- Ronny Ackermann
Skier infobox|name= Ronny Ackermann
fullname = Ronny Ackermann
nickname = "Acker"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|5|16
cityofbirth =Bad Salzungen
countryofbirth =Germany
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
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club = Rhöner WSV Dermbach
skis =Rossignol
seasons = 1995-
wins = 26
additionalpodiums = 44
totalpodiums = 70Ronny Ackermann (born
May 16 ,1977 inBad Salzungen ,Thuringia ) is a successful GermanNordic 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 theWinter 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 GermanUlrich 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 theHolmenkollen medal (shared withFelix Gottwald ).He was elected "Sportler des Jahres" (
Sportsman of the Year ) in 2005.References
*FIS|S=NK|ID=236
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen medalists] - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file no icon
* [http://www.skiforeningen.no/holmenkollen/holmenkollen_historikk Holmenkollen winners since 1892] - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file no icon
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