Stefan Zünd (born 3 July 1969) is a Swiss former ski jumper. He competed in the

normal hill 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 final ...

and large hill events at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

. Along with Jan Boklöv and Jiří Malec, he was an early pioneer of the V-style.

Career

At the

in Albertville, he finished eighth in the team large hill and 20th in the individual normal hill events. Zünd's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was at Val di Fiemme in

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

where he finished sixth in the team large hill and fifth in the individual large hill events. His best finish at the

Ski-flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation and held every two years. The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the K-point set between and . Unlike or ...

was sixth at Planica in 1994. Zünd earned four individual World Cup career wins at various hills from 1991 to 1992.

World Cup

Standings

Wins

References

External links

* Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Living people Swiss male ski jumpers 1969 births Olympic ski jumpers for Switzerland Sportspeople from Zürich {{Switzerland-skijumping-bio-stub