Steve Collins (ski jumper)

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Steve Collins Ski jumping
nation CanadaCanada Canada
birthday March 13, 1964
place of birth Thunder Bay , Ontario
Career
Pers. Best 170 m (Harrachov 1980)
status resigned
End of career 1991
Medal table
JWM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Ski jumping junior world championship
gold 1980 Örnsköldsvik Normal hill
bronze 1981 Schonach Normal hill
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
 Debut in the World Cup December 27, 1979
 World Cup victories (individual) 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 12. ( 1979/80 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single jump 1 0 2
last change: June 16, 2011

Steve Collins (born March 13, 1964 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ski jumper . Collins is a member of the Ojibwa nation.

Career

In the ski jumping World Cup , Collins made his debut in the 1979/80 season and first drew attention to himself on December 27, 1979 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy , when he was able to take tenth place in his first World Cup competition. He became Junior World Champion on the normal hill in Örnsköldsvik in 1980 . On March 9, 1980, just before his 16th birthday, he won the jumping from the large hill in Lahti . This makes him the youngest ever World Cup winner. In addition to this victory, he was twice third in the World Cup and reached 18 other top 10 placements. He completed his last World Cup competition in December 1991.

Steve Collins stood out in the ski jumping circus because he could neither read nor write . At the beginning of his World Cup career, he always jumped without ski goggles, which was quite unusual even at the time.

successes

World Cup victories

date place country
March 9, 1980 Lahti FinlandFinland Finland

World Cup placements

season space Points
1979/80 12 83
1980/81 14th 59
1981/82 55 4th
1982/83 32 24
1983/84 69 3
1984/85 27 28
1985/86 20th 34
1987/88 44 15th

Hill records

place country Expanse set up on Record up
Lahti FinlandFinland Finland 124.0 m
( HS : 130 m)		 March 9, 1980 March 1, 1992

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Overview of results at www.fis-ski-com .
  2. ↑ Kurier newspaper , print edition of March 3, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Collins, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ski jumper
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada