Carl Howelsen

Carl Howelsen
Photo published in Asker and Bærum Budstikke in 1903.
nation	United States
birthday	March 23, 1872
place of birth	Kristiana ,  Norway
date of death	1955
Place of death	Oslo ,  Norway
Career
Medal table
National medals 1 × ? × ? ×
US championships gold 1921 Steamboat Springs Normal hill

Carl Howelsen (born March 23, 1872 in Kristiana as Karl Hovelsen , † 1955 ibid) was an American Nordic skier who was active in all Nordic disciplines.

Career

Howelsen, who was born in Norway in 1872 as Karl Hovelsen, began Nordic skiing at an early age. As a member of Bærums SK , he won the Nordic Combined competition at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 1903 . He also won cross-country skiing competitions in 1902 and 1903 . In 1903 he was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal for his successes . Howelsen emigrated to the United States with his family in 1905 , changed his name to Carl Howelsen, and began developing ski jumping in Colorado there . He was active as a ski jumper for the Ringling Brothers Circus for years and played a key role in establishing the Norge Ski Club in Chicago . In 1921, at the age of 49, he won the national championship title in Steamboat Springs. In 1922 he visited his parents in Norway and during the visit met his future wife, for whom he stayed in Norway until his death in 1955.

In 1969 Howelsen was inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame . In 1977 he was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame .

In the town where he won the title, Steamboat Springs , the hill was named after him and is now called Howelsen Hill . Howelsen's son Leif Hovelsen co- published a biography with the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 1983 called The Flying Norseman .

Web links

• Carl Howelsen in the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of Ski jumping ( Memento from May 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Sports Illustrated
2. ^ History of the Howelsen Hill Ski Area