Suicide hill

Location
city	Ishpeming
country	United States
society	Ishpeming Ski Club
Extended	1972
Hill record	102.0 m Ferdinand Bader (March 2nd, 2003)
Data
Landing
Hillsize	HS 96
Construction point	90 m
More jumps
	K 60; K 40; K 20; K 13;

46.483086 -87.626591Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′ 59 " N , 87 ° 37 ′ 36" W.

Suicide Hill (" Suicide Hill ") is a facility with five ski jumps in Ishpeming , Michigan , USA .

history

Norwegian immigrants brought skiing to the states of Michigan , Wisconsin, and Minnesota . Ski jumping initially took place in several regions and on different hills. Above all, striving for as wide jumps as possible, the organizers kept building new constructions, which, however, also became increasingly dangerous. After a long search, the largest possible hill was finally found, which was converted into a ski jump in 1925. The following year, when Walter Anderson was injured while jumping, the local press wrote about Suicide Hill . Although the ski club initially fought against this name, it was later adopted. Work was carried out several times on the ski jump, the largest renovation took place in 1972 when the facility was expanded to its present size. In 2009 the small hills K40 and K13 were covered with plastic matting so that they could also train in summer.

In 1947, 1954, 1964, 1973, 1979 and 1987 the national ski jumping championships took place on the hill. From 1999 to 2002, several competitions were held as part of the Ski Jumping Continental Cup .

Since 1887 the Ishpeming Ski Club has organized an annual ski jumping tournament in which both national and international athletes take part.

International competitions

All competitions organized by the FIS are named .

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 26, 1999	Continental Cup	K90	Japan Yukitaka Fukita	?	?
February 27, 1999	Continental Cup	K90	Germany Roland Audenrieth	?	?
February 19, 2000	Continental Cup	K90	Germany Dirk Else	Germany Dennis Störl	Slovenia Rolando Kaligaro
February 20, 2000	Continental Cup	K90	Japan Homare Kishimoto	Germany Dennis Störl	Finland Marko Malkamaki
February 24, 2001	Continental Cup	K90	Finland Lassi Huuskonen	Slovenia Robert Kranjec	Finland Janne Ylijärvi
January 19, 2002	Continental Cup	K90	Austria Mathias Hafele	Austria Gerhard Hofer	Austria Bastian Kaltenböck
January 20, 2002	Continental Cup	K90	Slovenia Bine Norčič	Norway Tore Sneli	Austria Gerhard Hofer
February 28, 2003	Continental Cup	K90	Germany Kai Bracht	Germany Ferdinand Bader	Finland Lauri Hakola
March 1, 2003	Continental Cup	K90	Germany Roland Audenrieth	Germany Kai Bracht	Germany Ferdinand Bader
March 2, 2003	Continental Cup	K90	Germany Ferdinand Bader	Finland Juha-Matti Ruuskanen	Finland Lauri Hakola