Anders Fannemel (; born 13 May 1991) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He held the ski flying world record from 2015 to 2017, with a jump of set in Vikersund.
Career
Fannemel started ski jumping when he was 14 years old, which is rather late compared to other elite ski jumpers. He made his debut in the Continental Cup in September 2008 in Lillehammer, scoring two seventh places over two days. He finished in lower positions throughout the rest of the 2008/09 season, but in the 2009/10 season he recorded a fifth and a first place in the Continental Cup, again in Lillehammer, in August 2009.
He made his World Cup debut in December 2009, again in Lillehammer, and collected his first World Cup points by finishing tenth. He has two world cup wins and another five podiums. In 2015 season he was the first time in his career World Cup overall leader.
He held the world record for the world's longest ski jump at 251.5 meters (825 feet), which he jumped in Vikersund, Norway on 15 February 2015, beating Peter Prevc's record that was set the day before by 1.5 meters.
He represents the sports club Hornindal IL and lives in Hornindal Municipality (part of Volda Municipality since 2020).
World Cup
Standings Season Overall 2009/10 60 — — N/A N/A N/A —2011/12 25 — 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A2012/13 26 18 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A2013/14 23 31 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A2014/15 4 11 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A2015/16 10 8 11 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2016/17 26 28 16 34 N/A N/A N/A2017/18 12 12 32 12 18 N/A2018/19 36 27 35 36 41 55 N/A2021/22 71 — — — N/A — N/A2022/23 78 34 — 64 N/A — N/A
Wins No. Season Date Location Hill Size1 2014/15 13 December 2014 Nizhny Tagil Tramplin Stork HS134 (night) 2 8 February 2015 Titisee-Neustadt Hochfirstschanze HS142 LH3 2015/16 31 January 2016 Sapporo Ōkurayama HS134 LH4 2017/18 16 December 2017 Engelberg Gross-Titlis-Schanze HS140 (night) LH
Ski jumping world record DateHillLocationMetresFeet15 February 2015 Vikersundbakken HS225 Vikersund, Norway251.5825
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