Walter Malmquist

Walter Malmquist
Full name	Walter August Malmquist
nation	United States
birthday	March 3, 1956
place of birth	Fort Bragg , North Carolina
size	173 cm
Weight	67 kg
Career
society	Dartmouth Outing Club
National squad	since 1980
status	resigned
End of career	1980
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Debut in the World Cup	January 19, 1980
Overall World Cup	64th ( 1979/80 )

Walter August Malmquist (born March 3, 1956 in Fort Bragg , North Carolina ) is a former American Nordic combined athlete and ski jumper .

Career

The Malmquist, who started for the Dartmouth Outing Club, contested his first international race in Nordic Combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck . In the individual he was 29.

January 19, 1980 he started as a ski jumper for the first time in the newly created Ski Jumping World Cup in Thunder Bay, Canada . In the first competition he was able to collect first World Cup points with 8th place. In the second competition a day later he collected further World Cup points with 13th place. However, it was the only points he could win in his career as he no longer competed in the World Cup. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , he started in both Nordic combined and ski jumping. In the combination he reached the 12th place in the individual. In ski jumping he was 27 on the large hill.

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1979/80	64	11

Web links

• Walter Malmquist in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Walter Malmquist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )