Peter Rohwein (born 26 June 1962 in Isny) is a

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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 fina ...

who competed from 1981 to 1988. He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the

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. Rohwein's best individual World Cup finish was also sixth in a normal hill event in

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in 1985. Rohwein coached the German Nordic combined team between 2000 and 2004, overseeing

Ronny Ackermann Ronny Ackermann (; born 16 May 1977 in Bad Salzungen, Bezirk Suhl) is a German former Nordic combined skier. Ackermann started to learn to ski when he was five years old and took up ski-jumping two years later. As of 2004, he belongs to the tea ...

when he won his two

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titles and a gold at the 2003 World Championships. He was coach of the German ski jumping team from 2004 until March 2008, when he was dismissed for lack of success. Germany won only one medal under Rohwein, a silver medal in the team event on the normal hill in Oberstdorf, and with two World Cup victories (one team) during the three seasons of his coaching. It should, however, be noted that no wins were recorded in the season before Rohwein took over the team, and

Michael Uhrmann Michael "Michi" Uhrmann (born 16 September 1978) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2011. Career He competed in two Winter Olympics, winning a gold medal in the team large hill event at Salt Lake City in 2002, and a silver ...

's eighth place in the overall World Cup standings of 2005–06 was the best since

Sven Hannawald Sven Hannawald (; born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper. Having competed from 1992 to 2004, his career highlight was winning the 2002 Four Hills Tournament, on that occasion becoming the first athlete to win all four events of said ...

in 2002–03.

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* Ski jumpers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for West Germany German male ski jumpers German ski jumping coaches Living people 1962 births People from Isny im Allgäu Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) Skiers from Baden-Württemberg {{Germany-skijumping-bio-stub