Ronny Ackermann

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Ronny Ackermann

Ronny Ackermann (German pronunciation: [ˈʁɔni ˈakɐˌman] ; born 16 May 1977 in Bad Salzungen, Bezirk Suhl) is a German former Nordic combined skier.

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Ronny Ackermann
Full nameRonny Ackermann
Born (1977-05-16) 16 May 1977 (age 47)
Bad Salzungen, East Germany
Ski clubRhöner WSV Dermbach
World Cup career
Seasons1995-2010
Indiv. starts178
Indiv. podiums77
Indiv. wins28
Overall titles3 (2002, 2003, 2008)
Medal record
Men's nordic combined
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City4 x 5 km team
2002 Salt Lake City7.5 km sprint
2006 Turin4 x 5 km team
World Championships
2003 Val di Fiemme15 km individual
2005 Oberstdorf15 km individual
2005 Oberstdorf7.5 km sprint
2007 Sapporo15 km individual
2003 Val di Fiemme4 x 5 km team
2003 Val di Fiemme7.5 km sprint
2005 Oberstdorf4 x 5 km team
2007 Sapporo4 x 5 km team
2009 Liberec4 x 5 km team
2001 Lahti7.5 km sprint
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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 ten medals, including four golds (15 km individual: 2003, 2005, 2007; 7.5 km sprint: 2005), five silvers (7.5 km sprint: 2003, 4 x 5 km team: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), 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 (East) 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.

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Preceded by German Sportsman of the Year
2005
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