Simon Ammann is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 and 2010.
13 Facts About Simon Ammann
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Simon Ammann won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 2002 and 2007.
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Simon Ammann made his third Olympic appearance in 2006 in Turin, Italy.
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Simon Ammann would follow this with a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill the following week.
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In 2010, competing in his fourth Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Simon Ammann won the gold medal in the Individual Normal Hill event.
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Simon Ammann became the first man in Olympic history to win gold medals in the Individual Normal Hill event in two Olympics.
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Simon Ammann finished the season by becoming the ski flying World Champion in Planica on the largest hill in the world.
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Simon Ammann won his most recent gold medal on the FIS World Cup circuit in December 2013.
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Simon Ammann was selected as flag-bearer of the Swiss Winter Olympics team in Sochi, Russia, in February 2014.
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Simon Ammann called a news conference, and there was a lot of buzz that he would announce his retirement.
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Simon Ammann's representation has since stated that his condition is stable, with the most damage being to his face.
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Simon Ammann competed in the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, with his best finish being eleventh place in the normal hill event in 2018.
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Simon Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland.