Harald Smith

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Harald Smith
H Smith (Norvégien) en 1907.jpg
H. Smith at Montgenèvre in 1907
Country Norway
Born(1879-06-29)29 June 1879
Østre Aker, Oslo, Norway
DiedMay 1977(1977-05-00) (aged 97)
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland
Personal best45 m (148 ft)
Davos, Switzerland
(28 February 1909)

Harald Smith (29 June 1879 – May 1977) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1904.[1]

Career[]

Smith was born in Østre Aker, a borough of the city of Oslo. After 1905 he moved to Sauze d'Oulx, Italy, and competed in the Italian Alps.[2] In 1908, together with the Italian ski jumper Paolo Kind, Smith designed the first ski jumping hill of Italy in Bardonecchia, which was finished in 1909, and where he held a record of 43 metres. The hill was named Trampolino Campo Smith in honor of his success.[3] He also kept the record of 45 metres on the Bolgenschanze in Davos (1909).[4]

Smith died in Bad Ragaz. His brother was also a notable ski jumper of his time.

Ski jumping world records[]

Date Hill Location Metres Feet
1909   Trampolino Campo Smith Bardonecchia, Kingdom of Italy 43 141
28 February 1909   Bolgenschanze Davos, Switzerland 45 148

References[]

  1. ^ Holmenkollen medalists Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing, p. 247.
  3. ^ Bardonecchia (in Italian)
  4. ^ Roland Huntford: Weltrekordentwicklung Skispringen/Skifliegen (in German)


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