U.S. National Ski Jumping Championships in the winter sport of ski jumping are decided annually in the United States since 1905, except for the years 1919, 1943-1945 and 2020.
U.S. National Championship | |
Sport: | Ski jumping |
Administrator: | National Ski Association of America, United States Ski Association, U.S. Ski & Snowboard |
Location: | United States |
Established: | 1905 |
Ski jumping national championships organized by the National Ski Association of America (NSA)[1] [2] were held annually from 1905 - 1962.[3] Ski jumping, a winter sport competed on specially constructed ski hills, had been introduced by Norwegian immigrants to the U.S. in the 1880s, with ski clubs and annual tournaments beginning shortly afterwards.[4] The National Ski Association, formed by five Midwestern clubs, established categories of participation, scoring rules, and scheduled sanctioned meets, including the National Championship Tournament.
The National Championships were a stand-alone annual competition held during a two day tournament (typically in February, not the end of the ski season). The tournaments were hosted at a member club jumping hill scheduled in advance. Points were awarded by three judges based on distance covered and proper form, combined over two jumps.[5] Champion is the jumper who gets the most points per class, with a separate award for greatest standing distance. As an open competition through 1950, the entrants and tournament champion need not be a U.S. citizen. The National Ski Tournament featured Professional/Expert and Amateur/Novice class divisions, and may also include exhibition, Senior/veteran (over 31 years), and Junior (under 18 years) participation.[6] Starting in 1948, the Class A (Expert) National Champion was awarded the Torger Tokle Memorial Trophy.[7] No championships were held in 1919 and 1943 - 45, and in the years 1938, 1946 and 1952 separate open and closed competition national championships were awarded.[8] Class B national championships were held 1908 - 1957. The 1904 Ishpeming annual tournament won by Conrad Thompson[9] is cited by some sources as the first national championship, but this event was prior to official NSA tournaments.[10]
Year | Site | class A Champion | Sponsor | class B Champion | Sponsor | Notes | |
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1905 | Ishpeming, MI | Ole Westgaard | Coleraine, MN | n/a | [11] | ||
1906 | Ishpeming, MI | Ole Feiring | Duluth, MN | n/a | [12] | ||
1907 | Ashland, WI | Olaf Jonnum | Coleraine, MN | n/a | [13] | ||
1908 | Duluth, MN | John Evenson | Duluth, MN | H. Trannum | Duluth, MN | [14] [15] [16] | |
1909 | Eau Claire, WI | John Evenson | Duluth, MN | Ingolf Sand | Minneapolis, MN | [17] | |
1910 | Coleraine, MN | Anders Haugen | Chippewa Falls, WI | Barney Riley | Coleraine, MN | [18] | |
1911 | Chippewa Falls, WI | Francis Kempe | Red Wing, MN | Barney Riley | Coleraine, MN | [19] | |
1912 | Fox River Grove, IL | Chippewa Falls, WI | Carl Solberg | St. Paul, MN | [20] [21] | ||
1913 | Ironwood, MI | Ragnar Omtvedt | Chicago, IL | John Jobe | [22] | ||
1914 | Virginia, MN | Ragnar Omtvedt | Chicago, IL | Sigurd Bergerson | Virginia, MN | [23] | |
1915 | Duluth, MN | Chippewa Falls, WI | Sigurd Bergerson | Duluth, MN | [24] | ||
1916 | Glenwood, MN | Steamboat Springs, CO | Andrew Olson | Iola, WI | [25] | ||
1917 | St. Paul, MN | Ragnar Omtvedt | Chicago, IL | Ludvig Hoiby | Northfield, MN | [26] | |
1918 | Fox River Grove, IL | Chippewa Falls, WI | Sverre Hendricksen | Virginia, MN | [27] | ||
1919 | cancelled | n/a | n/a | [28] | |||
1920 | Chippewa Falls, WI | Anders Haugen | Steamboat Springs, CO | Sverre Hendricksen | Superior, WI | [29] | |
1921 | Genesee, CO | Carl Howelson | Steamboat Springs, CO | Einar Jensen | Chicago, IL | [30] | |
1922 | Fox River Grove, IL | Chippewa Falls, WI | Ragnar Omtvedt | Chicago, IL | [31] | ||
1923 | Glenwood, MN | Anders Haugen | Orchard Lake, MN | Werner Forsberg | Ironwood, MI | [32] | |
1924 | Brattleboro, VT | Canton, SD | Tarald Hoidalen | Chicago, IL | [33] | ||
1925 | Canton, SD | Alfred Ohrn | Chicago, IL | Halvor Bjorngaard | Red Wing, MN | [34] | |
1926 | Duluth, MN | Anders Haugen | Grand Beach, MI | Hans Troye | Madison WI | [35] | |
1927 | Genesee, CO | Lars Haugen | Minneapolis, MN | Hans Thorsdalen | Minneapolis, MN | [36] | |
1928 | Red Wing, MN | Minneapolis, MN | Steffan Trogstad | Superior, WI | [37] | ||
1929 | Brattleboro, VT | Strand Mikkelsen | Greenfield, MA | Guttorm Paulsen | Chicago, IL | [38] | |
1930 | Canton, SD | Minot, ND | John Steele | Denver, CO | [39] | ||
1931 | Fox River Grove, IL | Casper Oimoen | Minot, ND | George Gunderson | Racine, WI | ||
1932 | Lake Tahoe, CA | Anton Lekang | New York, NY | Portland, OR | [40] | ||
1933 | Salisbury, CT | Chicago, IL | Olav Aasen | New York, NY | [41] | ||
1934 | Fox River Grove, IL | Casper Oimoen | Minot, ND | Wisconsin Rapids, WI | [42] | ||
1935 | Canton, SD | Auburn, CA | Barney McLean | Hot Sulphur Springs, CO | |||
1936 | Red Wing, MN | George Kotlarek | Duluth, MN | Eugene Wilson | Coleraine, MN | [43] [44] | |
1937 | Salt Lake City, UT | Sigmund Ruud | Walter Johnson | Minneapolis, MN | [45] [46] | ||
1938 | Brattleboro, VT | Birger Ruud (open) | Ray Lambert | Lebanon, NH | [47] | ||
Sig Ulland (closed) | Leavenworth, WA | ||||||
1939 | St. Paul, MN | Reidar Andersen | Norway | Len Soler | St. Paul, MN | [48] | |
1940 | Berlin, NH | Sun Valley, ID | Ellsworth Mitchell | Ishpeming, MI | [49] | ||
1941 | Snoqualmie Pass, WA | Torger Tokle | Brooklyn, NY | Robert Riley | Coleraine, MN | [50] | |
1942 | Duluth, MN | Max Rentsch | Minneapolis, MN | [51] | |||
1943 | cancelled | n/a | n/a | ||||
1944 | cancelled | n/a | n/a | ||||
1945 | cancelled | n/a | n/a | ||||
1946 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Alf Engen (open) | Sun Valley, ID | W. Fahlstrom | Lake Placid, NY | [52] | |
Arthur Devlin (closed) | Lake Placid, NY | ||||||
1947 | Ishpeming, MI | Kenneth Oja | Ishpeming, MI | ||||
1948 | Snoqualmie Pass, WA | Arne Ulland | Neil Bergstrom | Iron Mountain, MI | |||
1949 | Salt Lake City, UT | Petter Hugsted | Eau Claire, WI | [53] | |||
1950 | Duluth, MN | Olavi Kuronen | Dave Freeman | Iron Mountain, MI | |||
1951 | Brattleboro, VT | Chicago, IL | Keith Zuehlke | Eau Claire, WI | |||
1952 | Salisbury, CT | Merrill Barber (open) | Brattleboro, VT | Earl Hill | Detroit, MI | ||
Clarence Hill (closed) | Ishpeming, MI | ||||||
1953 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Arthur E. Tokle | Chicago, IL | Richard Rahoi | Iron Mountain, MI | [54] | |
1954 | Ishpeming, MI | Salisbury, CT | Raymond Gauthier | Ishpeming, MI | |||
1955 | Leavenworth, WA | Rudy Maki | Ishpeming, MI | Jack Hooper | Iron Mountain, MI | [55] | |
1956 | Westby, WI | Keith Zuehlke | Eau Claire, WI | Jerry Lewis | Duluth, MN | ||
1957 | Berlin, NH | Ansten Samuelstuen | Steamboat Springs, CO | William P. Erickson | Iron Mountain, MI | [56] | |
1958 | Iron Mountain, MI | Eau Claire, WI | n/a | ||||
1959 | Leavenworth, WA | William P. Erickson | Iron Mountain, MI | n/a | |||
1960 | Iron Mountain, MI | Leavenworth, WA | n/a | ||||
1961 | Brattleboro, VT | Steamboat Springs, CO | n/a | [57] | |||
1962 | Fox River Grove, IL | Steamboat Springs, CO | n/a | [58] [59] |
The National Ski Association was succeeded by the United States Ski Association (USSA) as the U.S. national governing body for skiing.
Starting in 1981, ski jumping championships were competed on both Normal and Large Hills, with hill size measured in meters. In 1997 USSA was renamed the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). Women's national championship was added starting in 1997. Since 2010 the championships have been awarded by season (as does the FIS), which means that the championships held in October 2013 count as 2014 champions.
Year | Site | Hill | Champion | Notes |
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1963 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) | [60] | |
1964 | Ishpeming, MI | Suicide Hill (K90) | John Balfanz | |
1965 | Berlin, NH | Big Nansen Ski Jump (K82) | David Hicks | |
1966 | Iron Mountain, MI | Gene Kotlarek | ||
1967 | Leavenworth, WA | Bakke Hill (K100) | Gene Kotlarek | |
1968 | Westby, WI | Snowflake Ski Jump (K100) | Jay Martin | |
1969 | Brattleboro, VT | Harris Hill (K88) | Adrian Watt | |
1970 | Eau Claire, WI | Silver Mine Hill (K85) | Bill Bakke | |
1971 | Durango, CO | (K70) | Jerry Martin | |
1972 | Berlin, NH | Big Nansen Ski Jump (K82) | Greg Swor | |
1973 | Ishpeming, MI | Suicide Hill (K90) | ||
1974 | Leavenworth, WA | Bakke Hill (K100) | Ron Steele | |
1975 | Brattleboro, VT | Harris Hill (K88) | ||
1976 | Olympic Valley, CA | Papoose Peak Jumps (K80) | Jim Denney | |
1977 | Gilford, NH | Torger Tokle Memorial Ski Jump (K87) | ||
1978 | Leavenworth, WA | Bakke Hill (K100) | ||
1979 | Ishpeming, MI | Suicide Hill (K90) | ||
1980 | Eau Claire, WI | Silver Mine Hill (K85) | ||
1981 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90,K114) | ||
1982 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (K90) | ||
MacKenzie Intervale (K120) | ||||
1983 | Eau Claire, WI | Silver Mine Hill (K85) | ||
Westby, WI | Snowflake Ski Jump (K106) | |||
1984 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90,K114) | ||
1985 | Gilford, NH | Torger Tokle Memorial Ski Jump (K87) | ||
1986 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) | Rick Mewborn | |
Howelsen Hill (K114) | ||||
1987 | Ishpeming, MI | Suicide Hill (K90) | ||
Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K114) | |||
1988 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) | ||
Howelsen Hill (K114) | ||||
1989 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (K90,K114) | ||
1990 | Eau Claire, WI | Silver Mine Hill (K85) | ||
Westby, WI | Snowflake Ski Jump (K106) | |||
1991 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) | ||
Howelsen Hill (K114) | ||||
1992 | Brattleboro, VT | Harris Hill (K88) | ||
Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (K120) | |||
1993 | Westby, WI | Snowflake Ski Jump (K106) | ||
1994 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) | ||
Howelsen Hill (K114) | ||||
1995 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (K90) | ||
1996 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (K90,K120) | ||
1997 | Westby, WI | Snowflake Ski Jump (K106) Men | ||
Snowflake Ski Jump (K106) Women | Karla Keck | |||
1998 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (K114) | ||||
Howelsen Hill (K90) Women | ||||
1999 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (K90) Men | ||
MacKenzie Intervale (K120) Men | ||||
MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women | ||||
2000 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (K114) Men | ||||
Howelsen Hill (K70,K114) Women | ||||
2001 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (K90) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (K120) Men | ||||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (K90,K120) Women | ||||
2002 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90,K114) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (K70,K114) Women | ||||
2003 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (K90) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (HS127) Men | ||||
Howelsen Hill (K70) Women | ||||
2004 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Women | ||||
2005 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (HS127) Women | ||||
Howelsen Hill (HS100) Women | ||||
2006 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (HS100) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (HS127) Men | ||||
Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Women | ||||
2007 | Steamboat Springs, CO | Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Men | ||
Howelsen Hill (HS100,HS127) Women | ||||
2008 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Men | Anders Johnson | |||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100,HS134) Women | ||||
2009 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Men | ||||
Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women | |||
2010 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | ||
2011 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100,HS134) Men | ||
Fox River Grove, IL | Cary Hill (K70) Women | |||
2012 | Fox River Grove, IL | Cary Hill (K70) Men | ||
Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | |||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Women | ||||
2013 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Women | ||||
2014 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Men | ||
MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women | ||||
2015 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Women | ||||
Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Men | [61] | ||
MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women | ||||
2016 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Women | ||||
Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Men | |||
MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women | ||||
2017 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134) Women | ||||
Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Men | |||
MacKenzie Intervale (HS100) Women |
In 2017 USSA announced it was rebranding itself as U.S. Ski & Snowboard.
The 2020 National Championships were cancelled due to the global pandemic.
Year | Site | Hill | Champion | Note |
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2018 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134,HS100) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134,HS100) Women | ||||
2019 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Men | ||
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS100) Women | ||||
2020 | cancelled | n/a | ||
2021 | Park City, UT | Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134,HS100) Men | [62] | |
Utah Olympic Park Jumps (HS134,HS100) Women | [63] | |||
2022 | Lake Placid, NY | MacKenzie Intervale (HS128,HS100) Men | [64] | |
MacKenzie Intervale (HS128,HS100) Women | Annika Belshaw | [65] | ||