Sven Hannawald is a German ski jumper born in 1974 who competed from 1992 to 2004. He is best known for winning the 2002 Four Hills Tournament, when he became the first athlete to win all four of its events. He finished second in the World Cup overall standings twice, behind Adam Małysz in 2002 and again in 2003, and won medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships, the Winter Olympics and the Ski Flying World Championships. In 2003 he scored perfect marks from all five judges at Willingen. He stepped away in 2004 because of burnout, formally retired in 2005 and later raced cars in the ADAC GT Masters.
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is a German former ski jumper
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Born 9 November 1974 in Erlabrunn, Breitenbrunn, Sachsen GER
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winning four medals at the Ski Jumping World Championships, as well as three medals each at the Winter Olympic Games and Ski Flying World Championships
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is a German former ski jumper
Competed In: 2002 Winter Olympics, Ski jumping career, 2002
At the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, he won gold in the team large hill and silver in the individual normal hill
Competed In: 1998 Winter Olympics, Ski jumping career, 1998
a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Nagano in the team large hill event
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