Stephan Zünd Explained

Stephan Zünd
Birth Date:3 July 1969
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Personalbest:191 m (577 ft)
Planica, 23 March 1991
Wins:4
Totalpodiums:12
Teampodiums:1
Individual Starts:87
Team Starts:4
Updated:10 February 2016

Stephan Zünd (born 3 July 1969) is a Swiss former ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1992 Winter Olympics.[1] Along with Jan Boklöv and Jiří Malec, he was an early pioneer of the V-style.

Career

At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he finished eighth in the team large hill and 20th in the individual normal hill events. Zünd's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was at Val di Fiemme in 1991 where he finished sixth in the team large hill and fifth in the individual large hill events. His best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships was sixth at Planica in 1994.

Zünd earned four individual World Cup career wins at various hills from 1991 to 1992.

World Cup

Standings

 Season Overall
scope=row align=center21 N/A N/A
scope=row align=centeralign=center bgcolor=silver13 align=center bgcolor=#D4AF37N/A
scope=row align=center5 7 8 N/A
scope=row align=center28 42 N/A
scope=row align=center35 N/A
scope=row align=center81 52 N/A
scope=row align=center4

Wins

No.SeasonDateLocationHillSize
scope=row style="text-align:center;"1 align=center rowspan=323 February 1991   Kulm K185 FH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"2 6 March 1991   Bolleberget K90 NH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"3 30 March 1991   MS 1970 A K120 LH
scope=row style="text-align:center;"4 13 December 1992   Große Zirmbergschanze K107 LH

Notes and References

  1. Stefan Zünd Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/stefan-zund-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 August 2019.