Ronny Ackermann

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Ronny Ackermann
Full name	Ronny Ackermann
Born	(1977-05-16) 16 May 1977 (age 47) Bad Salzungen, East Germany
Ski club	Rhöner WSV Dermbach
World Cup career
Seasons	1995-2010
Starts	178
Podiums	77
Wins	28
Overall titles	3 (2002, 2003, 2008)
Medal record Men's nordic combined Olympic Games 2002 Salt Lake City 4 x 5 km team 2002 Salt Lake City 7.5 km sprint 2006 Turin 4 x 5 km team World Championships 2003 Val di Fiemme 15 km individual 2005 Oberstdorf 15 km individual 2005 Oberstdorf 7.5 km sprint 2007 Sapporo 15 km individual 2003 Val di Fiemme 4 x 5 km team 2003 Val di Fiemme 7.5 km sprint 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 5 km team 2007 Sapporo 4 x 5 km team 2009 Liberec 4 x 5 km team 2001 Lahti 7.5 km sprint

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

He was elected Sportler des Jahres (Sportsman of the Year) in 2005.