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Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 11 | Large Hill Team | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 340.0 |
| 14 | Large Hill Team | 2006 | Torino, ITA | 286.8 |
| 49 | Normal Hill Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 92.5 |
| Large Hill Individual | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | DNQ |
| World Championships |
| 6 | Mixed Normal Hill Team | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 938.4 |
| 37 | Normal Hill Individual | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 98.3 |
| 39 | Large Hill Individual | 2013 | Val di Fiemme, ITA | 107.4 |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | NH-Individual | Large Hill Individual | SF-Individual | NH-Team | SF-Team |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | 3 x DNQ | 2 x 41st | 1 x 32nd | 1 x 5th | 1 x 9th |
| 2011/2012 | - | 2 x DNQ | 1 x DNQ | - | 1 x 11th |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Four Hills Tournament (Ranking) |
| 63 | Large Hill Individual | 2012/2013 | | 90.5 |
LegendNH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: Baby Otter (FIS, 14 Sep 2009)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Languages Spoken: English
- Sporting Relatives: His older sister Alissa has competed in ski jumping at international level. His father Alan was a United States Ski Team [USST] coach and member of the board of directors for USA Ski Jumping. (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013; usaskijumping.org, 25 Apr 2012)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006
- Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, tennis, football, water skiing. (teamusa.org, 06 May 2009)
- Education: Business Administration, Hospitality Management - DeVry University, United States
- Coach: Clint Jones [national] (USA) (usskiteam.com, 21 Jan 2014)
- Injuries: In August 2009 he tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his left knee in a jumping accident. He recovered in time to compete at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013; usaskijumping.org, 25 Apr 2012; nbcolympics.com, 27 Nov 2009)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe did his first ski jump at age three in Park City, UT, United States. (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013)
Reason for taking up this sport"Ski jumping has played a huge role in my life and in the lives of my family. As a family living in the mountains of Park City, Utah, we skied every day during the winter season. I have always felt a passion for the sport and have had a strong intrinsic drive to be successful." (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013)
HeroFinnish ski jumper Janne Ahonen. (nbcolympics.com, 13 Oct 2009)
Most influential person in careerHis parents. (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013)
GeneralFIRST SKI JUMP
He did his first ski jump at age three in Park City, UT, United States. His father Alan had taken him and his older sister Alissa to see what ski jumping was like but decided Anders was too young to do a jump. "After sitting at the bottom and watching my sister doing laps on the small ski jump I grew impatient to try myself, so without anyone noticing I followed her up the lift for the next jump without a helmet. When I reached the bottom my father was amazed to have seen me take my first ski jump. Rather than scolding me, he threw a helmet on me and said, 'go back up'." (rallyme.com, 05 Nov 2013)
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