5 km sprint | |
Ronny Ackermann (born May 16, 1977 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia) is a successful German Nordic combined skier.
Ackermann started to learn to ski when he was five years old and took up ski-jumping two years later. As of 2004, he belongs to the team of Rhöner WSV Dermbach. His many successes include winning the Nordic combined World Cup in 2002 and 2003.
Ackermann found success in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning seven medals, including three golds (15 km individual: 2003, 2005; 7.5 km sprint: 2005), three silvers (7.5 km sprint: 2003, 4 x 5 km team: 2003, 2005), and a bronze (7.5 km sprint: 2001.) He also has won three silvers at the Winter Olympics in the sprint (2002) and team (2002, 2006) events.
Ackermann has also won the nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times, with 2 wins in the individual competition (2002, 2004) and a win in the sprint competition (2003). In 2003, Ackermann received the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Felix Gottwald).
Many consider him to be the best German Nordic combined skier ever. He was elected Sportler des Jahres (Sportsman of the Year) in 2005.
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| World champions in nordic combined men's sprint |
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| 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2001: Marco Baacke | 2003: Johnny Spillane | 2005: Ronny Ackermann |
| World champions in nordic combined individual |
| 1925: Otakar Nemecky | 1926: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1927: Rudolf Burkert | 1929: Hans Vinjarengen | 1930: Hans Vinjarengen | 1931: Johan Grøttumsbråten | 1933: Sven Selånger | 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen 1935: Oddbjørn Hagen | 1937: Sigurd Røen | 1938: Olaf Hoffsbakken | 1939: Gustl Berauer | 1950: Heikki Hasu | 1954: Sverre Stenersen | 1958: Paavo Korhonen | 1962: Arne Larsen 1966: Georg Thoma | 1970: Ladislav Rygl | 1974: Ulrich Wehling | 1978: Konrad Winkler | 1982: Tom Sandberg | 1985: Hermann Weinbuch | 1987: Torbjørn Løkken | 1989: Trond Einar Elden | 1991: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1993: Kenji Ogiwara | 1995: Fred Børre Lundberg | 1997: Kenji Ogiwara | 1999: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2001: Bjarte Engen Vik | 2003: Ronny Ackermann | 2005: Ronny Ackermann |
| Preceded by: Adam Małysz, Bente Skari, & Thomas Alsgaard |
Holmenkollen medal with Felix Gottwald 2003 |
Succeeded by: Andrus Veerpalu |
Categories: 1977 births | Competitors at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Competitors at the 2006 Winter Olympics | German Nordic combined skiers | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Olympic competitors for Germany | Olympic silver medalists for Germany | Winter Olympics medalists | German people stubs | Winter sports biography stubs
