Casey Larson Explained

Casey Larson
Birth Date:December 16, 1998
Birth Place:Barrington, Illinois, U.S.
Club:Norge Ski Club
Personalbest:216.5m (710.3feet)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
Seasons:2017–present
Individual Starts:39
Team Starts:19
Updated:1 December 2024

Casey Larson (born December 16, 1998) is an American ski jumper. According to historian Bill Mallon, he was the 100,000th Olympic male athlete to compete in the Olympic Games (across Summer and Winter Games).[1]

Career

In 2016, Larson participated at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer and the Junior World Championships in Rasnov.[2]

He was one of three Chicago-area teens to make the 2018 Olympics ski jumping team,[3] where he finished in 39th place in the normal hill individual event.[4] He also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing in 39th place on the normal hill and in 43rd place on the large hill.[5]

World Cup

Standings

SeasonOverall
scope=row align=center2016–1755
scope=row align=center2017–18
scope=row align=center2018–1966
scope=row align=center
scope=row align=center2020–2171 71 N/A
scope=row align=center2021–2250
scope=row align=center2022–2366 40
scope=row align=center2023–24

Individual starts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American Casey Larson makes history with ski jump at Olympics. CBSnews.com. 10 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Casey Lanson profile on USA Nordic. publisherusanordic.org. 17 March 2017. 11 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180211073545/https://www.usanordic.org/national-teams/ski-jumping/casey-larson/. dead.
  3. Web site: 3 Chicago-area ski club members make U.S. Olympic ski jump team: 'Unprecedented'. Danahey. Mike. The Courier-News. The Chicago Tribune. 10 February 2018.
  4. Web site: LARSON Casey – Olympic Winter Games . fis-ski.com . 29 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Olympic Results Casey Larson . Olympics.com.