Alan Alborn

Alan Alborn
Alan Alborn at Holmenkollen 2006
Full name	Alan Jacob Alborn
nation	United States
birthday	December 13, 1980
place of birth	Anchorage ,  United States
Career
society	Alaska Jumping Club
Pers. Best	221.5 m ( Planica 2002)
status	resigned
End of career	2007
Medal table
National medals 3 × 1 × 0 ×
US championships gold 1999 Lake Placid singles gold 2001 Chevy Trucks Single K120 silver 2001 Chevy Trucks Single K90 gold 2002 Steamboat Springs singles
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	December 12, 1998
Overall World Cup	20th ( 2001/02 )
Ski flying world cup	27. ( 2000/01 )
Jump World Cup	53rd ( 1999/00 )
Four Hills Tournament	14. ( 2001/02 )
Nordic Tournament	22. (2002)
Ski jumping Grand Prix
Overall Grand Prix	8. ( 2001 )

Alan Jacob Alborn (born December 13, 1980 in Anchorage , Alaska ) is a retired American ski jumper .

Career

From 2001 to 2017 he was the US record holder in ski flying with a flight of 221.5 m ( Planica , Slovenia). For many years Alborn was the most important ski jumper in the USA and a member of the national team for six years.

Alborn was already a participant in the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano at the age of 17 and took part in his second Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002 .

In the World Cup , the 2001/02 season was his most successful with a 20th place overall. In March 2003, he had to resign due to ongoing knee problems and operations. Nevertheless, he started a comeback in the 2004/05 winter season , but was thrown back by a new knee injury. In the following years he was unable to build on previous successes and was constantly fighting to keep up. In 2006 he took part in his third Olympic Games in Turin . After the 2006/07 season , he finally ended his career.

He now works as an official FIS snow controller.

statistics

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1998/99	58.	021st
1999/00	54.	034
2000/01	55.	042
2001/02	20th	263
2002/03	63.	017th
2004/05	91.	001
2005/06	76.	005

Hill records

place	country	Expanse	set up on	Record up
Engelberg	Switzerland	137.0 m ( HS : 137 m)	December 15, 2001	December 20, 2003

Web links

• Alan Alborn in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alan Alborn in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Website of Alan Alborn (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ COC season to get underway in Park City (USA). In: fis-ski.com. FIS , December 12, 2019, accessed on December 13, 2019 .