Ronny Ackermann

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Ronny Ackermann
Personal information
Full name	Ronny Ackermann
Nickname	Acker
Date of birth	May 16, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bad Salzungen, Germany
Professional information
Club	Rhöner WSV Dermbach
Skis	Rossignol
World Cup
Seasons	1995-
Wins	24
Additional podiums	31
Total podiums	65

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
Gold	2007 Sapporo	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
Silver	2007 Sapporo	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 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).

Many consider him to be the best German Nordic combined skier ever. He was elected Sportler des Jahres (Sportsman of the Year) in 2005.

[edit] External links

• FIS Profile
• Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)

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World champions in nordic combined men's sprint

1999: Bjarte Engen Vik * 2001: Marco Baacke * 2003: Johnny Spillane * 2005: Ronny Ackermann * 2007 Hannu Manninen

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World champions in nordic combined individual

1925: Otakar Německý * 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 * 2007: Ronny Ackermann

Preceded by Adam Małysz, Bente Skari, & Thomas Alsgaard

Holmenkollen medal with Felix Gottwald 2003

Succeeded by Yuliya Chepalova