Jens Deimel
Jens Deimel ( born September 14, 1972 in Winterberg) is a former German nordic combined and ski jumping.
Career
Deimel began in 1985 with the ski jumping. Gradually, he grew into the role of the combiner. In 1990 he was at the age of 17 years German youth champion in ski jumping and in combination. A year later he won the overall title of the Alpine Cup Nordic Combined.
1992-1995
His debut in the A- Nordic Combined World Cup, he announced in early January 1992 in Schonach and finished the race in 14th place at the World Cup in Murau he managed to place 13th at the last moment the ticket to the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville. There he was employed only in the team relay, landed on the fifth place. In addition, it was used in ski jumping on the normal hill and came in 34th place. In the overall World Cup, he finished 36th. The Juniorenskiweltmeisterschaften 1992 Vuokatti he won the bronze medal in the Gundersen and team competition silver medal.
At the age of 19 years Deimel won in 1992 for the first time the German Championships. In the World Cup season 1992/93 he won third place in Saalfelden and was in the standings 16 For its first World Ski Championships 1993 in Falun, he won in the team relay with Thomas Dufter and Hans -Peter Pohl the bronze medal. The next World Cup season 1993/94 he only came in Trondheim used and came in Gundersen on the 15th Place. Deimel qualified for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, but he did not play. So he came to the ski jump used for example at the World Cup Finals 1993 in Planica. Its there ersprungener eleventh place secured him five World Cup points that could prove him rank 50 in the Overall World Cup of the season 1992/93. At the beginning of the 1994/95 season he was on a weekend in B- World Cup in Lillehammer active. He finished in third place after the jumping and the subsequent 15 - km race. In early January 1995, he contested the race in Val di Fiemme with space 11 The Second World Ski Championships 1995 were held in Thunder Bay as part pretty neat place with 16 in Gundersen and sixth in the team relay. In 1995 he had to undergo knee surgery.
1996-1999
In the World Cup season 1995/96 he was five times in the top ten. Since 1993 he was back in Steamboat Springs and in St. Moritz each after jumping on a place, could not hold the place in the cross country and much of the fifth and seven back. In the overall classification, he finished ninth. He finished second at the 1996 German Championships. In the season 1996/97 he got back late in the World Cup one, was only at the stations Hakuba and Oslo there and finished the race with number 11 and ten and finished at the end of the season in 27th place overall.
For his third World Ski Championships 1997 in Trondheim, he reached the eighth place and the team relay took sixth place at Gundersen. One summer before he almost failed two months because of a hamstring and a tonsillectomy. In the Olympic season 1997/98 he could attack again in front of the tip. So the World Cup in Rovaniemi jumped a good tenth place out in Sapporo and in Lahti each a seventh place in Oslo and the fourth place. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano leaped for the DSV team relay, sixth place out and Gundersen in the 13th Place. In the same year he was the third time German champion and second with the team as a combiner. In the World Cup season 1998/99 Deimel ended up with seven World Cup stations each in the top 15 and was in the standings 21 Ski World Championships 1999 in Ramsau were anything as good. Because it jumped back with the team relay out a good sixth place. In Gundersenwettbewerb the 15th and the 24th place in the sprint. 1999 second and third combination as Special Springer.
2000-2002
The 1999/2000 season was very poor, with few exceptions, because Deimel landed only three times in the top ten. In the overall standings, he came on the 17th Place. The following season 2000/ 01 was anything but good. Only a fourth place in Park City / Soldier Hollow. Overall, in the overall standings was 23 In his last World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti, he came up with the team relay on the fourth place and Sprint on the 15th Place. In his final season in 2001/ 02 it was not good at all. In Val di Fiemme he reached third place the second podium of his career. In the overall World Cup standings, he reached the 46th place. In May 2002, he announced his retirement as a combiner.
Award
- Goldener Ski of the DSV: 1996, 1997