US Ski Jumping Champions

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Ski Jumping
National Champions

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LISTS OF PAST U.S. CHAMPIONS

National Champions, 1904 to1980
National Champions, 1981 to present (90 & 120 m.)
USA Junior Champions, up to 1980
USA Junior Champions, 1981 to present
USA Class B Champions
National Nordic Combined Champions
USA Masters Champions, up to 1980
USA Masters Champions, 1981 to present
USA Masters Age Group Champions

Starting in 1981, the U.S. Ski Association has sanctioned (in most years) two National Championship Ski Jumping events. These were originally called 70 and 90 meter events, then Normal Hill (NH) and Large Hill (LH), then (K)90 and 120 meter events. Some years these were held at a single site, Steamboat Springs or Lake Placid. In other years, they were separated. Sometimes it was not possible to schedule two events, so only one was held.

For several years during the 1980s, the U.S. and Canada have had a reciprocity agreement which permitted each nation's jumpers to compete in the other's national championships and to take home medals and hold titles. More recently this agreement has been changed. Now jumpers from other nations may ski as guests but can not win medals or displace U.S. competitors.

United States National Ski Jumping Champions, 1981 to present

year Hill Champion club or residence place of event 1981 (NH) Horst Bulau Ottawa CAN Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Horst Bulau Ottawa CAN Steamboat Spr. CO 1982 (NH) Reed Zuehlke Eau Claire WI Lake Placid NY (LH) Jeff Hastings Norwich VT Lake Placid NY 1983 (NH) Mark Konopacke Iron Mt. MI Eau Claire WI (LH) Jeff Hastings Norwich VT Westby WI 1984 (NH) Jeff Hastings Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Jeff Hastings Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO 1985 (NH) Chris Hastings Norwich VT Laconia NH (LH) -- no large hill event scheduled -- 1986 (NH) Rick Mewborn Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Mike Holland Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO 1987 (NH) Chris Hastings Norwich VT Ishpeming MI (LH) Mike Holland Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO 1988 (NH) Mark Konopacke Iron Mt. MI Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Mike Holland Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO 1989 (NH) Mike Holland Norwich VT Lake Placid NY (LH) Mike Holland Norwich VT Lake Placid NY 1990 (NH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Eau Claire WI (LH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Westby WI 1991 (NH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Steamboat Spr. CO tie (NH) Mark Konopacke Iron Mt. MI (LH) Ryan Heckman Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 1992 (NH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Brattleboro VT (LH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Lake Placid NY 1993 (NH) -- no normal hill event scheduled -- (LH) Jim Holland Norwich VT Westby WI 1994 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 1995 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Park City UT (LH) -- no large hill event scheduled -- 1996 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY (LH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY 1997 (NH) -- no normal hill event scheduled -- (LH) Casey Colby Lake Placid NY Westby WI 1998 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 1999 (NH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY (LH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Lake Placid NY 2000 (NH) Brendan Doran Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 2001 (NH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Park City UT (LH) Bill Demong Vermontville NY Park City UT 2002 (NH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Steamboat Spr. CO 2003 (NH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Johnny Spillane Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 2004 (NH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 2005 (NH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 2006 (NH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Spr. CO 2007 (NH) Bill Demong Vermontville, NY Steamboat Spr. CO (LH) Bill Demong Vermontville, NY Steamboat Spr. CO 2008 (NH) Johnny Spillane Steamboat Spr. CO Park City UT (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Park City UT

United States National Junior Ski Jumping Champions, 1981 to present

The following list of recent junior champions is the result of many hours of digging in a variety of sources, and may be the subject of some disagreements. Junior competitors at the National Championships are not treated the same year after year, sometimes they compete in a class by themselves, sometimes they are mixed with the other competitors. Sometimes a separate list of junior scores is published, sometimes not. Sometimes, when a junior class is designated, one or two top junior jumpers opt to "compete as seniors" so that they would be eligible to be National Champion (as opposed to National Junior Champion). My interpretation, in preparing this list of Junior Champions, has been that if a competitor is of junior age, and if he skis from a start no higher than the other junior competitors, then he will be eligible to be called National Junior Champion, even if he "competes as a senior". This policy determined the Champions listed for 1981 (Collins) and 1987 (Langlois).
Sources include printed event results (1982-1992 and a few later years), Ski Racing Redbook (1985-2000), USSA Nordic Competition Guide (1981-2000), and a few back issues of Ski Racing.
Please e-mail any comments, corrections or additions. Don West, April, 2000.
(last update, March, 2008)

Year Hill Champion Club or Location of Home Town Championship 1981 (NH) Ron Richards Oshawa ONT Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Steve Collins Thunder Bay ONT Steamboat Springs CO 1982 (NH) Veli Rautio Thunder Bay ONT Lake Placid NY (LH) Veli Rautio Thunder Bay ONT Lake Placid NY 1983 (NH) Jeff Volmrich Lake Placid NY Eau Claire WI (LH) Chris Hastings Norwich VT Westby WI 1984 (NH) Larry Olsen Eau Claire WI Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Larry Olsen Eau Claire WI Steamboat Springs CO 1985 (NH) Kris Severson Steamboat Springs CO Laconia NH (LH) -- no large hill event scheduled -- 1986 (NH) Kris Severson Steamboat Springs CO Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Tad Langlois Newport NH Steamboat Springs CO 1987 (NH) Tad Langlois Newport NH Ishpeming MI (Pat Hamler of Eau Claire won the junior class) (LH) Tad Langlois Newport NH Steamboat Springs CO 1988 (NH) Kurt Stein Madison WI Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Chris Gilbertson Steamboat Springs CO Steamboat Springs CO 1989 (NH) Kurt Stein Madison WI Lake Placid NY (LH) Kurt Stein Madison WI Lake Placid NY 1990 (NH) Eric Hiatt Iron Mountain MI Eau Claire WI (LH) Eric Hiatt Iron Mountain MI Westby WI 1991 (NH) Eric Hiatt Iron Mountain MI Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Ryan Heckman Steamboat Springs CO Steamboat Springs CO 1992 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Springs CO Brattleboro VT (LH) Ryan Heckman Steamboat Springs CO Lake Placid NY 1993 (NH) -- no normal hill event scheduled -- (LH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Westby WI 1994 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Todd Lodwick Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO 1995 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Park City UT (LH) -- no large hill event scheduled -- 1996 (NH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY (LH) Randy Weber Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY 1997 (NH) -- no normal hill event scheduled -- (LH) Taylor Hoffman Lake Placid NY Westby WI 1998 (NH) Bill Demong Vermontville NY Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Alan Alborn Anchorage AK Steamboat Springs CO 1999 (NH) Nathan Gerhart Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY (LH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Lake Placid NY 2000 (NH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO 2001 (NH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Park City UT (LH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Park City UT 2002 (NH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Clint Jones Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO 2003 (NH) Kyle Kessler Norge S.C. (IL) Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO 2004 (NH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO 2005 (NH) Chris Francis Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Evan Bliss Lake Placid NY Steamboat Springs CO 2006 (NH) Trevor Wert Steamboat Spr. CO Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO 2007 (NH) Nicholas Fairall Andover NH Steamboat Springs CO (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Steamboat Springs CO 2008 (NH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Park City UT (LH) Anders Johnson Park City UT Park City UT
See also the list of EARLY U.S. CHAMPIONS (before 1981)

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