Andrej Jerman Explained

Andrej Jerman
Disciplines:Downhill, Super G, Combined
Club:KUT – Klub Uciteljev
in Trenerjev
Birth Date:1978 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Kranj, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:186 cm
Wcdebut:12 December 1998 (age 20)
Retired:28 January 2013
Website:andrejjerman.com
Olympicteams:3 – (200210)
Olympicmedals:0
Worldsteams:5 – (200311)
Worldsmedals:0
Wcseasons:12 – (200213)
Wcwins:2 – (2 DH)
Wcpodiums:4 – (4 DH)
Wcoveralls:0 – (16th in 2008)
Wctitles:0 – (6th in DH 2007)
Show-Medals:yes

Andrej "Jerry" Jerman, (born 30 September 1978), is a retired World Cup alpine ski racer from Slovenia.[1]

Born in Tržič, then in SFR Yugoslavia, Jerman specialized in the speed events of downhill and super G. He gained his first World Cup victory at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in February 2007 in a downhill, the first-ever for Slovenia.[2] The next day he finished second, again in the downhill.[3] Until then, his best World Cup result was fourth place in a downhill at Bormio, two months earlier. Jerman later gathered his second victory at Bormio,[4] and finished his career with four World Cup podiums, all in downhill, and 27 top tens, with 18 in downhill. His best result in Super G was fourth, which came at Lake Louise in November 2007.[5]

Jerman represented Slovenia at three Winter Olympics and five World Championships. He announced his retirement from competition in late January 2013, following a crash during the Tuesday training run at Kitzbühel. After his fall, he got up and skied down, and then collapsed unconscious in the finish area. Jerman was transferred to the hospital by helicopter, where doctors diagnosed a severe concussion.[6] He had missed most of the previous season after breaking his shin on the Birds of Prey course at Beaver Creek in early December 2011.[7]

World Cup results

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
align=center rowspan=22007 23 Feb 2007 Garmisch, Germany 1st
24 Feb 2007 Downhill 2nd
2008 26 Jan 2008 Chamonix, France Downhill 3rd
2010 29 Dec 2009 Bormio, Italy Downhill align=center bgcolor="#BOEOE6"1st

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
23 63 44 3
24 52 35 28 11
25 124 48
26 111 11
27 83 38 26
28 24 33 6 44
29 16 60 17 7 9
30 34 23 16 51
31 30 22 11
32 45 38 18
33 injured in 2nd downhill, no results
34 129 47
^ official season title in the Combined discipline was not awarded until the 2007 season

Video

External links

Notes and References

  1. Andrej Jerman. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054743/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/andrej-jerman-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
  2. Web site: Garmisch: Jerman gives Slovenia first WC DH win . Ski Racing.com . 23 February 2007.
  3. News: Garmisch: Guay tops DH for first World Cup win . Ski Racing.com . 24 February 2007.
  4. Web site: Jerman wins World Cup DH at Bormio . Ski Racing.com . 29 December 2009.
  5. Web site: FIS-Ski - biographie . 28 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090420134358/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=27963&type=result . 20 April 2009 . dead .
  6. News: Andrej Jerman retires from competition . Ski Racing.com . 28 January 2013.
  7. News: Slovenia's Andrej Jerman sustains concussion during downhill training in Kitzbuehel . Washington Post . Associated Press . 22 January 2013.