Winter Olympics 2014 Crotch Competition

From: VH-1

 Olympians are often treated like superheroes. After all, they seem to have super human strength, speed and beauty. So, we at VH1 wanted to subject our favorite athletes of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi to the same criteria that we put Superman under last summer. The Olympics might award rankings for speed, technical difficulty and artistic merit. However, we’re focusing our attentions on the Olympic crotches.

What does America speed skater Shani Davis have in common with Swiss cross country skiing gold medalist Dario Cologna? Or  with German luge gold medalists Tobias Arit and Tobias Wendl? Well, yes, they all have the honor of competing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. That’s true. But they all also wear some very tight spandex pants for their events. We’re not complaining. In fact, we’re celebrating.

So, when it comes down to who has the best Olympic crotches in the world, who wins? Germany might be leading in the medal count, but do German athletes fill their spandex better than the Americans? What about the Swiss? The Norwegians? And never count out the Russians. The host country has a lot to be proud of during these Olympics. Not only have they already scooped two gold medals in ice skating, but let’s just say their male athletes are very healthy.

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Olympian: Ski Jumper Taku Takeuchi of Japan 

Representing The Crotch Known As: Aerodynamic Crotch

Olympic-Crotch Analysis: There's no doubt that Takeuchi is a world class ski jumper, but he's also in a class by himself in the smooth crotch department. Hey, we get it. You've got to eliminate any drag.

The 27 Best Olympic Bulges

From: Cosmopoltion

Kamil Stoch

Poland

Kamil Wiktor Stoch (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamil stɔx]; born 25 May 1987 in Zakopane) is a Polish ski jumper. He is the 2013 World champion in the large hill and the 2014 double Olympic champion in the normal hill and large hill. He also competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. On January 26, 2013 he became the joint Polish ski flying record holder (tying the mark held by Piotr Żyła) with a jump of 232.5.

Ski Jumping - Men's Team - 2014 Winter Olympics

Gold Medal

Germany

 Andreas Wank

Andreas Wank (born 18 February 1988) competes internationally for Germany as a ski jumper. He is 1.90 m tall and weighs 72 kg.

 Andreas Wellinger

Andreas Wellinger (born 28 August 1995) is a German ski jumper.

Wellinger's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in 2012 on competition on small hill in Lillehammer. He led after the first round but in the second round he fell on fifth place. The same year, he already won the large hill team event in Kuusamo and got two individual podiums in Sochi and Engelberg. In season 2012/2013, he reached 393 points and finished in World cup as 20th.

He won the summer Grand prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan. At the first competition in season 2013/2014 in Klingenthal, he was second and that was his third podium. In Engelberg, the same year, he also finished second. He ended the Four Hills Tournament in 10th place. Then he won in Wisla 2014.

 Marinus Kraus

Marinus Kraus (born 13 February 1991) is a German ski jumper.

Kraus's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2013 in Vikersund. His best result in World Cup is a second place in Kuusamo in November 2013.

 Severin Freund

Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German ski jumper. He hails from Waldkirchen.

Having made his Continental Cup debut in December 2004, his best result is the victory from Lillehammer in September 2008. He won a gold medal in the team competition at the 2008 Junior World Ski Championships. He made his World Cup debut in December 2007 in Engelberg, and his best result before the Season 2010/11 was a 12th place from Sapporo in January 2010.

On 29 December 2010, he reached the 6th place of the first event of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf. On 15 January 2011, he achieved his first ever World Cup victory at the first competition at Sapporo. In the same season, he won his first world championship medal finishing third with the team in the Team normal hill competition in Oslo. He finished the 2010/2011 world cup season as number seven.

USA

10th Place

 Peter Frenette

Peter Frenette (born February 24, 1992) is an American ski jumper who has competed since 2009. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 11th in the team large hill, 32nd in the individual large hill, and 41st in the individual normal hill events.

Though he has not competed in the World Cup, Frenette's best finish has been second in an HS 102 event in an FIS Cup event in Germany in January 2010.

Frenette grew up in Saranac Lake, NY in the upstate New York Adirondacks.

 Anders Johnson

Anders Johnson (born April 23, 1989 in Plattsburgh, New York) is an American ski jumper who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the team large hill at Vancouver in 2010. Johnson also finished 49th in the individual normal hill at those same games.

He finished 40th in the individual large hill event and 48th in the individual normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

Johnson's best World Cup finish was 29th in the individual large hill event at Whistler Olympic Park in January 2009.

He attended The Winter Sports School in Park City, graduating in 2006.

 Nick Fairall

Height: 5-11

Weight: 150 lbs

Birthplace: New London, N.H.

School: Proctor Academy, Westminster College, DeVry University

Club: Andover Outing Club

Website: www.nickfairall.com

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE

2014 Olympic Winter Games, 50th place in qualifying of men's individual NH

HIGHLIGHTS

23rd World Cup, Bad Mitterndorf, Austria

24th, World Cup, Bad Mitterndorf, Austria

1st FIS Cup, Eisenerz, Austria

3rd, U.S. Nationals, fall 2010

BIOGRAPHY

Nick Fairall grew up enjoying skiing, water skiing, lacrosse, soccer, and many other sports, but the one thing he loved the most was ski jumping. His love for ski jumping has never lost its ability to be fun. Trying to keep school at the same level, Fairall attended Westminster College for the 2007 fall semester and enrolled in the aviation program. After one semester, Fairall realized that ski jumping and school was difficult to balance, forcing him to ask himself what was most important to him. Fairall made the decision to withdraw from classes to become a full-time ski jumper. Since then, he has become one of ski jumping's young hopefuls for the future of the sport in the U.S.

Nicholas Alexander

Nicholas "Nick" Alexander (born August 24, 1988) is an American ski jumper from Lebanon, New Hampshire, who has competed internationally since 2007. He is a member of the US Men's Ski Jumping Team and he is an Olympian who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Alexander learned to ski and ski jump from members of the Lebanon Outing Club at the Storrs Hill Ski area.

Ski Jumping - Men's Large Hill Individual - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Kamil Stoch

Gold Medal

Poland

Kamil Stoch /stɒx/ (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkamil stɔx]; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish ski jumper. He is the 2013 World champion in the large hill and 2014 double Olympic champion in the normal hill and large hill. He has also competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

Nicholas Fairall

35th Place

(Did Not Advance To Finals)

USA

Nicholas Fairall (July 6, 1989) is an American ski jumper from New London, New Hampshire, who is set to compete for United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the men's normal hill individual.

Ski Jumping - Ladies' Normal Hill Individual - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Carina Vogt

Gold Medal

Germany

Carina Vogt (born 5 February 1992 in Schwäbisch Gmünd) is a German ski jumper. She won the first Olympic gold medal ever awarded for women's ski jumping, at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.

Vogt's international debut was in the Meinerzhagen competition. She participated in the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup from 2006 to 2012.

Vogt's debut in FIS Ski Jumping World Cup took place in January 2012 in Hinterzarten. Her individual best World Cup result is a 2nd place.

Jessica Jerome

10th Place

U.S.A.

Jessica Anne Jerome (born February 8, 1987) is an American ski jumper who has been competing since 2000. She started ski jumping at age of 7, and in 2001 became a Junior Olympic champion. She holds the honor of being a three-time national champion (with wins in 2002, 2003 and 2005). In 2006, she finished third in the Continental Cup, behind Anette Sagen and Lindsey Van.

On December 29, 2013, Jessica Jerome became the first U.S. woman to win the U.S. Olympic Trials in women’s ski jumping. Her combined two jumps scored 248.5 points in her hometown of Park City, Utah.

Wank & Seman - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Andreas Wank (born 18 February 1988 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt) competes internationally for Germany as a ski jumper. He is 1.89 m tall and weighs 72 kg.

 

 

 

 Semen Pavlichenko  is a Russian luger.

 

 

 

Ski Jumping - Men's Normal Hill Individual - 2014 Winter Olympics

 Kamil Stoch
Gold Medal
Poland 
Kamil Stoch (born May 25, 1987) is a Polish ski jumper, world champion and Olympic champion.
Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of first in the single normal hill at Sochi in 2014. At the 2006 Ski-flying World Championships in Kulm, he finished ninth in the team event and 35th in the individual event. Stoch won the Poland Championship in 2007. At the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo, he finished fifth in the team large hill and finished 11th in the individual normal hill. He also won a World Cup Summer Grand Prix competition in Oberhof 2007. In 2008 Stoch was sixth in the individual world cup in Val di Fiemme. In 2009 he was 4th in individual World Championship in Liberec on normal hill. In 2010 he won a Summer World Cup competition in Wisła and in 2011 the World Cup events in Zakopane (rescheduled from Harrachov), Klingenthal and Planica. He also won the 2013 Ski Jumping World Championships in Val di Fiemme. Kamil Stoch is now considered by Polish ski jumping fans the heir of Adam Malysz.

Nicholas Alexander
34th Place
Nicholas "Nick" Alexander (born August 24, 1988) is an American ski jumper from Lebanon, New Hampshire, who has competed internationally since 2007. He is a member of the US Men's Ski Jumping Team and he is an Olympian who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Alexander learned to ski and ski jump from members of the Lebanon Outing Club at the Storrs Hill Ski area.