Ronny Ackermann

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Ronny Ackermann
Personal information
Full name	Ronny Ackermann
Nickname	Acker
Date of birth	May 16, 1977 (1977-05-16) (age 31)
Place of birth	Bad Salzungen, Germany
Professional information
Club	Rhöner WSV Dermbach
Skis	Rossignol
World Cup
Seasons	1995-
Wins	26
Additional podiums	44
Total podiums	70
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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, 2003 and 2008.

Ackermann found success in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning nine medals, including four golds (15 km individual: 2003, 2005, 2007; 7.5 km sprint: 2005), four silvers (7.5 km sprint: 2003, 4 x 5 km team: 2003, 2005, 2007), 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 is the first person to win the 15 km individual World Championships three straight times and the first to do it at the World Championships or Winter Olympic level since fellow German Ulrich Wehling did it during the Winter Olympics of 1972, 1976, 1980.

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).

He was elected Sportler des Jahres (Sportsman of the Year) in 2005.

[edit] External links

• FIS-Ski: Ronny Ackermann - statistics
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

Awards
Preceded by Michael Schumacher	German Sportsman of the Year 2005	Succeeded by Michael Greis
Preceded by Adam Małysz, Bente Skari and Thomas Alsgaard	Holmenkollen medal with Felix Gottwald 2003	Succeeded by Yuliya Chepalova

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