Simon Ammann

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Personal information
Simon Ammann

Full name	Simon Ammann
Nickname	Simi
Date of birth	June 25, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Grabs, Switzerland
Professional information
Club	RG Churfirsten
Skis	Elan
World Cup
Seasons	1997-
Wins	3
Podiums	14
Total podiums	17

Medal record<noinclude>

1 Purpose
2 Usage
- 2.1 Usage Example
3 Related templates:
4 External link

[edit] Purpose

Provides the header of a medal record info box, containing the text 'Medal record'.

[edit] Usage

Must be used with a terminating {{MedalBottom}}

Should not be used with {{MedalTop}} or {{MedalTopPic}}

[edit] Usage Example

MedalTableTop |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align=center ! colspan="4" | Athletics |- bgcolor=#cccccc align=center ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle |bgcolor=gold| Gold || 2000 Sydney || 400 m |- bgcolor=#cccccc align=center ! colspan="3" | Commonwealth Games |- align=center bgcolor=white |bgcolor="#cc9966"| Bronze || 2006 Melbourne || 400 m |}

The table on the right is produced with the code below:

{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalSport | [[athletics (track and field)|Athletics]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | 400 m }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]] | 400 m }}
{{MedalBottom}}

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Related templates: {{MedalTop}}, {{MedalTopPic}}, {{MedalTableTop}} or {{MedalTableTopPic}} (use only one)
{{MedalTrueSpirit}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalParalympic}}
{{MedalWorldChampionships}}
{{MedalEuropeanCup}}
{{MedalWorldIndoorChampionships}}
{{MedalWorldCup}}
{{MedalCommonwealthGames }}
{{MedalGoodwillGames}}
{{MedalEuropeanChampionships}}
{{MedalXGames}}
{{MedalCompetition}}
{{MedalSport}}
{{MedalGold}}
{{MedalSilver}}
{{MedalBronze}}
{{MedalDisqualified}}
{{MedalBottom}}

|- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align=center ! colspan="4" | Men's ski jumping |- bgcolor="#cccccc" align=center ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle |bgcolor=gold| Gold || 2002 Salt Lake City || Individual normal hill |- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle |bgcolor=gold| Gold || 2002 Salt Lake City || Individual large hill |- bgcolor="#cccccc" align=center ! colspan="3" | World Championships |- align=center bgcolor=white valign=middle |bgcolor=gold| Gold || 2007 Sapporo || Individual large hill |- align=center bgcolor=white |bgcolor=silver| Silver || 2007 Sapporo || Individual normal hill |} Simon Ammann (born June 25, 1981 in Grabs) is a Swiss ski jumper. He grew up in Unterwasser where his parents still live. He currently lives in Schindellegi, Switzerland.

He made his debut as a 16-year-old unknown during the 1997-1998 Ski jumping World Cup season. Ammann qualified for the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games, where he finished 35th.

Before the 2002 Winter Olympics, he crashed and suffered injuries. In Salt Lake City, he surprised everyone by winning the individual gold medal in not just the short hill, but also the long hill event. Ammann was only the second person to accomplish this feat. (The first was Matti Nykänen in 1988.) Ammann quickly became a huge star in Switzerland and also made appearances on American talk shows, such as David Letterman. Much of his stardom can be credited to his uncanny resemblance to Harry Potter, a comparison Ammann personally disliked.

Ammann also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2002 and 2007.

He made his third Olympic appearance in 2006 in Turin. His nickname is "Simi".

Apart from his athletic career, Ammann is also a student of information technology and electrical engineering at ETH Zurich since 2006.

On February 24, 2007, he won his first medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a victory in the individual large hill in Sapporo. Ammann would follow this with a silver in the individual normal hill the following week.