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Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down an inrun with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. In addition to the length that skiers jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long (240 to 270 cm). Ski jumping is predominantly a winter sport, performed on snow, and is part of the Winter Olympic Games, but can also be performed in summer on artificial surfaces (porcelain or frost rail track on the inrun, plastic on the landing hill). A shaped, twin-tip alpine ski. ...
A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. ...
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History Ski jumping originates from Morgedal, Norway, but the first proper competition was held in Trysil in 1862. The first widely known ski jumping competition was the Husebyrennene, held in Oslo from 1879. The annual event was moved to Holmenkollen from 1892, and Holmenkollen has remained the Mecca of ski jumping ever since. Morgedal, of the municipality of Kviteseid in the county of Telemark Norway, is called the cradle of skiing. ...
The municipality Trysil in the county of Hedmark, Norway, has 7,049 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. ...
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Husebyrennet, held in Ullern, Oslo, was the initial version of the ski jumping competition that was to become the most well known of them all, the Holmenkollen. ...
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View from the tower in summer The Holmenkollen ski jump, located in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, is host to the worlds second oldest ski jump competition still in existence (the oldest being hosted by a small, local club named Medicinernes Skiklub Svartor in nearby Seterkollen). ...
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Competition Today, World Cup ski jumping competitions are held on three types of hills: Image File history File links Calgary. ...
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The FIS Ski jumping World Cup is arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation (FIS). ...
- Normal hill competitions:- for which the calculation line is found at approximately 80-100m. Distances of up to and over 110 metres can be reached.
- Large hill competitions:- for which the calculation line is found at approximately 120-130m. Distances of over 145 m can be obtained on the larger hills. Both individual and team competitions are run on these hills.
- Ski-flying competitions:- for which the calculation line is found at 185 m. The Ski Flying World Record is currently held by Bjørn Einar Romøren (239m), set in Planica (SLO) in March 2005.
Amateur and junior competitions are held on smaller hills. Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border town Rateče, not far from another well known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. ...
Individual Olympic competition consists of a training jump and two scored jumps. The team event consists of four members of the same nation who have two jumps each. Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. ...
Ski jumping is one of the two elements in the Nordic combined sport. The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. ...
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Women's ski jumping Currently, women ski jump internationally in the Continental cup. On May 26, 2006, the International Ski Federation decided to allow women to ski jump at the 2009 Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic and then to have a team event for women at the 2011 world championships. FIS also decided to submit a proposal to the International Olympic Committee to allow women to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1] On November 28, 2006, the proposal was rejected by the Executive Board of the IOC. The reason for the rejection cited the low number of athletes as well as few participating countries in the sport. The Executive Board noted that women's ski jumping has yet to be fully established internationally.[2] The International Ski Federation/Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) is the main international organisation of ski sports. ...
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 will take place between February 18 and March 1, 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. ...
Town hall Liberec ( , German: Reichenberg, Romany: Libertsis) is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Liberec Region. ...
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, are the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be performed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2010. ...
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Scoring The winner is decided on a scoring system based on distance and style.
Each hill has a target called the calculation point (or K point) which is a par distance to aim for. This point is marked by the K line on the landing strip. For K90 and K120 competitions, the K line is at 90 m and 120 m respectively. Skiers are awarded 60 points if they land on the K Line. For every metre short/beyond this average, jumpers receive fewer/more points than the par 60 (1.8 points per metre). Par is a town in Cornwall, England. ...
In addition, five judges are based in a tower that lies to the side of the expected landing point. They can award up to 20 points for style based on: keeping the skis steady during flight, balance, good body position and landing. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 1873 KB) The view from the top of the ski jump at the Olympic ski jump venue in Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2002 Winter Olympics. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2048, 1873 KB) The view from the top of the ski jump at the Olympic ski jump venue in Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2002 Winter Olympics. ...
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The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were held in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. ...
The final score consists of the distance score plus the middle three style scores from the judges (the highest and lowest scores are ignored). For the individual event, the jumper with the best combined total from his two jumps is the winner.
Technique Using the modern V-technique, pioneered by Jan Boklöv of Sweden in 1985, world-class skiers are able to exceed the distance of the take-off hill by about 10 percent compared to the previous technique with parallel skis. Aerodynamics has become a factor of increasing importance in modern ski jumping, with recent rules addressing the regulation of ski jumping suits. This follows a period when loopholes in the rules seemed to favour skinny jumpers in stiff, air foil-like suits. 2006 Winter Olympics logo for ski jumping demonstrating the V-style The V-style of ski jumping was created by Jan Boklöv of Sweden in 1985. ...
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Previous techniques first included the Kongsberger technique, developed in Kongsberg, Norway by two ski jumpers, Jacob Tullin Thams and Sigmund Ruud following World War I. This technique had the upper body bent at the hip, a wide forward lean, and arms extended the front with the skis parallel to each other. It would lead to jumping length going from 45 meters to over 100 meters. In the 1950s Andreas Daescher of Switzerland and Erich Windisch of Germany modified the Kongsberger technique by placing his arms backward toward his hips for a closer lean. The Daescher technique and Windisch technique would be standard for ski jumping from the 1950s until the V-style technique was developed in 1985. Ski jumper Axel-Herman Nilsson of Sweden, 4th place, demonstrating the Kongsberger technique at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. ...
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Jacob Tullin Thams was a Norwegian Summer and Winter Olympian. ...
Sigmund Ruud (December 30, 1907 - Apr 7, 1994) was Norwegian ski jumper. ...
Andreas Daescher is a ski jumping athlete from Switzerland who is best known for developing the Daescher technique in the 1950s that was the standard technique until the V-style was developed by Jan Boklöv in 1985. ...
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The Daescher technique was created by Andreas Daescher of Switzerland. ...
The Windisch technique is a ski jumping technique that was created by Erich Windisch of Germany in 1949. ...
The skiers have to touch the ground in the Telemark landing style. This involves the jumper landing with one foot in front of the other, mimicking the style of the Norwegian inventors of Telemark skiing. Otherwise the style points will be reduced. Telemark skiing is a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn, which is a technique first popularized by Sondre Norheim. ...
Popularity Ski jumping is popular among spectators and TV audiences in Scandinavia and Central Europe. Almost all world-class ski jumpers come from those regions or from Japan. Traditionally, the strongest countries (with consistently strong teams) are Finland, Norway, Germany (formerly both East and West), Austria, Poland and Japan. However, there have always been successful ski jumpers from other countries as well (see list below). The Four Hills Tournament, held annually at four sites in Bavaria (Germany) and Austria around New Year, is very popular and draws huge crowds. Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe and includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. ...
Central Europe The Alpine Countries and the Visegrád Group (Political map, 2004) Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ...
The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee) is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1952. ...
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There have been attempts to spread the popularity of the sport by finding ways by which the construction and upkeep of practising and competition venues can be made easier. These include plastic "fake snow" to provide a slippery surface even during the summer time and in locations where snow is a rare occurrence. Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. ...
Notable ski jumpers
Former World Cup ski jumpers Per Bergerud (born June 28, 1956) is a former ski jumper who represented Svene I.L. in Flesberg, Norway. ...
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Josef Bradl (nicknamed Sepp, January 8, 1918-March 3, 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. ...
Espen Bredesen (born February 2, 1968) is a former Norwegian ski jumper who represented Oppsal IL/Kollenhopp in Oslo. ...
Roberto Cecon (born December 28, 1971 in Gemona) is a retired ski jumper. ...
Andreas Daescher is a ski jumping athlete from Switzerland who is best known for developing the Daescher technique in the 1950s that was the standard technique until the V-style was developed by Jan Boklöv in 1985. ...
Matjaž Debelak (born August 27, 1965 in BraslovÄe) is a Yugoslavian ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1990. ...
Christof Duffner (b December 16, 1971 in Schönwald) is a former German Ski jumper who competed from 1989 to 2004. ...
Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962 in Hall, Tirol is a former Austrian Ski jumper. ...
Wojciech Fortuna (1952 in Zakopane) is a Polish ski jumper. ...
Kazuyoshi Funaki (船木 和喜 Funaki Kazuyoshi, b. ...
Andreas Goldberger (born November 29, 1972 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is a former ski jumper. ...
Lars Grini (born June 29, 1944) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed between 1966 and 1972. ...
Sven Hannawald (born 9 November 1974 in Erlabrunn, Saxony) is a former German ski jumper. ...
Harada (60) and Funaki (62) celebrate in Nagano Masahiko Happy Harada (born May 9, 1968 in Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese ski jumper. ...
Jeff Hastings (born 1960ish) was a US ski jumper who competed in the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo in 1984. ...
Mike Holland (born December 11, 1961), is an American ski jumper who set the world distance record in 1985. ...
Anton Innauer (born April 1, 1958 in Bezau, Vorarlberg) was a Austrian ski jumper who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...
František Jež (born December 16, 1970). ...
Veikko Kankkonen (born January 5, 1940). ...
Yukio Kasaya (ç¬ è°· 幸生 Kasaya Yukio, b. ...
Armin Kogler (born September 4, 1959 in Innsbruck). ...
Mark Konopacke is a former US ski jumper who competed in the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary Canada (1988) and Albertville France (1992). ...
Jiři Malec (born November 24, 1961) is a former Czechoslovak ski jumper who competed from 1985 to 1990. ...
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Ari-Pekka Nikkola (born 16 May 1969 in Kuopio) is a former Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1998. ...
Matti Ensio Nykänen ( ) (born July 17, 1963 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a Finnish former ski jumper, and was arguably the best in that sport, winning five Olympic medals (four Golds), nine World championships medals (five Golds) and 22 Finnish championships medals (13 Golds). ...
Lasse Ottesen (born April 8, 1974) is a former Norwegian ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002. ...
Jiři Parma (b January 9, 1963) is a former Czechoslovakian ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1996. ...
Franci Petek (born 1971) is a Yugoslavian/Slovenian ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 1995. ...
Pavel Ploc (born June 15, 1964). ...
Jari Puikkonen (born June 25, 1959 in Lahti). ...
Jiřà Raška (born February 4, 1941 Frenštát pod Radhoštěm) is the most famous Czech ski jumper, Olympic winner and Czech skier of the century. ...
Helmut Recknagel (born March 27, 1937) was a East German ski jumper who was active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ...
Birger Ruud (August 23, 1911 - June 13, 1998) was a Norwegian ski jumper. ...
Roger Ruud (born October 1, 1958 is a former Norwegian ski jumper who represented Lensbygda Sportsklubb in Oslo. ...
Sigmund Ruud (December 30, 1907 - Apr 7, 1994) was Norwegian ski jumper. ...
Jaroslav Sakala (born 14 July 1969 in Frenštát, Czech Republic), is a former Czech ski jumper. ...
Jani Soininen (born November 12, 1972). ...
Walter Steiner (born February 15, 1951) is a Swiss ski jumper who was active in the 1970s. ...
Dieter Thoma (b October 19, 1969 in Hinterzarten is a former German ski jumper. ...
Primož Ulaga (born July 20, 1962) is a former Yugoslavian ski jumper who competed from 1980 to 1992. ...
Ernst Vettori (born June 25, 1964 in Absam, Tyrol) is a former Austrian ski jumper. ...
Jens Weissflog (born July 21, 1964) is the most successful German ski jumper of all time. ...
Bjørn Wirkola (August 4, 1943 – ) is a Norwegian ski jumper. ...
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Adam Małysz (born December 3, 1977) is a Polish ski jumper. ...
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Janne Petteri Ahonen ( ) (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...
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Simon Ammann (born June 25, 1981 in Grabs) is a Swiss ski jumper. ...
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Rok BenkoviÄ, born on March 20th 1986 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (then Slovenia) is a Slovenian ski jumper. ...
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Lars Bystøl (born 4 December 1978 in Voss, Hordaland) is a Norwegian ski jumper who has won one Olympic gold medal, one World Cup event and two FIS Nordic World Ski Championships bronze medals in the team large hill events (2003, 2005). ...
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Janne Happonen (born June 18, 1984 in Kuopio, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...
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Matti Antero Hautamäki (born 14 July 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...
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Martin Höllwarth (born April 13, 1974 in Schwaz) is an Austrian ski jumper. ...
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Anders Jacobsen (born February 17, 1985 in Hønefoss) is a Norwegian ski jumper, representing Ringkollen Skiklubb, and the youngest Norwegian to have won the Four Hills Tournament. ...
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Jakub Janda (born April 27, 1978 in Čeladná) is a Czech ski jumper, winner of 2005-2006 Four Hills Tournament. ...
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Noriaki Kasai (born June 6, 1972 in Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese ski jumper. ...
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Andreas Kofler (born May 17, 1984 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian ski jumper, and member of the Austrian National team (ÖSV). ...
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Andreas Küttel (born 25 April 1979) is a Swiss ski jumper. ...
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Arttu Ville Eemeli Lappi (born May 11, 1984 in Kuopio) is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. ...
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Veli-Matti Lindström (born November 15, 1983, Nastola) is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 1999. ...
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Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy (born May 31, 1976 in Orkdal) is a Norwegian ski jumper. ...
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Wolfgang Loitzl (born January 13, 1980) is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. ...
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Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986 in Spittal an der Drau) is an Austrian skijumper. ...
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Primož Peterka, born on February 28, 1979 is a Slovenian ski jumper. ...
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Sigurd Pettersen (born February 28, 1980) is a world-class ski jumper from Norway. ...
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Stefan Read (born May 7, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian ski jumper. ...
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Bjørn Einar Romøren (born April 1, 1981 in Oslo) is a Norwegian ski jumper representing Hosle I.L. in Bærum. ...
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Gregor Schlieri Schlierenzauer (born January 7, 1990 in Innsbruck) is an Austrian ski jumper. ...
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Martin Schmitt (29 January 1978, Villingen Schwenningen, Germany) is one Germanys most successful skijumpers. ...
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Georg Späth (born February 24, 1981) is a German ski jumper who competed from 1995 to 2006. ...
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Michael Uhrmann (born September 16, 1978) is a German ski jumper who competed from 1995 to 2006. ...
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Notable unsuccessful ski jumpers Vinko Bogataj is a former ski jumper from Slovenia who became noted on US television in the 1970s for a moment of spectacular failure that was featured on ABCs Wide World of Sports as the infamous Agony of Defeat. Bogataj was competing as a Yugoslavian entrant at the World...
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Notable female ski jumpers Anette Sagen (born February 10, 1985) is a Norwegian ski jumper from Mosjøen, and one of the best female jumpers through all times. ...
Daniela Iraschko (born November 20, 1983) is an Austrian ski jumper who has been competing since 2000. ...
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Location within Finland Lahti (Lahtis in Swedish) is a Finnish city of 100,049 inhabitants (2006), bordering the Vesijärvi lake. ...
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Lysgårdsbakkene Stadion is a ski jump hill in Lillehammer, Norway. ...
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View from the tower in summer The Holmenkollen ski jump, located in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway, is host to the worlds second oldest ski jump competition still in existence (the oldest being hosted by a small, local club named Medicinernes Skiklub Svartor in nearby Seterkollen). ...
Ski flying Ski flying is an extreme version of ski jumping. The events take place on big hills with a K-spot on at least 185 meters. There are five ski flying hills in the world today. Vikersundbakken in Vikersund, Norway; Oberstdorf, Germany; Kulm, Austria; Letalnica; Planica, Slovenia; and in Harrachov, Czech Republic. The sixth hill, Copper Peak in the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is currently disused although there are some plans to rebuild it to FIS standards. [1] The biggest hill is in Planica, where all the longest ski jumps have been jumped. It's possible to jump over 200 meters in all the ski flying hills, and the current World Record is 239 meters, set by Norwegian Bjørn Einar Romøren in Planica 2005. The longest ever jump was actually 240 meters long, achieved by Janne Ahonen at the same competition, but it has not been homologated as the record because Ahonen fell as soon as he landed. Since 1972 there's been held a Ski flying World Championship every other year. Vikersundbakken is the only ski flying hill in the nordic countries. ...
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Letalnica is a ski flying hill located in Planica, Slovenia. ...
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Copper Peak is a ski flying hill located in Ironwood, MI, a city in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ...
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Bjørn Einar Romøren (born April 1, 1981 in Oslo) is a Norwegian ski jumper representing Hosle I.L. in Bærum. ...
Janne Petteri Ahonen ( ) (born May 11, 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...
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National records
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Bjørn Einar Romøren (born April 1, 1981 in Oslo) is a Norwegian ski jumper representing Hosle I.L. in Bærum. ...
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Matti Antero Hautamäki (born 14 July 1981 in Oulu) is a Finnish ski jumper. ...
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Andreas Widhölzl (born October 14, 1976 in St. ...
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Robert Kranjec (born July 16, 1981 in Kranj) is a Slovenian ski jumper who has competed since 1998. ...
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Dmitri Viktorovich Vassiliev (Russian ) (born December 26, 1979 in Ufa) is an Russian ski jumper, best known internationally as Dimitry Vassiliev, who has been competing since 1999. ...
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Michael Neumayer (b. ...
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Adam Małysz (born December 3, 1977) is a Polish ski jumper. ...
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Daiki Ito (born December 27, 1985) is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed since 2002. ...
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Alan Alborn Alan Jacob Alborn (born December 13, 1980) is an American ski jumper who has been competing since 1998. ...
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Water ski jumping The ski jump is performed on two long skis similar to those a beginner uses, with a specialized tailfin that is somewhat shorter and much wider (so it will support the weight of the skiier when he is on the jump ramp.) Skiers towed behind a boat at fixed speed, manoeuver to achieve the maximum speed when hitting a ramp floating in the water, launching themselves into the air with the goal of travelling as far as possible before touching the water. Professional ski jumpers can travel up to 70 metres. The skier must successfully land and retain control of the ski rope to be awarded the distance.
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Cross-country skiing (skating style) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. ...
The FIS Ski jumping World Cup is arranged yearly by the International Ski Federation (FIS). ...
Freestyle skiing began in the 1930s, when Norwegian skiers began performing acrobatics during alpine and cross-country training. ...
Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. ...
External links - Olympic Ski Jumping History
- World's longest ski jump Bjørn Einar Romøren video
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