Jens Weißflog
German former ski jumper (born 1964)
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- Jens Weißflog ( German pronunciation: [jɛns ˈvaɪsfloːk] ; born 21 July 1964) is an East German and later German former ski jumper.
- He is a two time olympic and nordic world ski champion; also overall world winner.
- Olympics and Four Hills Tournament As a 19-year-old he won the Four Hills Tournament for East Germany in 1983/84.
- That same winter he won the combined World Cup and later the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
- The most remarkable part of his career is that he competed at the top level for twelve years.
Jens Weißflog (German pronunciation: [jɛns ˈvaɪsfloːk] ; born 21 July 1964) is an East German and later German former ski jumper. He is one of the best and most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport. He is a two time olympic and nordic world ski champion; also overall world winner.
Career
Weißflog was born in Erlabrunn (now a part of Breitenbrunn) in Saxony.
Olympics and Four Hills Tournament
As a 19-year-old he won the Four Hills Tournament for East Germany in 1983/84. Weißflog was known as "Floh" (flea in German) due to his slight stature and his light body. That same winter he won the combined World Cup and later the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The following winter was dominated by Weißflog and the outstanding Finn Matti Nykänen.
The most remarkable part of his career is that he competed at the top level for twelve years. Neither the regime change from East Germany to the unified Germany in late 1990, nor the change in ski jumping techniques from the parallel technique to the V-style around 1993 stopped his success.
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