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Nation Athlete Metres Feet Place Year Source Japan Ryōyū Kobayashi: 291.0 955 Hlíðarfjall: 2024 [2] Austria Stefan Kraft (WR): 253.5 831 Vikersund: 2017 [3] Norway Robert Johansson
Ski jumping originated in Norway, and has been practiced since time immemorial, using handmade temporary hills. [5] The first record is credited to Olaf Rye, a Norwegian-Danish soldier, who set up a show spectated by his fellow soldiers in 1808, on an improvised hill of handmade piled snow, reaching 9.4 metres (15 alen) in Eidsberg, Norway.
Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories in corresponding disciplines. Until the 1984 Winter Olympics the Winter Olympics also served in ski jumping as the World Championships in Olympic years. During this period, the Olympic medalists received an additional medal from the International Ski Federation (FIS). This is not taken ...
Ski jumping national championships organized by the National Ski Association of America (NSA) [1] [2] were held annually from 1905 - 1962. [3] Ski jumping, a winter sport competed on specially constructed ski hills, had been introduced by Norwegian immigrants to the U.S. in the 1880s, with ski clubs and annual tournaments beginning shortly afterwards. [4]
Stefan Kraft holds the official record for the world's longest ski jump with 253.5 metres (832 ft), set on the ski flying hill in Vikersund in 2017. [3] 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.
After yet another modification, the national ski jumping championships in 1960 were held in Vikkollen. Ole Tom Nord was the Norwegian champion. In March 1960, the last jump record of 86.5 meters was set by the Finnish Paavo Lukkariniemi in a Nordic race. The last race in Vikkollen was held in 1963, and three years later, the scaffolding collapsed.
He is the first Russian in history who won an individual ski jumping World Cup event for men. He also took the Grand Prix 2018 overall title in ski jumping. He also has the national record for the longest ski jump with 237m. At the 2022 Olympics, he was part of the mixed team which won the silver medal.
Yevhen Marusiak (Ukrainian: Євген Ігорович Марусяк; born 16 March 2000) is a Ukrainian ski jumper.. He holds the national record for the longest jump, which was established on 1sh April 2023 in Planica, Slovenia, on Letalnica bratov Gorišek flying hill where he scored 213.5 m (700 ft) in team event.