Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010, and is the only ski jumper to have achieved the gold double–double at the Winter Olympics. His other achievements include winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, the 2010 Nordic Tournament, and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title.
Vegard Ulvang is a Norwegian cross-country skier who won three Olympic gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. He has retired from international and Olympic competition. At the opening ceremony of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, he took the ceremonial Olympic Oath on part of all the athletes. In addition to his Olympic achievements, he received the Holmenkollen medal in 1991, and won the World Cup in 1990. He has also won nine gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the Norwegian Championships. He earned nine World Cup race victories. Ulvang also won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1989, 1991 and 1992.
Anssi Einar Koivuranta is a retired Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined skier, best known for winning the 2008–09 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 5 km team event and a bronze medal in the 15 km Gundersen race at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo. After winning a Ski Jumping World Cup competition in Innsbruck on 4 January 2014, Koivuranta became the first ever athlete in history of ski jumping to win an event in both Nordic combined and the ski jumping World Cup.
Vegard Opaas is a Norwegian former ski jumper.
Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics and won a team bronze medal in the large hill event in 2010. He is the youngest Norwegian winner of Four Hills Tournament.
Daniel Forfang is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He had thirty-four World Cup starts, with a fifth place in Kuusamo in 2005 as his best individual result. He also helped win a team competition in Lahti the same year. Forfang retired ahead of the 2006–07 season, feeling that he could not continue the ski jumper's lifestyle, especially pertaining to the pressure of maintaining a low body weight. He is the older brother of current ski jumper Johann André Forfang.
Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since 1998.
Antonín Hájek is a retired ski jumper from the Czech Republic. His specialties include both individual ski jumping and ski flying. Hájek's best result in the World Cup is a 4th place in Tauplitz and Sapporo in 2010.
Johan Remen Evensen is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 2007 to 2012. He is a two-time world record holder in ski flying, achieving his peak distance of 246.5 metres (809 ft) in 2011.
Kim Rene Elverum Sorsell is a Norwegian ski jumper.
Kai Kovaljeff is a Finnish ski jumper.
Rafał Śliż is a Polish ski jumper.
Julian Musiol is a German ski jumper of Polish descent.
Severin Freund is a German ski jumper. He is a former FIS Ski Jumping World Cup champion, having won 2015 season and being the first German to win the World Cup since Martin Schmitt in 2000. As a member of the national team, Freund won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and later became the 2015 World Champion on both the large hill and in the mixed team event.
Olli Muotka is a Finnish ski jumper and former Nordic combined athlete.
David Zauner is an Austrian ski jumper and former nordic combined skier.
Kento Sakuyama is a Japanese ski jumper.
Ole Marius Ingvaldsen is a Norwegian ski jumper.
The 1986/87 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 8th World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 6 December 1986 and finished in Oslo, Norway on 21 March 1987. The individual World Cup was won by Vegard Opaas and Nations Cup by Austria.
Vegard Bjerkreim Nilsen is a Norwegian cross-country skier.
The Fédération Internationale de Ski is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports. Founded in Chamonix on 2 February 1924, it is responsible for the Olympic disciplines of Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and snowboarding. The FIS is also responsible for setting the international competition rules. The organization now has a membership of 118 national ski associations and is based in Oberhofen am Thunersee, Switzerland.
