Sven Hannawald

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Sven Hannawald
Ski Flying titles		2 (1998, 2000)
Medal record Men's ski jumping Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City Team LH 1998 Nagano Team LH 2002 Salt Lake City Individual NH World Championships 1999 Ramsau Team LH 2001 Lahti Team LH 1999 Ramsau Individual LH 2001 Lahti Team NH Men's ski flying World Championships 2000 Vikersund Individual 2002 Harrachov Individual 1998 Oberstdorf Individual
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Sven Hannawald (German pronunciation:

Hannawald was born in Erlabrunn and grew up in the nearby town of Johanngeorgenstadt by SC Dynamo Johanngeorgenstadt in the Ore Mountains. At age twelve, he was sent to a special school for young athletes in Klingenthal (SG Dynamo Klingenthal), also in Saxony. In 1991 his family moved to Jettingen-Scheppach near Ulm where he transferred to the Furtwangen Ski Boarding School, where he completed an apprenticeship in Communication Electronics.

Ski jumping career

In 1998, Hannawald won a silver medal at the 1998 Ski Flying World Championships in Oberstdorf as well as a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Nagano in the team large hill event.

In the 1998/99 season, he finished fifth place overall in World Cup Ski Jumping. At the world championships in Ramsau, he won a silver medal in the individual large hill behind Martin Schmitt, as well as winning a gold medal in the team large hill event.

In 2000, Hannawald won the

In the 2000/01 season, Hannawald won gold in the team large hill event and bronze in the team normal hill event at the world championships in Lahti.

The following winter of 2001/02 was the most successful of his career: Hannawald ended second in the World Cup, winning all four Individual jumping titles at the

In the 2002/03 season, he finished again second in the world rankings and managed to set another highlight of his career: at the Worldcup competition in

On 3 August 2005, he ended his career as a ski jumper, explaining through his managers that, after successfully dealing with his burnout, he no longer wished to suffer the stresses of professional sport.[4]

Post-retirement

On 26 September 2008, Hannawald signed a two-year contract with the football club TSV Burgau of the German

In 2010, Hannawald gave his debut as a racing driver in the ADAC GT Masters.^[6][7] He drove his first race on 10 April 2010 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.^[8]

World Cup results

Standings

Season	Overall	4H	SF	NT	JP
1992/93	—	59	—	N/A	N/A
1993/94	90	60	—	N/A	N/A
1994/95	63	—	—	N/A	N/A
1995/96	—	65	—	N/A	—
1996/97	59	34	—	55	55
1997/98	6				9
1998/99	6	11	9		5
1999/00	4	4			5
2000/01	9	4	9	—	N/A
2001/02			N/A		N/A
2002/03			N/A	4	N/A
2003/04	24	12	N/A	—	N/A

Wins

No.	Season	Date	Location	Hill	Size
1	1997/98	6 January 1998	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
2		24 January 1998	Oberstdorf	Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze K185	FH
3	1999/00	19 February 2000	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
4		10 March 2000	Trondheim	Granåsen K120 (night)	LH
5		12 March 2000	Oslo	Holmenkollbakken K115	LH
6		19 March 2000	Planica	Letalnica bratov Gorišek K185	FH
7	2001/02	2 December 2001	Titisee-Neustadt	Hochfirstschanze K120 (night)	LH
8		30 December 2001	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH
9		1 January 2002	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Große Olympiaschanze K115	LH
10		4 January 2002	Innsbruck	Bergiselschanze K120	LH
11		6 January 2002	Bischofshofen	Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze K120	LH
12		12 January 2002	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K130	LH
13	2002/03	22 December 2002	Engelberg	Gross-Titlis-Schanze K125	LH
14		29 December 2002	Oberstdorf	Schattenbergschanze K115	LH
15		18 January 2003	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K120	LH
16		19 January 2003	Zakopane	Wielka Krokiew K120	LH
17		2 February 2003	Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf	Kulm K185	FH
18		8 February 2003	Willingen	Mühlenkopfschanze K130	LH

References

External links

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• Sven Hannawald at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation