How did Simon Ammann make Olympic ski jumping history at the Vancouver 2010 Games?

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Official logo of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The logo is an interpretation of an inukshuk, a traditional Inuit stone sculpture.

At the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Swiss athlete Simon Ammann made history by becoming the first ski jumper to win four career individual Olympic gold medals.1

By dominating the competition and securing gold in both the individual normal hill and individual large hill events, Ammann achieved an Olympic "double-double." This feat marked the second time in his career that he swept both individual ski jumping events at a single Games, having previously accomplished the same double gold medal performance at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.1