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73.1 m (240 ft) Revelstoke, Canada. (4 February 1925) Nels Nelsen (3 June 1894 – 3 June 1943), born Nils Johan Nilsen and sometimes referred to as Nels Nelson, was a Norwegian -born Canadian ski jumper active between 1916 and 1932. Later he was ski jumping organizer. He was among the world's best ski jumpers during the 1920s, and held the ...
Nels Nelsen was a top-rated jumper in the 1920’s. A native of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada, Nels set a world distance record of 240 feet on the hill at Revelstoke in 1925. Nelsen competed in ski jumping meets all over North America during the twenties including the National Ski Association National Jumping Tournaments at Brattleboro, Vermont in 1924 and Denver, Colorado in 1927.
Nelsen had designed and built Suicide Hill in Revelstoke National Park. It was later renamed “Nels Nelsen Hill” in his memory in 1949. Nelsen was appointed Western vice-president of the Canadian Amateur Ski Association in 1934 and played a large part in uniting the western ski clubs and aligning them with the eastern clubs of the CASA.
Nels Nelsen , born Nils Johan Nilsen and sometimes referred to as Nels Nelson, was a Norwegian-born Canadian ski jumper active between 1916 and 1932. Later he was ski jumping organizer. He was among the world's best ski jumpers during the 1920s, and held the world record of 73 meters from 1925 to 1930. Born in Salangen, he moved with his family to Revelstoke, British Columbia, in 1912. Credited with bringing the sport of ski jumping to Canada, he made his debut on the nearby Big Hill in 1915 ...
Nels Christian Nelson (April 9, 1875 – March 5, 1964) was a Danish-American archaeologist. Biography [ edit ] Nelson was born near Fredericia , in the Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of Jutland , Denmark .
By the early 1920s, Nels Nelsen was already a legend, well-known throughout Canada for his skiing exploits. In February 1925, his reputation was further enhanced when he broke the existing world’s longest jump record with a leap of 224 feet (73.125 metres), which he later extended to 240 feet, a feat which caught the attention of the Europeans.
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Nels Nelsen Hill (orig.: Big Hill) is an abandoned ski jumping hill located in Mount Revelstoke National Park near the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. The original hill, Big Hill, was built in 1916 and was the first permanent ski jump in Canada.
