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Speed: Date: Location: Ski: S1 Simon Billy France 255,500 km/h March 22, 2023 Vars: Ski: S1 Junior Ivan Origone Italy 250,700 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: S2 Gregory Meichtry Switzerland 211,020 km/h 2014 Vars: Ski: S2 Junior Jimmy Montès France 204,890 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: Handisport Michael Milton Australia 213,650 km/h 2006 Les Arcs ...
He broke the former All American record in 2006 with a speed of 154.06 mph flying past the former record held by John Hembel from Aspen Colorado with a speed of 153.03 mph at Les Arcs France 2006." [ 3 ] On April 19, places him 10th in the world all-time rankings.
A gifted all-around athlete, McKinney is best remembered as a world-class speed skier. In 1978 at Portillo, Chile, McKinney's record-breaking run of 200.222 km/h (124.137 mph) [2] made him the first speed skier to break the 200 km/h barrier. [3] Between 1974 and 1987, McKinney set seven world speed skiing records [4] in competitions around the ...
World Cup speed skiing Simon Billy in Vars, Hautes-Alpes 2019. Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line at as high a speed as possible, as timed over a fixed stretch of ski slope. There are two types of contest: breaking an existing speed record or having the fastest run at a given competition.
In 1995, Hamilton became the first skier to go faster than 150 miles per hour (240 km/h) and he held the world record between 1995 and 1997. He was a three-time world champion between 1998 and 2000; he also medaled in two other years. He also set a world record for inline speed skating at 65 miles per hour (105 km/h). [1] [2] [3]
He is the son of speedskier Philippe Billy, former world record holder of 243.902 km/h. Billy skied from an early age and was trained by his father, his younger brother Louis Billy is also a speedskier (241.125 km/h.) [1] Billy lives in Vars, Hautes-Alpes where the world's fastest speedski track is located. [2]
Speed Skiing* 44 in Speed Skiing. [42] 42: Eric Frenzel Germany: 43: 2007–2023: Nordic Combined: 21 in Gundersen NH, 19 in Gundersen Large Hill, 2 in Penalty Race, 1 in Mass Start. [43] Stefan Kraft Austria: 43 2012– Ski Jumping 31 in Large Hill, 10 in Flying Hill, 2 in Normal Hill. [44] 44: Magdalena Forsberg Sweden: 42: 1994–2002: Biathlon
Kristin Harila (born 28 March 1986) [7] is a Norwegian-Northern Saami [8] [9] [10] mountaineer and former cross-country skier.During 2022–2023, she set multiple speed records for the ascent of all 14 eight-thousanders, which are the peaks in the world that are over 8,000 metres in elevation.