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Andreas WANK

Germany

Gender: Male
Nationality: Germany

Birthday: 18 February 1988
Age: 26

Height: 1.90 m (6' 3'')
Weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs

Place of Birth: Germany, Halle/saale
Place of Residence: -

Ski Jumping

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Medals

Athlete competitions and results

8 February, 20:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual Qualification Round
Andreas WANK
Total Points: 127.9
Rank: 2

9 February, 21:30 Men's Normal Hill Individual 1st Round
Andreas WANK
Total Points: 132.6
Rank: 5

9 February, 22:47 Men's Normal Hill Individual Final Round
Andreas WANK
Total Points: 253.4
Rank: 10

17 February, 21:15 Men's Team 1st Round
Team: GER
Total Points: 519.0
Rank: 1

17 February, 22:26 Men's Team Final Round
Team: GER
Total Points: 1041.1
Rank: 1

Additional Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Olympic Winter Games
2	Large Hill Team	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	1035.8
28	Large Hill Individual	2010	Vancouver, BC, CAN	200.5
World Championships
2	Large Hill Team	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	1121.8
9	Normal Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	237.3
11	Large Hill Individual	2013	Val di Fiemme, ITA	276.4

World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons

Season	Overall
2013/2014	33
2012/2013	28
2011/2012	22
2010/2011	64

Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011

Season	NH-Individual	Large Hill Individual	SF-Individual	NH-Team	LH-Team	SF-Team
2013/2014	1 x 19th	1 x 10th	1 x 25th	-	2 x 2nd	-
2012/2013	1 x 10th	1 x 3rd	1 x 23rd	-	1 x 1st	1 x 4th
2011/2012	1 x 14th	1 x 9th	1 x 13th	1 x 2nd	1 x 3rd	1 x 3rd
2010/2011	-	1 x 23rd	1 x 30th	-	-	-

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Ten best World Cup performances in current season
2	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Zakopane, POL	1047.9
2	Large Hill Team	2013/2014	Klingenthal, GER	528.3
10	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Engelberg, SUI	259.4
13	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Engelberg, SUI	250.8
15	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER	258.0
15	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Oberstdorf, GER	263.5
19	Normal Hill Individual	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	260.7
20	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Titisee-Neustadt, GER	267.1
23	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Willingen, GER	217.2
23	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Willingen, GER	219.7
23	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Titisee-Neustadt, GER	251.8
23	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014	Lillehammer, NOR	239.2
Four Hills Tournament (Ranking)
26	Large Hill Individual	2012/2013		726.5
29	Large Hill Individual	2013/2014		700.7
37	Large Hill Individual	2011/2012		439.9
50	Large Hill Individual	2010/2011		213.5

Legend
NH-Normal Hill, LH-Large Hill, SF-Ski Flying, DNS-Did not start, DNQ-Did not qualify for main competition, DSQ-Disqualified

Nickname: Gandi, Wanki (fis-ski.com, 2012)
Occupation: Athlete, Serves in the Army
Languages Spoken: English, German
Debut: 2004 for Germany, World Cup (Oberstdorf) (Fis-ski.com, 23 Feb 2013)

Hobbies: Music, creative arts. (viesmann-sports.com, 05 Feb 2012)
Education: International Management - Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Coach: Werner Schuster [national] (AUT) (freiepresse.de, 21 Feb 2013; vierschanzentournee.com, 04 Nov 2012)
Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010

Additional Information

Start of sporting career
He began the sport in 1994. (viesmann-sports.com, 05 Feb 2012)

Reason for taking up this sport
He wanted to play a sport and was inspired after watching a ski jumping competition in Rothenburg, Germany. (viesmann-sports.com, 05 Feb 2012)

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