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Ski Jumping At The 1928 Winter Olympics
The men's ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiaschanze in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on 18 February. Thirty-eight competitors from thirteen nations competed, with the event being won by Norway's Alf Andersen ahead of countryman Sigmund Ruud and Czechoslovakia's Rudolf Burkert. Norway sent a strong contingent with four jumpers able to win the event, including reigning Olympic and world champion Jacob Tullin Thams. Andersen had won all eight Norwegian qualification events. World record holder Nels Nelsen from Canada was not permitted to participate due to financial problems. Japan participated in an international ski jumping competition for the first time, also becoming the first Asian country to do so. After the first jump, three Norwegians were in the lead. A 40-minute discussion erupted regarding the speed, with Central European jumpers wanting it increased. This was complied with by the jury, resulting in falls by several favorites, including the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympiaschanze
Olympiaschanze was a ski jumping venue in St. Moritz, Switzerland, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006. The Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics, ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined at the 1928 Winter Olympics, Nordic combined event for the 1928 Winter Olympics. Its K-point was 66 m. References *Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 Jun 2006.1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 1.p. 47. 1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 2.pp. 10–1. 1948 Winter Olympics official report. pp. 6, 21. Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics Defunct sports venues in Switzerland Ski jumping venues in Switzerland Olympic Nordic combined venues Olympic ski jumping venues Sport in St. Moritz Buildings and structures in Graubünden {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordic Combined At The 1928 Winter Olympics
At the 1928 Winter Olympics one individual Nordic combined event was contested. It was held on Friday, February 17, 1928 (cross-country skiing) and on Saturday, February 18, 1928 (ski jumping). Unlike today the ski jump was the last event held. Both events were also individual medal events. Medalists Results Final standings Participating nations A total of 35 Nordic combined skiers from 14 nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External linksInternational Olympic Committee results database * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordic Combined At The 1928 Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Department of Defense to help train Ski Troops at the 10th Mountain Division. He later helped to promote skiing as at the Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont. He was elected to the National Ski Hall of Fame The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Ishpeming, Michigan, the birthplace of organized skiing in the United States. Located in the state's Upper Peninsula, the building includes the hall of fame and museum, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sven-Olof Lundgren
Sven-Olof Lundgren (3 November 1908 – 26 March 1946) was a Swedish ski jumper. He participated at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ..., where he placed fifth. References External links * 1908 births 1946 deaths Sportspeople from Örnsköldsvik Swedish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Sweden Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Skiers from Västernorrland County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel-Herman Nilsson
Axel-Herman Nilsson (31 December 1894 – 12 May 1969) was a Sweden, Swedish Nordic skiing, Nordic skier who competed in the 1920s. He was born and died in Stockholm. Nilsson competed in the first two Winter Olympics in the individual large hill ski jumping, finishing sixth in the Ski jumping at the 1924 Winter Olympics, 1924 competition and fourth in Ski jumping at the 1928 Winter Olympics, 1928 event. He also finished fifth in the Nordic combined at the 1924 Winter Olympics, Nordic combined competition in 1924. Nilsson represented Djurgårdens IF. He was three-time Swedish champion in ski jumping in 1922–1924 for Djurgårdens IF. References Axel-Herman Nilsson's profile at Sports Reference.com External links * 1894 births 1969 deaths Skiers from Stockholm Swedish male Nordic combined skiers Swedish male ski jumpers Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Sweden Olympic ski jumpers for Sweden Nordic combined skiers at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1924 Winter O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronisław Czech
Bronisław "Bronek" Czech (; 25 July 1908 – 4 June 1944) was a Polish sportsman and artist. A gifted skier, he won championships of Poland 24 times in various skiing disciplines, including Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ski jumping. A member of the Polish national team at three consecutive Winter Olympics, he was also one of the pioneers of mountain rescue in the Tatra Mountains and a glider instructor. He was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Biography Czech was born 25 July 1908Some sources cite 16 August of the same year. in Zakopane, then in Austro-Hungarian Galicia. His parents were Józef Czech and Stanisława née Namysłowska. There he attended local public school and a private gymnasium, but in the end he finished only three classes of a local wood industry school (in 1927).olimpijski.pl The same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland At The 1928 Winter Olympics
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Glacial Period. Culturally diverse throughout late antiquity, in the early medieval period the region became inhabited by the West Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 1928 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. These games marked the first time in Olympic History that Great Britain didn't take a gold medal. Medallists Bobsleigh Figure skating ;Men ;Women ;Pairs Ice hockey Group A The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round. Medal round The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners. Skeleton Speed skating ;Men References * * Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com {{Nations at the 1928 Winter Olympics Nations at the 1928 Winter Olympics 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Longest Ski Jumps
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which athletes compete on distance and style in a jump from a ski jumping hill. The sport has traditionally focused on a combination of style and distance, and it was therefore early seen as unimportant in many milieus to have the longest jump. The International Ski Federation (Fédération Internationale de Ski; FIS) has opposed the increase in hill sizes, and do not recognize any world records.James, Kathleen (July–August 2011)''Skiing Heritage Journal'' p. 3, at Google Books. International Skiing History Association. Retrieved 14 May 2024. Since 1936, when the first jump beyond 100 metres (330 ft) was made, all world records in the sport have been made in the discipline of ski flying, an offshoot of ski jumping using larger hills where distance is explicitly emphasised. As of 30 March 2025, the longest jump ever recorded in any official competition is , set by Domen Prevc at Letalnica bratov Gorišek in Planica, Slovenia. As of 14 March 2025 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne McKenzie
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung/ or ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon Ranges. As of 2023, the population of the metropolitan area was 5.2 million, or 19% of the population of Australia; inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal Victorians for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motohiko Ban
Motohiko Ban (1 January 1905 – 3 September 1998) was a Japanese ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit .... References 1905 births 1998 deaths Japanese male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Japan Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kyoto 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Kleppen
Hans Kleppen (16 March 1907 – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian ski jumper who competed in the late 1920s. He won a bronze medal on the individual large hill competition at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Zakopane. Kleppen was born in Bø, Telemark in March 1907. He turned 100 in March 2007 and, having participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics, was Norway's oldest living Olympian. References External links * * * * Notice of deathfrom Aftenposten (; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen ... 1907 births 2009 deaths People from Bø, Telemark Norwegian men centenarians Norwegian male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Norway FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Skiers from Telemark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
