Daniel Andre Tande quits
Sep 11, 2024·Ski Jumping
A great athlete is retiring from the international ski jumping stage: The Norwegian Daniel Andre Tande is ending his ski jumping career at the age of 30.
The crowd favorite from Kongsberg IF announced the end of his career on Wednesday at the Holmenkollen in Oslo.
8 World Cup victories, 4 Ski Flying World Championship titles and an Olympic gold medal are just some of the successes Tande has collected since his first World Cup start in January 2014.
Why retire now?
"After my bad fall in Planica just over three years ago, I needed time to realize that my fear of ski jumping was perhaps greater than I initially thought. That's why it feels right to end my ski jumping career now," says Daniel Andre Tande about his reasons.
Tande had a serious fall on the ski flying hill in Planica in March 2021 and had to be resuscitated in the outrun. After the horror crash, Tande fought his way back and sensationally won the World Cup at Holmenkollen in Olso in March 2022.
"I have fulfilled many dreams in my career, two of the biggest highlights are the World Cuhampionship gold in ski flying in Oberstdorf in 2018 and the World Cup victory at Holmenkollen in 2022," says Daniel Andre Tande.
About the future
"I'm keeping all my options open for the future and I'm excited about what's to come. With everything I've experienced on and off the slopes, I hope to be able to contribute in different areas in the coming years," says Tande.
Good bye Daniel
"Daniel was always a great athlete. Of course we will all miss him, but I absolutely understand his decision.
Especially after his terrible fall in Planica, which I was right there, it's wonderful that he was able to come back and is now ending his career as a very popular figure with the successes he has achieved.
I hope that he will remain in the sport of ski jumping, as a representative and also as a person with his experience on and around the hills, I am sure that Daniel will continue on his successful path in the future," said FIS Race Director Sandro Pertile, bidding farewell to the likeable Norwegian.
