Ronny Ackermann

About Ronny Ackermann

Ronny Ackermann is a successful German Nordic combined skier.

Career Summary:

• 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 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).
  

Ronny Ackermann Achievements

Medal Records:

Olympic Games   

• Silver medal – 2002 Winter Olympics 4 x 5 km team
  
• Silver medal – 2002 Winter Olympics 7.5 km sprint
  
• Silver medal – 2006 Winter Olympics 4 x 5 km team
  

World Championships   

• Bronze medal – 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 7.5 km sprint
  
• Gold medal – 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 15 km individual
  
• Silver medal – 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 4 x 5 km team
  
• Silver medal – 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 7.5 km sprint
  
• Gold medal – 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 15 km individual
  
• Silver medal – 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 4 x 5 km team
  
• Gold medal – 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 7.5 km sprint
  
• Silver medal – 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 4 x 5 km team
  
• Gold medal – 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 15 km individual
  
• Silver medal – 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 4 x 5 km team