With victories in all four competitions of the Four Hills Tournament, Sven Hannawald became a sports legend in 2001/2002 - no one has matched his achievement to this day. However, this exceptional talent could not withstand the pressure of being a top athlete: He, who grew up in East Germany and was constantly challenged and supported, had to end his career in 2004 after symptoms of burnout appeared. How did it come to this? How did Sven Hannawald become the successful athlete he was? What makes ski jumping so incredibly demanding? In his autobiography, Sven Hannawald provides fascinating insights into the inner life of an athlete who surrendered to the ruthless mechanisms of his sport in order to succeed: how the struggle for ever-lower body weight nearly drove him to anorexia, how the pressure to succeed and fears about the future led him into loneliness. And how.