Paul Ausserleitner Explained

Paul Ausserleitner
Birth Date:3 February 1925
Birth Place:Bischofshofen
Death Place:Bischofshofen
Nationality:Austrian
Occupation:ski jumper

Paul Ausserleitner (3 February 1925  - 9 January 1952) was an Austrian ski jumper. He died in an accident in Bischofshofen's ski jumping hill while on a training jump in 1952. To honour his memory, the hill was renamed after the accident to Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze. Ausserleitner holds the hill record in the K-50 hill in Gaisberg, Salzburg with 55 metres (achieved in 1949). The Gaisberg hill was later destroyed.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ski Jumping Hill Archive . Skisprungschanzen.com . 2010-02-13.