Michael "Michi" Uhrmann (born 16 September 1978) is a German former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

who competed from 1994 to 2011.

Career

He competed in two

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

, winning a gold medal in the team large hill event at

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, and a silver medal in the team large hill at

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...

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. Uhrmann also won four medals at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship ev ...

, with a gold in 2001 (team large hill), a silver in 2005 (team normal hill), and a bronze in 2001 and 2011 (team normal hill). He also won a bronze in the team event at the

FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2006 The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 2006 took place on 12–15 January 2006 in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria (The International Ski Federation has location listed as Kulm, the ski jumping venue located in Bad Mitterndorf.) for the fourth time. ...

. He currently holds the hill record at

Klingenthal Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtland region, in Saxony, south-eastern Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Kar ...

, with a jump of 146.5 m set on 2 February 2011.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

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* * * 1978 births German male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics People from Passau (district) Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria Skiers from Bavaria {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub