Bob Lymburne

Bob Lymburne
Bob Lymburne 1932
Full name	Robert Samuel Lymburne
nation	Canada
birthday	July 30, 1909
place of birth	Fort William
date of death	1936
Career
society	Revelstoke Ski Club
Pers. Best	87.5 m (1933)

Robert Samuel "Bob" Lymburne (born July 30, 1909 in Fort William , † 1936 ) was a Canadian ski jumper .

Lymburne, whose parents moved to Revelstoke at an early age, started ski jumping at an early age. So he built his own jump on his parents' farm. He later started jumping on Mount Revelstoke, where he also jumped the Canadian record in 1933 and his personal best with 87.5 m. Before that, he reached 19th place from the normal hill at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . Shortly after the games he jumped a new ski flying world record on Nels Nelson Hill in Revelstoke with 82.0 m . This lasted almost a year until the Norwegian Sigmund Ruud surpassed him by two meters. In February 1935 he had a serious fall on his home hill and had to end his active ski jumping career.

In late 1935 or early 1936, Lymburne left his home for a mountain hike and never returned from there.

Hill records

place	country	Expanse	set up	Record up
Revelstoke	Canada	82.0 m (K: 85 m)	March 13, 1932	1933
Revelstoke	Canada	87.5 m (K: 85 m)	1933	1967

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