Hansjörg Jäkle (born 19 October 1971) is a German former

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 fin ...

who competed from 1993 to 2002. His career best achievement was winning a gold medal in the team large hill event at the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav ...

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. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in

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. His best individual finish at

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level was second in

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on 6 January 1998.

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* * * 1971 births Living people German male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in ski jumping Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping People from Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Skiers from Freiburg (region) 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub