query: when did mens ski jumping become an olympic sport

pos: Ski jumping judges. All major ski jumping competitions are organized by the International Ski Federation. The large hill ski jumping event was included at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 1924, and has been contested at every Winter Olympics since then. The normal hill event was added in 1964. Since 1992, the normal hill event is contested at the K-90 size hill; previously, it was contested at the K-60 hill. Women's debuted at the Winter Olympics in 2014. The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup has been contested since the 1979–80 season. It runs between November and March every season,

pos: Women's Ski Jumping USA but this sanction excluded the original sports at the inaugural Olympic Winter Games in 1924, which included ski jumping. Women originally were not allowed to jump at the Olympics because it was thought that their bodies could not handle the sport. In 2006, the IOC turned down the International Ski Federation's (FIS) recommendation to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver because the sport lacked "universality," even though there were more countries and elite woman participating in ski jumping than some other Winter Olympic sports for women. Women's Ski Jumping USA Women's Ski Jumping USA is a

pos: Ready to Fly (film) in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan island and in 1979 from the Bahamas to Florida. In 2013, at age 64, after many long distance swimming exploits, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida (180 km). She swam to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Women have been fighting for years to be able to compete in the Winter Olympics’ ski jumping category. Women have always been banned from competing in the Ski Jumping Olympic Competitions since it became an official Olympic Sport in Chamonix Olympic Winter Games in 1924. The documentary states why

pos: Jacob Tullin Thams do so), and would develop the Kongsberger technique in ski jumping (along with fellow Norwegian Sigmund Ruud) that would be the standard until it was superseded by the Daescher technique in the 1950s. Thams is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Jacob Tullin Thams Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams (April 7, 1898 – July 27, 1954) was a Norwegian Olympian. He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person (after Gillis Grafström who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan)

pos: Roy Mikkelsen Roy Mikkelsen Roy Mikkelsen (September 15, 1907 – October 29, 1967) was a Norwegian born, American Olympic ski jumper. Mikkelsen was US Champion in ski jumping in 1933 and 1935, but was also a strong skier in the new discipline of alpine skiing, competing in that sport from 1933-42. Roy Mikkelsen was born at Kongsberg in Buskerud, Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1924, settling in Chicago where he joined the Norge Ski Club which had been formed by Norwegian immigrants nearby in Fox River Grove. He competed in ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake

pos: Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics large hill was designated as HS140 (K125). On April 6, 2011, the International Olympic Committee officially accepted women's ski jumping into the official Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. On February 11, 2014, Carina Vogt of Germany won the very first gold medal for women's ski jumping at the Winter Olympic Games. "Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics. "Note: two silver and no bronze medal in the 1980 normal hill competition." Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through to 1956, the competition

pos: Fighting Gravity (film) Fighting Gravity (film) Fighting Gravity is a documentary produced by Virginia Madsen for Empire 8 productions and Screen Sirens. The documentary screened in 2009 and followed 15 passionate women athletes' fight for their sport's inclusion in the Olympic Games. These 15 ski jumping athletes fought for their right to compete in their sport in the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. Starting in the Olympics in Chamonix in 1924, the Winter Olympics have always held ski jumping competitions but restricted to men. The documentary mainly follows the American ski jumper Lindsey Van who describes how she feels about the exclusion of

pos: International Ski Federation organises the following ski sport disciplines, for which it oversees World Cup competitions and World Championships: "Note:" The discipline of Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, has its own organisation, the International Biathlon Union (IBU). List of all hosts: International Ski Federation The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports. Founded in Chamonix on 2 February 1924, it is responsible for the Olympic disciplines of Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, freestyle skiing and snowboarding. The FIS is also responsible for setting the international

pos: Ski jumping in Oslo, Norway, in 1875. Due to its poor infrastructure and the weather conditions, in 1892 the event was moved to Holmenkollen, which is today still one of the main ski jumping events in the season. In the late 19th century, Sondre Norheim and Nordic skier Karl Hovelsen immigrated to the United States and started developing the sport in that country. In 1924, ski jumping was featured at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. The sport has been featured at the every Olympics since. Ski jumping was brought to Canada by Norwegian immigrant Nels Nelsen. Starting with his example

pos: Olympic results index Winter Olympics|1994]] [[Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] [[Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] [[Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] [[Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics|2010]] [[Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] [[Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics|2018]] [[Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] [[Snowboarding at the 1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] [[Snowboarding at the 1928 Winter Olympics|1928]] [[Snowboarding at the 1932 Winter Olympics|1932]] [[Snowboarding at the 1936 Winter Olympics|1936]] [[Snowboarding at the 1948 Winter Olympics|1948]] [[Snowboarding at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] [[Snowboarding at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] [[Snowboarding at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] [[Snowboarding

pos: Anders Haugen prostate cancer. Anders Haugen Anders Olsen Haugen (October 24, 1888 – April 14, 1984) was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. He competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Anders Haugen was the first and, as of 2016, only American to win an Olympic medal for ski jumping. Anders Olsen Haugen was born in Bø, Telemark, Norway. Anders Haugen and his brother Lars emigrated to the United States in 1909 and built a ski jumping hill with the Milwaukee Ski Club near Lake Nagawicka west of

pos: Anders Haugen Anders Haugen Anders Olsen Haugen (October 24, 1888 – April 14, 1984) was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. He competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Anders Haugen was the first and, as of 2016, only American to win an Olympic medal for ski jumping. Anders Olsen Haugen was born in Bø, Telemark, Norway. Anders Haugen and his brother Lars emigrated to the United States in 1909 and built a ski jumping hill with the Milwaukee Ski Club near Lake Nagawicka west of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

pos: Jacob Tullin Thams Jacob Tullin Thams Jacob Tullin "Tulla" Thams (April 7, 1898 – July 27, 1954) was a Norwegian Olympian. He won the first Olympic ski jumping gold medal in 1924, and became the third person (after Gillis Grafström who competed in one sport only and boxer/bobsleigh crew member Eddie Eagan) to medal in both the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1936 as a member of the silver medal-winning Norwegian 8-metre sailing team. Thams also won the individual large hill at the 1926 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1926 (the first true ski jumper to

neg: Eva Ganster From 2003 to 2005, Ganster competed regularly in FIS events. In 2004, she won one event in Pöhla and medalled at several others. Her final competitive ski jump at international level was in Oslo on 12 March 2005, where she placed eighth. She never formally represented her country in Olympic ski jumping, which did not become an official Olympic sport for women until 2014, when Carina Vogt won the first Gold medal. Eva Ganster Eva Ganster (born 30 March 1978) is an Austrian former ski jumper. She has nine women's ski flying world records, set between 1994 and 1997. Ganster

neg: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics was calculated using the FIS World Cup standings and Continental Cup Standings from seasons 2012–13 and 2013–14 added together. 100 athletes from 20 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Greece made its Olympic debut in the sport. Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The events were held between 8 and 17 February 2014. Women competed in ski jumping for the first time in the history of Winter Olympic Games. A total of four ski jumping events were held. The

neg: Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver health officials and the International Olympic Committee strongly recommended all athletes, spectators and other visitors be vaccinated. Some Olympic Committees required their delegations to be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu. In light of concerns, local British Columbia health officials vaccinated participants and spectators for free during the duration of the games. The IOC voted in 2006 not to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Games on the grounds that the sport was not yet developed enough and did not meet basic criteria for inclusion. The members of the Canadian Women Ski Jumping Team filed a grievance with the

neg: Andreas Widhölzl with the Austrian National Team and a year later he was part of the Austrian Team that won the Team Olympic Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics. In March 2008, following health problems, he ended his fifteen-year-long World Cup ski-jumping career. Widhölzl was interested in ski-jumping from an early age, his interest coming from watching the sport on television. At around this time he joined the Tyrolese Ski Federation and learnt to ski. When he was seven years old, a school friend convinced him to join the Fieberbrunner Weitenjäger. After a few years, Widhölzl earned his first success in the

neg: Ski ballet 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993. George Fuehrmeier competed in ski ballet during 1985. He gained popularity after a video of his routine was circulated on the internet during the 2018 Winter Olympics. Ski Ballet was a demonstration sport in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics. The sport has significantly declined in popularity in recent years due to the fact that it did not become an Olympic sport. The International Ski Federation ceased all formal competition of ski ballet after 2000. Ski ballet Ski ballet, simply know as Ballet in the ski world, is just that, ballet on skis.

neg: U.S. Ski & Snowboard including training and fielding the annual U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding, as well as the Olympic teams in skiing and snowboarding. U.S. Ski & Snowboard is composed of over 30,000 athletes, officials and coaches, with a network of over 100,000 parents, volunteers and supporters. It is the most diverse of any Olympic sports organization with six different athletic sport programs that account for nearly 50 percent of the Olympic Winter Games events. U.S. Ski & Snowboard is governed by a 21-person board of directors and six sport committees including alpine, cross country, disabled, freestyle, jumping/Nordic combined, and snowboarding. The

neg: Satre Hill Satre Hill Satre Hill is equipped with 20 metre and 30 metre jumps for training purposes and to introduce area young people to ski jumping. A historic wooden 65 metre jump that had become obsolete was demolished in 2010 and has been replaced with a modern steel structure suitable for future competitions. The venue draws its name from the Satre brothers, immigrants from Norway, who popularized the sport of ski jumping in the Salisbury area. He jumped from the top of a barn to introduce the sport of ski jumping to the town of Salisbury. First used for ski jumping

neg: Simon Ammann Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010, and is the only ski jumper to have achieved the gold double–double at the Winter Olympics. His other achievements include winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, the 2010 Nordic Tournament, and the 2010 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title. Ammann made his debut as a 16-year-old rookie during the 1997–1998 Ski jumping World

neg: Participation of women in the Olympics women at these Games. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, ski cross debuted for both women and men. Ashleigh McIvor of Canada won the inaugural gold for women in the sport. Controversy was created when women's ski jumping was excluded from the programme by the IOC due to the low number of athletes and participating nations in the sport. A group of fifteen competitive female ski jumpers later filed a suit against the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on the grounds that it violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms since men

neg: Mt Norquay Len, Peter, and Robert Sudermann of Fortune Resorts; and Stephen Ross of Devonian Properties in Canmore. Mount Norquay has a long history supporting the sport of alpine ski racing. The Dominion Championships were early efforts by the local community to promote winter tourism and Norquay hosted the Championships on three separate occasions. The resort was part of two Olympic Winter Games bids (1964 and 1968) and did host the World Cup in 1972, running giant slalom and slalom races on the North American run. The resort was also famous for ski jumping, hosting many international competitions. The ski jump is

neg: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill team Swiss did not participate in this event because they only sent two ski jumpers to the Olympics. The following are the results of the event. Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill team The men's large hill team ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on 22 February. The Austrian team of Andreas Widhölzl, Martin Koch, Andreas Kofler, and Thomas Morgenstern were the defending Olympic champions in this event. Widhölzl retired after the 2007-08 season. Austria was also the defending world champions in

neg: Sport in Slovenia most successful ski jumper of the time was Primož Ulaga, who had nine wins for Yugoslavia. In both 1997 and 1998, Primož Peterka won the World Cup. Other notable ski jumpers are Peter Prevc, Jurij Tepeš, Robert Kranjec, Rok Benkovič, Jernej Damjan, Peter Žonta, Franci Petek and Špela Rogelj. Since 2011, the Slovenian men's ski jumping coach is Goran Janus, who has helped revive Slovenian ski jumping results. Under his leadership, the team has many individual wins, earned Olympic and World Cup medals, and set a world record. In 2012, the men's team won their first team event in ski

neg: 2011 Asian Winter Games in each sport." Olympic sports Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Snowboarding, Curling and Nordic Combined will not be contested. Bandy and Ski Orienteering were included for the first time in the Games, while curling and snowboarding was excluded from the list, ski jumping returns to the Games, after not being contested in the last Games in Changchun. 26 countries have registered to take part and they are listed below, this is an increase of 1 from the 2007 games. Bahrain, Qatar and Singapore made their debuts, while Macau and Pakistan did not compete after competing in 2007. One country only sent officials.

neg: Ski jumping techniques the mid-1990s it had become the predominant style of jumping used by all athletes, and was therefore no longer penalised as it had proven to be both safer and more efficient than the parallel style. In the H-style, the skis are spread very wide apart and held parallel in an "H" shape, with minimal or no V-angle. A lesser-used technique as of 2018, it is prominently used by Domen Prevc, Léa Lemare, and Nika Križnar. Ski jumping techniques The sport of ski jumping has seen the use of numerous different techniques, or "styles", over the course of its more than

neg: Sport in Austria Alpine World Ski Championships and FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011, it took all five ski jumping gold medals. As of 2001, about a third of the 230 Olympic medals which had been won by Austrian sportspeople had been awarded in alpine skiing, and another 30 percent had been won in other winter sports, whilst a quarter of all golds at the Alpine Skiing World Championships had been won by Austrians. The Winter Olympics were held in the town of Innsbruck in the years of 1964 and 1976. Success at the elite level

neg: Ski Jumping Canada Ski Jumping Canada Ski Jumping Canada is the governing federation for ski jumping in Canada. It is responsible for the governance of all ski jumping competitions in Canada and for the operation of the national team. Canada has competed in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics since 1928. Ski Jumping Canada is funded through partnerships with Rogers Insurance, Aviva Canada and the Snow Sports Consortium's key partners - Mackenzie Investments and iON Camera. Karbon is the National team's official clothing sponsor. Sport Canada joined as a funding partner in 2016 after Ski Jumping Canada was recognized through the Sport Funding

neg: Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex the 120-meter jump, set by Veli-Matti Lindström of Finland. Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex comprises a 90- and 120-meter ski jumps towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. They are located two miles from Lake Placid, off the Old Military Road, in Essex County, New York. The complex is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The sky deck on the 120-meter jump offers views of nearby John Brown's Farm and the surrounding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Training and competition for Nordic ski jumping

neg: Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex comprises a 90- and 120-meter ski jumps towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. They are located two miles from Lake Placid, off the Old Military Road, in Essex County, New York. The complex is operated by the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The sky deck on the 120-meter jump offers views of nearby John Brown's Farm and the surrounding High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Training and competition for Nordic ski jumping takes place year round thanks to a plastic mat

neg: Kiremitliktepe Ski Jump with five ski jumping slopes covers an area of . The two Olympic-size towers has cylindrical structures at the top. The tall main tower has five ring structures on it with the colors of Olympic rings symbolizing the Olympic sprit. Atop the main tower, a restaurant is situated. The construction, carried out by the Sarıdağlar company, was completed within ten months, and the sport complex opened in September 2010. It cost €20 million. The venue was renamed in January 2011 after the Turkish telecommunications company Türk Telekom, the main sponsor of the 2011 Winter Universiade. Its new name will be

neg: Ski Jumping Canada Accountability Framework. The sport is not currently funded by Own The Podium. Ski Jumping Canada Ski Jumping Canada is the governing federation for ski jumping in Canada. It is responsible for the governance of all ski jumping competitions in Canada and for the operation of the national team. Canada has competed in ski jumping at the Winter Olympics since 1928. Ski Jumping Canada is funded through partnerships with Rogers Insurance, Aviva Canada and the Snow Sports Consortium's key partners - Mackenzie Investments and iON Camera. Karbon is the National team's official clothing sponsor. Sport Canada joined as a funding partner

neg: United States Ski Team USSA is one of the only Olympic sports in America to support a full-time standing national team in every sport. Teams are nominated each spring or summer based on results. Teams for FIS World Championships (held every odd year) and Olympic Winter Games (held every four years) are selected by specific criteria and named for those individual events. United States Ski Team The U.S. Ski Team, operated under the auspices of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), develops and supports men's and women's athletes in the sports of alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, cross country, ski jumping, and Nordic

neg: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The events were held between 8 and 17 February 2014. Women competed in ski jumping for the first time in the history of Winter Olympic Games. A total of four ski jumping events were held. The following is the competition schedule for all four events. A maximum of 100 athletes (70 male and 30 female) were allowed to qualify for the ski jumping events. The quotas were allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which

neg: Women's Ski Jumping USA in one event, the normal hill competition, even though men compete in three events. Women's Ski Jumping USA continues to advocate for equality for women in the Olympic Games. Although women have been jumping for over 100 years, they have not been allowed to compete in the Olympic games until the upcoming games in 2014. It is every young athletes dream to one day compete on the Olympic stage but this was not an option for women ski jumpers until recently. In 1991 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled that all future Olympic Sports must be opened to both genders

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neg: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics victory. Given that this was the first year in which there were three ski jumping event, this made Nykänen the most successful ski jumper in a single Games. The two medals for Yugoslavia were the only ones that country would win in ski jumping (though Slovenia, where all four Yugoslavian team members were from, would win its first as an independent country in 2002). Nineteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Calgary Games. Great Britain made their Olympic ski jumping debut, with Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards their sole participant. Sports-Reference - 1988 Olympics - Ski jumping Ski jumping at

neg: Finland at the Olympics of 10 golds, 8 silvers and 4 bronzes, making Finland the most successful ski jumping country up to 2010, latest medals won in 2006. In 2010, Finland took part in all 3 ski jumping events with a team of 5, their highest placing being 4th (in normal hill individual and large hill team). Since snowboarding became an Olympic sport in 1998, Finland has participated in it in all previous games, with a medal record of 1 silver and 1 bronze. In 2010, Finland took part in 2 snowboarding events with a team of 5, winning silver in men's halfpipe. Beginning

neg: Johnny Spillane Johnny Spillane Johnny Spillane (born November 24, 1980) is an American athlete who competes in nordic combined, a combination event consisting of ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Spillane is a world champion and three-time Olympic silver medalist. He announced his retirement from Nordic combined on April 18, 2013. Spillane was born to Jim and Nancy Spillane on November 24, 1980. He was raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and graduated from the Lowell Whiteman School. As a child, he lived only blocks from Howelsen Hill, where he saw ski jumping for the first time and became interested in trying the sport.

neg: Peter Graves (announcer) producer in the SLOC sport production department. He also served as the stadium announcer for the opening and closing ceremonies for both the Olympics and Paralympics in Salt Lake City, as well as stadium announcer for cross-country skiing and ski jumping. He was the English-language announcer for all cycling events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver he was the host Nordic announcer calling cross country skiing and ski jumping; he followed that up by serving as PA announcer at alpine skiing, jumping and at medals plaza at Sochi 2014. 2016 Graves

neg: Sport in Finland Marjo Matikainen-Kallström won a gold at the 1988 Winter Olympics, three World Championships and three overall World Cups and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi won three golds at both the Olympics and World Championships and two overall World Cup titles. Finland has been the most successful nation in Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics, having won ten golds, eight silvers and four bronze medals. Notable names include Matti Nykänen, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, a five time Ski Jumping World Champion, the 1985 winner of the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships, a four-time winner of the overall World Cup title, and a double winner

neg: Canada at the Winter Olympics in 2018). Dara Howell took gold in the slopestyle event in 2014. Cassie Sharpe added a halfpipe gold in 2018. Canadian skiers also finished in the top 3 positions in aerials at the 1988 and 1992 games, when it was a demonstration sport. Canada has never won an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined competition. Their best finish was tenth in the individual normal hill competition at the 1932 games. Canada has never won an Olympic medal in ski jumping. Their best finish was seventh in the men's large hill competition at the 1988 games. Ross Rebagliati won a gold

neg: Ski jumping at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Ski jumping at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Ski jumping at the 1986 Asian Winter Games took place in the city of Sapporo, Japan on 2 March 1986 with only one event, Large hill individual being contested. The Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly in Seoul in 1984 decided to give Japan the privilege of hosting the first ever Asian Winter Games. The event was only for demonstration; the medals gained here did not officially count towards the final medal tally. The event took place at the Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium. The host nation Japan dominated the event by winning

neg: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics the Lake Placid Games. Sports-Reference - 1980 Olympics - Nordic Combined Sports-Reference - 1980 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 18 February to 19 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, while the cross-country portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points.

neg: Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nordic combined at the 1980 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 18 February to 19 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, while the cross-country portion took place at Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center. Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal. Nine nations participated in Nordic combined at

neg: Olympic sports swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and high diving (the last of which is a non-Olympic discipline), since all these disciplines are governed at international level by the International Swimming Federation. Skating is a winter Olympic sport represented by the International Skating Union, and includes four disciplines: figure skating, speed skating (on a traditional long track), short track speed skating, and synchronized skating (the latter is a non-Olympic discipline). The sport with the largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing, with six: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing. Other notable multi-discipline

neg: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics from 21 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate. The number of athletes from each nation are shown in parentheses. Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics was scheduled to take place between 8 and 19 February 2018. A total of four ski jumping events were held. A maximum of 100 athletes (65 male and 35 female) were allowed to qualify for the ski jumping events. The quotas were allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which is calculated using the FIS World Cup standings and

neg: Gregor Schlierenzauer Olympic medals in men's luge, who settled him a contract with Fischer Skis in 2001 and a few years later with Red Bull. Schlierenzauer is deaf in the left ear from birth. At age eight, Schlierenzauer began training in ski jumping at SV Innsbruck–Bergisel club. He attended an ordinary Austrian grammar school, however, due to tight schedules in both sport and school, he had problems keeping up with his class work. Schlierenzauer then enrolled at Skigymnasium Stams in Austria, the world's oldest ski-sport training center and boarding secondary school. He currently resides in Fulpmes, Tyrol. Schlierenzauer began competing professionally in

neg: Women's Ski Jumping USA team and to grow participation in the U.S. women's ski jumping program by facilitating national development efforts that produce the best women ski jumpers in the world. WSJ USA aims to remain an influential voice in advocating equality for women in sport. Women's Ski Jumping USA was incorporated in 2003 as a 501c3 non-profit based in Park City, Utah. It was created with the goal of providing leadership and financial support to the rising number of accomplished women ski jumpers. The mission has always involved attaining equality for women in the sport, allowing them to compete alongside their male counterparts

neg: Adam Małysz Adam Małysz Adam Henryk Małysz (; born 3 December 1977) is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. In ski jumping he competed from 1995 to 2011, and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include four World Cup titles (a record shared with Matti Nykänen and Sara Takanashi), four individual Winter Olympic medals, four individual World Championship gold medals (an all-time record), 39 individual World Cup competition wins, 96 World Cup podiums (individual and team), and being the only ski jumper to win three consecutive World Cup titles. He

neg: Sport in Yugoslavia Sport in Yugoslavia Sport in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had significant role in its culture and society. Team sports such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo had the biggest popularity. Of individual sports the most popular were tennis, athletics, alpine skiing, swimming, table tennis, ski jumping, chess... Yugoslavia made its debut at the Summer Olympics in 1920. Until its break up in 1992, it competed in 16 Summer and 14 Winter Olympic games and won a total of 87 medals in various summer and winter sports. Yugoslavia hosted its first and the only Winter Olympic games in

neg: Madison, Wisconsin country skiing and alpine skiing. The club's programs have produced several Olympic ski jumpers, two Olympic ski jumping coaches and one Olympic ski jumping director. The club had the first Nordic ski facility with lighted night jumping. The Madison 56ers is a Madison amateur soccer team in the National Premier Soccer League. They play in Breese Stevens Field on East Washington Avenue. Madison has several active ultimate disc leagues organized through the nonprofit Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association. In 2013, the Madison Radicals, a professional ultimate frisbee team, debuted in the city. Madison is home to the Wisconsin Rugby Club, the

neg: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics (8 countries). The remaining spots were distributed according to the normal hill results from the World Junior Championships. There were 25 spots reserved for the boys' competition but due to reallocation it was only 24. The updated quota spots were announced on December 13, 2011, which are subject to change. Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld, Austria on 14 January. For the first time ever women competed in ski jumping at an Olympic event The ski jumping event included the boys' individual event

neg: Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumping at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held at the Toni-Seelos-Olympiaschanze in Seefeld, Austria on 14 January. For the first time ever women competed in ski jumping at an Olympic event The ski jumping event included the boys' individual event and, for the first time at the Olympics, the girls' individual event. There was also a mixed team event, with a team consisted of a girl, a boy, and a nordic combined athlete. Nations scoring points in the Marc Hodler Trophy were guaranteed one athlete as was the host nation

neg: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual The Men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. It started on 19 February and ended on 20 February. Austria's Thomas Morgenstern was the defending Olympic champion in this event. Andreas Küttel of Switzerland was the defending world champion in this event. Two test events took place at the Olympic venue on 24–25 January 2009, both won by Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer. On the 25th, Schlierenzauer set the hill jumping record with a

neg: Sarah Hendrickson an event sponsored by Red Bull, Hendrickson jumped off the historic Nansen Ski Jump in Berlin, New Hampshire. This event marked the first time the jump had been used in 32 years. In December 2017, Hendrickson won the women's ski jumping competition at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Nordic Combined & Ski Jumping, securing her place on the U.S. Olympic team for Pyeongchang. Sarah Hendrickson Sarah Catherine Hendrickson (born August 1, 1994) is an American ski jumper. She won the first ever women's World Cup season in 2012, finished runner-up in 2013, and won an individual gold medal at

neg: Ski flying Olympics. Also in contrast to ski jumping, athletes are not able to practice on ski flying hills out-of-season, as they are sanctioned only for competition events. Among the Alpine countries there is an unwritten gentlemen's agreement forbidding athletes under the age of 18 to participate in ski flying events, although an exception was made for 17-year-old Domen Prevc in 2017. Rather than being considered a separate sport on its own, ski flying is essentially an offshoot of ski jumping involving larger hills and longer jump distances. According to former US national ski jumping coach Larry Stone, "It's the same thing,

neg: Utah Olympic Park Jumps Utah Olympic Park Jumps The Utah Olympic Park Jumps is a ski jumping venue at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, United States. It is a venue in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup, and the host of 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake City won its 1995 bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympics, and plans were developed to expand the park. On October 9, 1997 SLOC approved the plan to spend an additional $48 million to upgrade and expand the recently completed park. The plans called for replacing and moving the existing 90-meter ski jump, and building

neg: Alissa Johnson jumper. Alissa completed her first ever ski jump when she was five, and also competed in swimming until the age of 14 to concentrate only on ski jumping. Johnson had begun attending the Winter Olympics at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, where her father had worked for the organising committee. However, this was as a spectator, since there was no women's competition in the ski jumping. Prior to the 2010 Games in Vancouver, there was a failed legal challenge through the Canadian courts to require the Olympic committee to allow women to compete in ski jumping. This fight

neg: Pragelato for cross-country skiing. Its Olympic course – the Pragelato Plan – has a snow-making system over , and a tourist course winds along Val Troncea Natural Park. The ski-jumping stadium present the Olympic heritage, which highlights the tourist-sport development of this resort. Pragelato has his own alpine skiing areas with about of slopes and is linked to the Via Lattea ski area, with about of slopes in Sestriere, Sauze d'Oulx, Montgenevre (France), Claviere, Pragelato, San Sicario, Cesana. Pragelato Pragelato (also "Pragelà"; Vivaro-Alpine: "Prajalats") is a "comune" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about

neg: Ski flying line" – is exceeded. This is known as "out-jumping the hill", "landing on the flat", or in the worst case a "flat-ground crash", which occurs when an athlete jumps too far beyond the safety of the slope and lands near, or onto, completely flat ground. Ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive Nordic skiing where athletes descend individually at very fast speeds along a specially designed takeoff ramp using skis only; jump from the end of it with as much

neg: Women's Ski Jumping USA at the highest levels, including the Olympic Winter Games. The VISA Women's Ski Jumping USA team has experienced notable success with back-to-back FIS Nations Cup victories in 2012 and 2013 and two FIS World Champion athletes; Lindsey Van (2009) and Sarah Hendrickson (2013). Funding for Women's Ski Jumping USA comes from corporate sponsors, private donations, events, fundraisers and grants. Proceeds go toward training and competition expenses of the athletes on the team. On April 6, 2011, the IOC announced that women's ski jumping would be included in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The women will be compete

neg: Ready to Fly (film) participate in Vancouver's Olympic Winter Games in 2010, but it never happened. "Fighting Gravity" is a 2009 documentary on a similar topic. After the film was first screened in 2013, professional athletes were able to compete in the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games. and the German Carina Vogt was the first woman ever to receive an Olympic gold medal in Ski Jumping. Medalists Ready to Fly (film) Ready to fly is an American documentary by William A. Kerig following the true story of the fight of American women's ski jumping athletes Lindsey Van, the rest of her U.S Women’s Ski

neg: Sport in Slovenia Koren, Alenka Dovžan and Tina Maze won medals for independent Slovenia. Other notable skiers include Boris Strel, Rok Petrovič, Bojan Križaj, Mitja Kunc, Urška Hrovat, Špela Pretnar and Nataša Bokal. Ski jumping is another popular winter sport in Slovenia. The first national championship was held in 1921 in Bohinj, when Jože Pogačar won with a nine meter jump. After that, many ski jumpers found success for Yugoslavia, with Jože Šlibar achieving a world record jump in 1961. After the introduction of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in 1979, SR Slovenia was a regular host of matches in Planica. The

neg: Kamil Stoch Education in Krakow with master's degree in physical education (MPhEd). On 7 August 2010 he married Ewa Bilan. He was 3 years old when he started skiing the first time. A year later he started ski jumping. When he was six years old, he received his first ski jumping skis from his uncle. He joined the club ŁKS Ząb as an eight-year-old boy, where his first coach was Mirosław Małuda. Initially he trained in the sport of Nordic combined. At the 2006 Ski-flying World Championships in Kulm, Stoch finished 9th in the team event and 35th in the individual event.

neg: Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships since 1925. Women's participation in the sport began in the 1990s, while the first women's event at the Olympics has been held in 2014. All major ski jumping competitions are organised by the International Ski Federation. Stefan Kraft holds the official record for the world's longest ski jump with , set on the ski flying hill in Vikersund in 2017. Ski jumping can also be performed in the summer on an in-run where the tracks are made from porcelain and the grass on the slope is covered with water-soaked plastic. The highest level

neg: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 a non-Olympic year, and the only time the United States has hosted the event in a non-Olympic year. The ski-jumping events were held at Lake Placid, while the cross-country skiing events (originally planned to also be held at Lake Placid) were moved to Rumford due to insufficient snow. February 3, 1950 February 6, 1950 February 5, 1950 February 1, 1950 - Jumping February 3, 1950 - 18km (included in the "Special 18km-run") February 5, 1950 MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1950 took place during February 1–6, 1950 in

neg: Nordic combined as the difference in the cross-country race tended to be too big to overcome in ski jumping. The sport has been dominated by the Norwegians, supported by the Finns. It was not until 1960 that the Nordic grip on this discipline was broken when West German Georg Thoma won the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics. It was decided in early-November 2016 that women's competitions were to be established on FIS-level starting during the second half of the 2010s with inclusion at world championships starting in 2021 and at the Olympic Winter Games in 2022. But Olympic debut for

neg: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 31 January to 9 February, with the large hill event taking place at Bergiselschanze, and the normal hill event at Seefeld. For the first time at the olympics, more than one ski jumping event was contested, with the addition of a large hill competition. Norway led the medal table with four, one gold. Since this was the first Olympics with more than one ski jumping event, the four ski jumping medals were the highest for any nation in Olympic history

neg: Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics was scheduled to take place between 8 and 19 February 2018. A total of four ski jumping events were held. A maximum of 100 athletes (65 male and 35 female) were allowed to qualify for the ski jumping events. The quotas were allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which is calculated using the FIS World Cup standings and Continental Cup Standings from seasons 2016–17 and 2017–18 added together. The following was the competition schedule for the four ski jumping events. A total of 100 athletes

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics held in a CIS state since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach. A record 98 events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games. A number of new competitions—a total of twelve accounting for gender—were held during the Games, including biathlon mixed relay, women's ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, half-pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel slalom. The events were held

neg: Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the site of the women's alpine skiing events. The men's alpine events were held at Bjelašnica. At Igman The Malo Polije area hosted the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined events. Meanwhile, the Veliko Polje hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, and the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined event. Sarajevo will be hosting the European Youth Olympic Festival in 2017 and due to this čarge investments has been made to build modern ski lift and remarkable good standards of accommodation, especially at Bjelašnica and Jahorina. The mountain Vlašić has also become a major

neg: James Lambert (ski jumper) James Lambert (ski jumper) James Lambert (born 21 July 1965) is a former British ski jumper who works for UK Channel 4 TV program "The Jump". Lambert officially set the British Ski Jumping record 93m at the Masters World Championships in Switzerland 2009. Lambert was born in Rochdale, United Kingdom in 1965. He learned to ski at 18 years old, when he left UK in 1984 and moved to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He worked as a Mountain Guide and Ski teacher, and discovered ski jumping. He trained at the Garmish Partenkirchen Olympic Stadium until reaching the level to qualify for international

neg: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics German team in earlier Games). Yukio Kasaya, winner of the normal hill event, was the first ever Winter Olympic gold medalist for Japan, while Wojciech Fortuna was the first ever Winter gold medalist for Poland. Sixteen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sapporo Games. Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 6 February to 11 February, with the large hill event taking place at Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, and the normal hill event at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium. Japan

neg: Rolf Monsen Rolf Monsen Rolf Monsen (January 8, 1899 – April 28, 1987) was an American Olympic skier. Rolf Monsen was born in Oslo, Norway. He competed in ski jumping, cross country skiing and Nordic combined. He was a member of three U.S. Olympic teams, 1928, 1932 and 1936. His best Olympic result was at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, where he placed sixth in ski jumping. Although unable to compete due to an injury, he was chosen to be the U.S. Team flag bearer at the 1936 Olympic Games. During World War II, he worked with the United States

neg: Sverre Fredheim the National Ski Hall of Fame in 1973. Sverre Fredheim Sverre Fredheim (December 10, 1907 – April 9, 1981) was an American Olympic skier. Fredheim was born at Gran in Oppland, Norway. He emigrated to the United States during 1927. He joined the St. Paul Ski Club and became a US citizen in 1935. He competed in ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, where he placed sixth in ski jumping. In 1951, he placed ninth place in the Olympic tryouts at Iron Mountain, Michigan. In 1955, he began

neg: Jeff Hastings Jeff Hastings Jeffrey Paul Hastings (born June 25, 1959) is an American former ski jumper who competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a longtime ski jumping analyst for televised coverage of Winter Olympics competitions. He was named one of the 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Vermont by Sports Illustrated. When competing at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games, Hastings finished fourth on the large hill, placing just behind Pavel Ploc of Czechoslovakia, 2/10ths of a point out of the medals. This was the best American finish in ski jumping since the 1920s. Hastings finished fourth overall on

neg: Stefan Read Stefan Read Stefan Read (born May 7, 1987) is a Canadian ski jumper. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 12th in the team large hill event at Vancouver in 2010. Read was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He began downhill skiing at an early age. He attended the National Sport School. Read began competing in ski jumping in 2002. In 2004 he finished 27th at a Continental Cup in Lahti, Finland, which qualified him to take part in Olympic competition. Read competed in both the normal hill and the K120m Large Hill events at the 2006

neg: Adam Małysz The Gallery is located in the building of the Izabella and Adam Małysz Foundation in Wisła, Poland. Adam Małysz Adam Henryk Małysz (; born 3 December 1977) is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. In ski jumping he competed from 1995 to 2011, and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include four World Cup titles (a record shared with Matti Nykänen and Sara Takanashi), four individual Winter Olympic medals, four individual World Championship gold medals (an all-time record), 39 individual World Cup competition wins, 96 World Cup podiums

neg: Ski jumping in Planica, Slovenia, where Josef Bradl became the first competitor in history to jump over . At the same venue, the first official jump over was achieved in 1994, when Toni Nieminen landed at 203 metres. In 1964 in Zakopane, Poland, the large hill event was introduced at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. In the same year, the normal hill event was included on the Olympic programme at the 1964 Winter Olympics. The team event was added later, at the 1988 Winter Olympics. A ski jumping hill is located on a steep slope, and it consists of the jumping

neg: Corey Engen school at Snowbasin, near Ogden, Utah, and also coached the Weber State College ski team. In 1951 he returned to McCall, and ten years later was instrumental in the development of the new Brundage Mountain ski area, managing it until 1970. Corey won more than 500 medals and trophies in all skiing disciplines (jumping, cross-country, downhill, slalom, and giant slalom). He was captain of the 1948 U.S. Olympic ski jumping team and got a Bronze medal in the jumping portion of the Olympic classic combined event, involving both jumping and cross-country., he was the recipient of 22 gold medals in

neg: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Normal hill individual who had the third best results in both the first and second competition rounds. German jumper Michael Uhrmann was in second place following the first jump, but did poorly on his second jump and ended up fifth in the overall standings. Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria moved up from seventh place to win the bronze medal after jumping a full longer on his second attempt. The men's normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics was held on 12 and 13 February 2010 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. It was the first medal event of

neg: Steven Lee Network from 1999 to 2002, covering all FIS (Federation of international ski) events, alpine, freestyle, snowboard and ski jumping. He commentated the 2000 Australian Mountain Bike Champs. He has also been a consultant on other winter sport coverage. Lee is co editor/owner of "Chill Factor" ski magazine www.chillfactor.com. Previous to "Chill Factor", he was a contributing writer for all ski magazine publications over the last 20 years. He is co owner and editor of www.surfingworld.com.au. Lee did stunt work for Jackie Chan film "", produced at Falls Creek, as a lead stunt skier and snowmobiler. He did stunt ski work

neg: Ski jumping Ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the longest jump after descending from a specially designed ramp on their skis. Along with jump length, competitor's style and other factors affect the final score. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century, and later spread through Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Along with cross-country skiing, it constitutes the traditional group of Nordic skiing disciplines. The ski jumping venue, commonly referred to as a "hill", consists of the jumping ramp ("in-run"), take-off table, and a landing hill.

neg: Matjaž Zupan successful coach in Slovenian ski jumping history - Goran Janus who was his former jumper. In 2011 he became coach for the French ski jumping national team. With moderate success he coached them for two years, to the end of the 2014 Olympic cycle. On May,24th was announcement that he became new head coach of Russian national ski jumping team and their new ambitious program to launch Russia among best ski jumping nations. He was also able to choose his own assistant. He chose his countryman Matjaž Triplat. Matjaž Triplat was former head coach of Slovenian women ski jumping team.

neg: Slovenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics lost 0–5 to Sweden and finished 7th in the overall standings. Despite this defeat, the 2014 Olympic tournament saw the best performance of the Slovenian team in history. Foreign commentators praised the achievements of the team coming from a country with 150 professional players, seven skating rinks and one NHL star player (Kopitar of Los Angeles Kings). In Nordic combined, Slovenia's best result was a 16th place of Marjan Jelenko at large hill/10 km event. Since Slovenia qualified only three competitors, they did not participate in the team competition. Ski jumping was the next sport where the stakes were high

neg: Sport in Sweden in cross-country skiing. In ski jumping, Jan Boklöv revolutionised the sport with his new V-style technique. In biathlon Magdalena Forsberg was the dominant female athlete in the late 1990s and early 2000s, while Helena Ekholm has been one of the top competitors in recent years. A number of Swedes have been internationally successful in track and field. In the 1940s runners Gunder Hägg, Arne Andersson, and Lennart Strand dominated middle distance running. In recent years, stars include high jumpers such as World Champion and European record holder Patrik Sjöberg, Olympic gold medalist Ludmila Engquist, World Champion and Olympic medalist Kajsa

neg: Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the ski jumping events at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The quotas will be allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which is calculated using the FIS World Cup standings and Continental Cup Standings from seasons 2012/13 and 2013/14 added together. The quotas will be distributed by assigning one quota place per athlete downwards on the list until the total of 60 male and 30 female competitors is reached (including the host nation quota). When a nation has received the

neg: Torbjørn Falkanger Olympics, due to a fall in the ski jumping hill. Torbjørn Falkanger Torbjørn Falkanger (8 October 1927 in Trondheim – 16 July 2013) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Falkanger earned a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics in ski jumping and also won the Holmenkollen ski festival ski jumping competition twice (1949 and 1950). For his ski jumping efforts, Falkanger was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1952 (Shared with Stein Eriksen, Heikki Hasu and Nils Karlsson.) Falkanger also took the Olympic Oath at the 1952 games in Oslo. His

neg: Sport in Slovenia (40 Gold, 39 Silver and 57 Bronze). Sport in Slovenia Sport in Slovenia consists of a wide range of team and individual sports. The most popular team sports are association football, basketball, ice hockey and handball, while the most popular individual sports are skiing, ski jumping, athletics, cycling and tennis. Slovenia has competed at fourteen Olympic Games since its inaugural appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics and is also known for its extreme sport athletes, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel and extreme skier Davo Karničar. The highest level of association football is the Slovenian PrvaLiga, which consists of ten

neg: Sport in Slovenia Sport in Slovenia Sport in Slovenia consists of a wide range of team and individual sports. The most popular team sports are association football, basketball, ice hockey and handball, while the most popular individual sports are skiing, ski jumping, athletics, cycling and tennis. Slovenia has competed at fourteen Olympic Games since its inaugural appearance at the 1992 Summer Olympics and is also known for its extreme sport athletes, such as ultramarathon swimmer Martin Strel and extreme skier Davo Karničar. The highest level of association football is the Slovenian PrvaLiga, which consists of ten teams. The Slovenia national football team has

neg: Brattleboro, Vermont recreational skiers and snowboarders, many of them bound for the resorts at nearby Mount Snow and Stratton, but it is also a winter sports destination in and of itself. The town played an important role in the development and popularization of the skiing industry as a winter sport, with pioneering Brattleboro native and Dartmouth College alumnus Fred Harris, founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club (1909–10), also establishing the Brattleboro Outing Club (in 1922), contributing to the first North American use of motor-driven ski lifts, and building the Harris Hill olympic-scale ski jumping facility, the site of international competitions every February

neg: Nicholas Alexander (ski jumper) Nicholas Alexander (ski jumper) Nicholas "Nick" Alexander (born 24 August 1988) is an American former ski jumper. He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Alexander learned to ski and ski jump from members of the Lebanon Outing Club at the Storrs Hill Ski area. He made his world cup debut in Kuusamo in 2009. He is a member of the U.S. Men's Ski Jumping Team and he is an Olympian who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Alexander won the 2013 Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in Lake Placid, NY on the normal Olympic

neg: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual but all finished within 0.7 points of Fortuna. This was the smallest margin between first and fourth to date. Pudgar's eighth place was the best placing by a Yugoslav at the Winter Olympics until Matjaž Debelak won bronze at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Sports-Reference - 1972 Olympics - Ski jumping - Large hill individual Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics – Large hill individual The men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 1972 Winter Olympics was held in Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium. It occurred on 11 February. In the competition on the Okurayama jumping hill, conditions

neg: Lahti Ski Games of Norway and Icelandic president Kr. Eldjorn, to name a few. Lahti Ski Games Lahti Ski Games is a yearly international winter sport event. The games last for three days, during which participants compete in cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined. In the nearly 90-year history of the Lahti Ski Games the fireworks seen on Saturday night have become one of the highlights of the event. The goal of establishing the games was to get a competition similar to the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Finland. The Lahti ski & ski jump stadium is together with Holmenkollen in Oslo possibly

neg: Lahti Ski Games Lahti Ski Games Lahti Ski Games is a yearly international winter sport event. The games last for three days, during which participants compete in cross-country skiing, ski jumping and Nordic combined. In the nearly 90-year history of the Lahti Ski Games the fireworks seen on Saturday night have become one of the highlights of the event. The goal of establishing the games was to get a competition similar to the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in Finland. The Lahti ski & ski jump stadium is together with Holmenkollen in Oslo possibly the best stadium for such events in the world. From the

neg: Utah Olympic Park Jumps a brand new 120-meter jump. Utah Olympic Park Jumps The Utah Olympic Park Jumps is a ski jumping venue at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, United States. It is a venue in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup, and the host of 2002 Winter Olympics. Salt Lake City won its 1995 bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympics, and plans were developed to expand the park. On October 9, 1997 SLOC approved the plan to spend an additional $48 million to upgrade and expand the recently completed park. The plans called for replacing and moving the existing

neg: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Individual large hill/10 km with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a four-second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first athlete across the finish line would the overall winner of the event. Cross-country skiing's part of the competition was scheduled to take place at 13:00 PST that same day, but was moved to 14:00 PST in the wake of the high winds during the ski jumping part of the competition. Finland's Koivuranta, who finished 44th in the ski jumping part of this event, did not start in the cross-county portion of this event. Defending Olympic

neg: Jessica Jerome Park City, Utah. Jessica Jerome 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

neg: Jessica Jerome Jessica Jerome 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