Legendary athletes making a mark at Winter Olympics

Simon Ammann, born on June 25, 1981, is a Swiss ski jumper. He is the only ski jumper to have won a golden double in normal hill and large hill individual events at two Olympics (Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010). He has participated in the Winter Olympics five times, making his debut at the 1998 Olympics Games in Nagano, Japan, where he finished 35th.

He finished 25th in both the normal hill and large hill individual events at the Beijing Winter Olympics.