Stephan Zünd

Stephan Zünd
Personal information
Born (1969-07-03) 3 July 1969 (age 56)
Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country Switzerland
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons1990–1996
Indiv. starts87
Indiv. podiums12
Indiv. wins4
Team starts4
Team podiums1
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)191 m (577 ft)
Planica, 23 March 1991
Updated on 10 February 2016

Stephan Zünd (also spelled Stefan, 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.

Zünd realized early, that a low body weight can bring benefit in combination with a V-style. Therefore he stuck to a radical diet, suffered from anorexia at last and had a breakdown in December 1992. For a period of time Zünd consumed nothing but mineral water and had a weight of just 60 kg at a height of 1.81 m. After his retirement he spoke openly about his problems.[2][3]

He named Walter Steiner as his idol.[4]

World Cup

Standings

 Season  Overall 4H SF JP
1989/90 21 — N/A N/A
1990/91 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 13 1st place, gold medalist(s) N/A
1991/92 5 7 8 N/A
1992/93 28 42 — N/A
1993/94 35 — — N/A
1994/95 81 52 — N/A
1995/96 — — — 4

Wins

No. Season Date Location Hill Size
1 1990/91 23 February 1991   Austria Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf Kulm K185 FH
2 6 March 1991   Sweden Bollnäs Bolleberget K90 NH
3 30 March 1991   Czechoslovakia Štrbské Pleso MS 1970 A K120 LH
4 1992/93 13 December 1992   Germany Ruhpolding Große Zirmbergschanze K107 LH

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefan Zünd". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Weniger essen, mehr leisten?" (PDF) (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  3. ^ Anita Theiss (2015-03-18). "Mehr Training, weniger Essen – Magersucht bei Sportlern" (in German). srf.ch. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  4. ^ "Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (1991)" (in German). eliechtensteinensia.li. Retrieved 2025-09-11.


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