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	Simon Ammann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ammann was only the second person to accomplish this feat.
		Ammann also won the ski jumping event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2002.
		Apart from his athletic career, Ammann is also a student of information technology and electrical engineering at ETH Zurich since 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Ammann (252 words)

	ESPN.com - Ammann 2nd jumper ever to win gold on both hills
		Ammann won his country's first gold in ski jumping with his victory at 90 meters Sunday.
		Ammann entered the final round tied for first with Hannawald, and as the event's second-to-last jumper, he needed a long, clean jump on his final run to put the pressure on.
		Ammann then popped up on his skis with the same disbelieving look he had after his stunning win at 90 meters.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/skijump/news?id=1331357 (783 words)

	Ammann surprise winner of 90-meter ski jump - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Ammann's jump came just seconds after Hannawald's 327-foot jump (99 meters), the longest of the day, had given the German the temporary lead.
		But once it was posted, Hannawald gave Ammann a congratulatory pat on the helmet and Swiss jumpers Sylvain Frieholz and Andreas Kuettel tackled their 5-foot-8, 120-pound teammate and hoisted him on their shoulders.
		Ammann had suffered an injury to his back and head during training in December and was forced to take a break from the World Cup tour.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000323,00.html (377 words)

	Swiss ski jumper wins gold - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Ammann won Switzerland's first gold medal in ski jumping Sunday with a clutch, final jump on the 90-meter hill.
		Ammann missed two events during the World Cup season after a spectacular crash, and he was never mentioned in the days leading up to the event.
		Ammann hurt his back and injured his head last month in a crash during a training jump at a World Cup event in Willingen, Germany.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_16782.html (647 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Other Sports:Ammann wins 120 for second gold 02/14/02
		Simon Ammann of Switzerland smiles after landing his final and gold medal winning jump in the Individual K120.
		Ammann, who won his country's first gold in ski jumping with his victory at 90 meters, joined Finland's Matti Nykanen as the only jumpers to win both events.
		Ammann had the longest jump in the morning training session 426 feet (130 meters), and then brought a crowd which included Nobel Peace Prize Winner Lech Walesa to its feet on his first jump of the final by soaring 435 feet (132.5 meters).
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021402/oly_124-5527.shtml (506 words)

	SKINET :: Ammann Wins Second Gold, Takes K120 Jump (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Simon Ammann of Switzerland became the second ski jumper in history to win gold medals on both hills in the same Olympics on Wednesday by surprising the field again at 120 meters.
		Simon Ammann of Switzerland reacts after his final and gold medal winning jump in the Individual K120 ski jump in Park City, Utah, Wed., Feb. 13.
		Simon Ammann, forced to sit out several weeks during the World Cup season because of injuries, won Switzerland's first gold medal in ski jumping Sunday with a clutch, final jump on the 90-meter hill.
	www.skinet.com /skinet/advice/article/0,26908,325648,00.html (499 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Winter Olympics: Ammann makes it two
		Switzerland's Simon Ammann gave his countrymen plenty to cheer about as his final jump of 133.0 meters secured another gold, this time in the K120 event.
		Ammann was level with Sven Hannawald of Germany after the first round but his final jump ensured his second gold in three days to equal the two-gold feat of Finn Matti Nykanen at the 1988 Calgary Games.
		Ammann, who is 20 and competing in his second Olympic Games was well worthy of his place in the record books with jumps of 132.5m and 133m.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2002/0214/olympics.html (135 words)

	Simply Simon: Swiss ski jumper stuns favorites - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Ammann collected his second gold medal of the Games on Wednesday after landing a pair of monster jumps during the K120 ski jumping final.
		Ammann dominated both K120 rounds Wednesday with jumps of 132.5 and 133 meters.
		Ammann knew he was successful while still midflight in his second jump.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70000681,00.html (407 words)

	Ski Jumping
		Simon Ammann that shone brightest on the jumping hills at Utah Olympic Park becoming the first double-gold medalist of the Salt Lake Games.
		Ammann's dominance in the individual competition was even more impressive considering the Harry Potter look-a-like was making a comeback to competition at the Salt Lake Games following a spectacular training crash in Willingen, Germany, in January 2002.
		Ammann gave yet another golden performance in the team competition scoring the highest individual marks of all competitors but it was not enough to launch the Swiss team onto the podium -- they finished seventh.
	www.utaholympicpark.com /uop/auor_Ski_Jumping.asp (588 words)

	TIME.com Print Page: Arts & Entertainment -- The Swiss Surprise (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sitting on the bar at the top of the K90 hill, Simon Ammann felt "horrible, I was so nervous." The 20-year-old Swiss who had never won an international competition was up against the two big names of ski jumping, Germany's Sven Hannawald and Adam Malysz of Poland.
		But by the time Ammann leapt out into the pristine air over the Utah Olympic Park, he knew his final jump would be a good one.
		Ammann's career had been unspectacular until last December, when he took two second places and two thirds in World Cup contests.
	www.time.com /time/arts/printout/0,8816,203640,00.html (357 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Simon Ammann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Ammann, who had never won a medal at a World Cup or world championship event prior to the Olympics, upset Sven Hannawald of Germany and gold-medal favorite Adam Malysz of Poland on the normal hill for his first Olympic jewel.
		Ammann became a celebrity after the Games, appearing on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and being greeted by thousands of fans upon his return to his hometown of Unterwasser, Switzerland.
		Ammann started jumping when he was 11 on a 30m hill close to Underwasser.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5056993/detail.html (442 words)

	Ammann A Biography Reference
		Ammann throws hat into the ring; ex-chief clerk eyes...Sharon Herald, PA - Dec 12, 2006Ken Ammann is the first candidate to announce his intention to run for Mercer County commissioner.
		Simon Ammann wins in Lillehammer; Schlierenzauer breaks hill recordInternational Herald Tribune, France - Dec 2, 2006LILLEHAMMER, Norway: Simon Ammann led a 1-2 finish for Switzerland in a World Cup ski jumping meet on Saturday to take the overall lead after two...
		MetroFanatic.com"Crime of the Century" rememberedMetroFanatic.com, NJ - Dec 20, 2006The outcome: for Ammann, three broken ribs, punctured lung, and facial laceration.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Reference/Biography/A/Ammann (288 words)

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	Simon Ammann wins in Lillehammer; Schlierenzauer breaks hill record - Sports - International Herald Tribune
		LILLEHAMMER, Norway: Simon Ammann led a 1-2 finish for Switzerland in a World Cup ski jumping meet on Saturday to take the overall lead after two competitions.
		Ammann, a former double Olympic champion, jumped 128.5 and 138 meters for 265.9 points on the Lysgardsbakken hill where the Olympic ski jump events were held during the 1994 Winter Games.
		Ammann, runnerup in the opener in Finland that was shortened to one jump because of wind and heavy snow, tops the overall standings with 180 points.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/12/02/sports/EU_SPT_SKI_JUM_World_Cup.php (430 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		Ski jumper Simon Ammann was one of the least expected winners of the Salt Lake City Winter Games.
		When he was 16 years old, he competed at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, placing 35th in the normal hill event and 39th on the large hill.
		Four days later, Ammann proved that his victory was not a fluke by earning a second gold medal on the large hill.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=96590 (133 words)

	Simon Ammann Biography
		Simon Ammann was born 25-06-1981 in Grabs and lives in Unterwasser Switzerland he is a double olympic champion 2002 in ski jumping in Salt Lake City.
		Before the 2002 Winter Olympics he crashed and was scraped up badly.
		Simon Ammann has many more achievements in his career and hopefully will stay on the top for years.
	www.ebiog.com /biography/408/simon-ammann/bio.htm (56 words)

	kiat.net: SL\|02 Olympic Ski Jumping
		Twenty-year-old Simon Ammann of Switzerland came off an injury and out of the pack to surprise the favorites, Adam Malysz of Poland, Sven Hannevald of Germany and Matti Hautamaeki of Finland.
		Ammann won both the large and small hill competitions, as Malysz and Hautamaeki got silver and bronze, respectively, in the K120.
		But Germany, with Martin Schmitt jumping in the fourth position, had the last word, winning the team competition by 0.01 of a point on Schmitt’s final jump.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/slc2002/skijumping.html (559 words)

	Skiing: News, Live Events, Video, Schedules, Results, Photos and more - WCSN
		Switzlerand's Simon Ammann has reached the podium three times in five ski jumping events this World Cup season.
		Simon Ammann waves his nation's flag after his second-place finish in Kuusamo, Finland.
		Simon Ammann waves his nation's flag after his second-place finish in Kuusamo, Finland, earlier this season.
	www.wcsn.com /sport/index.jsp?id=34032 (1832 words)

	'Swiss Air': The ski jumper who astonished himself \| csmonitor.com
		That is not exactly how Simon Ammann is carried in the official dossiers of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
		But it is how his face and his adolescent exuberance are going to be remembered by the enthralled thousands who rimmed the ski-jump landing zone and by the TV millions.
		When you're tempted to forget that, a Simon Amman emerges to restore the Olympics, just momentarily, to the innocence and the ideal that it lost somewhere between billion-dollar budgets and the old olive groves of Greece a few thousand years ago.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0215/p01s02-ussc.html (935 words)

	Jennifer Adams '00
		It was between my channel surfing that I came upon him - Swiss ski jumper, Simon Ammann.
		Only a month prior to the Olympic games, Simon suffered a concussion when he crashed at a World Cup event in Willingen, Germany.
		To chat with other Simon fans, go to his forum, here.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~jladams/simon.html (328 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Page 2 investigates: Ski jumping star
		Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann has gone from relative obscurity to becoming one of the most recognizable athletes of the Salt Lake City Olympics.
		As you are no doubt aware by now, Ammann became just the second jumper in history to win gold on the 90- and 120-meter hills, calmly knocking off his competitors one by one with ruthless precision.
		It won't surprise any savvy Page 2 reader to learn that Ammann has a dark secret to his success that could tarnish his image as a happy-go-lucky Swiss kid.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/investigates/ammann.html (142 words)

	CANOE 2002 Games - Ski Jumping
		GENEVA (AP) -- The Swiss media went wild Thursday -- and for good reason -- after 20-year-old ski jumper Simon Ammann came from nowhere to take double gold at the Olympics.
		Ammann's victories on both the 90-meter and the 120-meter hills have turned him into a national hero.
		PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Simon Ammann of Switzerland became the second ski jumper in history to win gold medals on both hills in the same Olympics on Wednesday by surprising the field again at 120 meters.
	www.canoe.ca /2002GamesSkiJumping/home.html (199 words)

	Take Two Sports: Feb. 24, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		of Olympics Salt Lake gave to me: Simon Ammann soaring, FitzRandolph skating, French judges cheating, Georg Hackl luging, a Norwegian mogul and a shredded American flag.
		of Olympics Salt Lake gave to me: a perfect Yagudin, Simon Ammann soaring, FitzRandolph skating, French judges cheating, Georg Hackl luging, a Norwegian mogul and a shredded American flag.
		of Olympics Salt Lake gave to me: two pairs champions, a perfect Yagudin, Simon Ammann soaring, FitzRandolph skating, French judges cheating, Georg Hackl luging, a Norwegian mogul and a shredded American flag.
	home.att.net /~jdurbin/feb24.html (453 words)

	Simon Ammann & Me on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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	www.flickr.com /photos/deja/260445242 (77 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Page 2 investigates: Ski jumping star
		As you can see, Ammann received fashion advice and strategic assistance from a top-secret English coach to help him knock off the weakest links on the 90- and 120-meter hills at Salt Lake City.
		And Ammann is on the verge of saying "goodbye" to Switzerland's competitors in the team large hill finals Monday, as he goes for his third gold medal of the Games.
		And those aren't the only secrets we've found.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/investigates/ammann1.html (113 words)

	Simon AMMANN - Ski Jumping - Eurosport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Teenage sensation Gregor Schlierenzauer snatched the first World Cup...
		Double-Olympic champion Simon Ammann claimed only his second career...
		The World Cup races for Harrachov, Czech Republic have been cancelled...
	www.eurosport.com /skijumping/personnews_prs38152.shtml (292 words)

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