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Tim Ashburn says in his book The History of Ski Jumping that Norheim's longest jump on the circular track in Haugli ground in 1868 should have been measured at 9.4 metres alen [8] but that newspapers in Christiania reported that the length "was a little exaggerated", so the official record is everywhere written as 19.5 m.
Pine Mountain holds the U.S. records for the longest jump in World Cup competition at 140m (459 feet), as well as the overall distance record at 144m (472.44feet). [ 2 ] , not counting records set at ski flying hills.
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
He held the world record for the world's longest ski jump at 251.5 meters (825 feet), which he jumped in Vikersund, Norway on 15 February 2015, beating Peter Prevc's record that was set the day before by 1.5 meters. [citation needed] He represents the sports club Hornindal IL [1] and lives in Hornindal. [2]
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.
Grimditch holds the world record for longest ski jump, breaking his thrice-held previous records by jumping 180 feet in the air in 1975. [ 2 ] Though inducted into the American Water Ski Hall of Fame in 1986 [ 3 ] and the International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame in 2005, one of Grimditch's most well-known legacies was when he competed ...
Boy van Baarle (born 18 December 1983 in Delft) is a Dutch former ski jumper and ski jumping coach. He was a representative of the Netherlands in ski jumping and holds the national record for the longest men's ski jump. His greatest international achievement was finishing 5th in a FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup in Ishpeming during the 2000/ ...
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.