Daniel-André Tande (; born 24 January 1994) is a Norwegian
ski jumper
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 fina ...
, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion.
Career
Tande's first
World Cup
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start was in
Bad Mitterndorf
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Situated between Salzburg and Graz, it is a popular winter sports resort and also as a location for walking and cycling in the summer. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of two ...
on 11 January 2014. On 25 November 2015, he achieved his first-ever World Cup win in
Klingenthal
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. On 1 January 2017 he won his second World Cup event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
On 20 January 2018, Tande achieved the gold medal of the
2018 Ski Flying World Championships. In the three-part competition, he became the ski flying World Champion, beating Kamil Stoch and Richard Freitag. Next day, Tande became a double 2018 Ski Flying World Champion. In team competition Norway, including Tande and his teammates
Robert Johansson
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,
Johann Andre Forfang and
Andreas Stjernen, defended title of Ski Flying World Champions. The same team is 2018 team Olympic champion.
In March 2021, Tande crashed during a training jump, suffering several injuries and remaining in a medically-induced coma for four days. He recovered and resumed jumping at the 2021 Ski Jumping World Cup.
World Cup
Standings
Wins
References
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1994 births
Living people
People from Kongsberg
Norwegian male ski jumpers
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
Olympic ski jumpers of Norway
Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Olympic medalists in ski jumping
People from Narvik
Sportspeople from Nordland