Niklaus Stump
Niklaus Stump   
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 Switzerland
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| birthday | December 23, 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Toggenburg , Switzerland
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| date of death | April 30, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death |
Wildhaus , Switzerland
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Cross-country skiing Nordic combined ski jumping |
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| society | SC Wildhaus | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Niklaus Stump (born December 23, 1920 in Toggenburg ; † April 30, 2005 in Wildhaus ) was a Swiss winter sports enthusiast who specialized in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined , but also competed in ski jumping and alpine skiing competitions.
Career
Stump, who started for SC Wildhaus , was one of the most successful Swiss all-rounders in the 1940s. At the Swiss Championships in Nordic Combined in 1944 in Gstaad , he secured the silver medal in the individual. At the same point he achieved his first national title with the title of special jumper. In the following year he won the four-team combination of ski jumping, cross-country skiing, downhill and slalom in Engelberg and became Swiss ski champion . There Stump received his first Nordic combined title at the Swiss Championships in Nordic Combined in 1945 . He defended this title in Davos in 1946 .
At the Holmenkollen in Oslo he had to admit defeat only to the Swede Sven Israelsson in the combined competition on March 2, 1947 , although he had fallen. At his first Olympic Winter Games in 1948 in St. Moritz the following year, he ran over 18 km in cross-country skiing at the same time as his compatriot Edy Schild in 20th place. In the individual combination, he achieved a good fourth place and only missed the bronze medal by 11.9 points . In the cross-country relay race, he came in fifth together with Robert Zurbriggen , Max Müller and Edy Schild. In addition to the Olympic Games, the cross-country skiing races were also considered the Nordic World Ski Championships . A few weeks after the games, he secured his last national title in combination in St. Moritz.
After his active career, Stump ran the “Alpenrose” hotel. The ski jumping facility in Unterwasser on Niklaus-Stump-Schanze was named in his honor after he had set one of the first hill records of 56 meters there. Most recently, the ski jump was called Säntisschanze again until it was demolished .
Web links
- Niklaus Stump in the database of the International Ski Association (English)
- Niklaus Stump in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Niklaus Stump on The-Sports.org
- Obituary on news.ch
- Obituary in Neue Zürcher Zeitung on May 11, 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ 38th Swiss ski race in Gstaad. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XXXIX / XL, 1944. pp. 130-142.
- ^ Paul Simon: The Swiss Ski Races 1905–1939. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association, Volume XXXV, 1939. pp. 59–78.
- ↑ 39th Swiss ski race in Engelberg. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XLI, 1947. pp. 66-71.
- ↑ 40th Swiss ski race in Davos. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XLI, 1947. pp. 72-78.
- ↑ 42nd Swiss Ski Race St. Moritz. In: Yearbook of the Swiss Ski Association. Volume XLII, 1948. pp. 73-80.
- ↑ Säntisschanze on Skisprungschanzen.com
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| SURNAME | Stump, Niklaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss winter sports enthusiasts |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toggenburg , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 2005 |
| Place of death | Wildhaus , Switzerland |