Martin Schmitt annuncia ufficialmente il ritiro

Willingen 2014 - Schmitt leaves the circus.

Martin Schmitt officially announces the withdrawal

The Legend of ski jumping quest'' Martin Schmitt announced today his retirement from competitive racing at a press conference in Willingen.

Friday 31 January 2014 3 minutes reading time

Along with Franz Steinle, president of the DSV, and the team's head coach Werner Schuster on thirty-six German, winner of 28 races in the World Cup, 2 crystal globes and 2 world titles from the large hill, greeted the circus of which has been a member since January 1997. At the Winter Olympics boasts three podium finishes, all teams, most notably the'' won gold in Salt Lake City together'' s another great jumper of his era German Sven Hannawald. A career full of ups and downs, especially due to physical problems that hannofortemente conditional performance, and completion of a four-year Olympic somewhat difficult, culminating with the poor performance in the current season led the'' athlete Willingen, registered with the SC Furtwangen the decision to hang up the skis on the nail. Here are his statements issued to the press: "I've tried everything that my body would let me in this season to be one of the best jumpers Germans, but unfortunately I was not in a position to stabilize and improve my technique and my Performance. And so I had to realize that the dream of a fourth Olympic medal was utopia. " "However I have many positive memories of this last season, with the'' emotional goodbye to the New Year in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Tour of 4 trampolines. This decision was not easy at all because the ski jump was the My passion and my profession at the same time and for a long time. " The future is already mapped and the German Martin himself seems to have a clear idea of â€‹â€‹what they will "grow up": "I will work with the young German athletes'' s internal DSV because I want to convey my knowledge and experience, and because I believe I can be a valuable resource for my country in a sector where it has always been so. " Good luck great champion!

Gianluigi Ferrario

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