Kangaroo Hoppet

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Kangaroo Hoppet
Competitors massing for the start of the 2005 Kangaroo Hoppet
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	August
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Falls Creek, Victoria
Country	Australia
Inaugurated	1979 (1979)

The Kangaroo Hoppet is a long distance cross-country skiing race in Australia. It is held in Falls Creek, Victoria. It debuted in 1979, and is part of Worldloppet since 1991. It is held annually on the fourth Saturday of August.

The Kangaroo Hoppet event consists of three races:

• The Kangaroo Hoppet is a 42 km race, and for the purposes of the Worldloppet counts as a main race.
• The Australian Birkebeiner is a 21 km race, and for the purposes of Worldloppet counts as a short race.
• The Joey Hoppet is a 7 km race, and does not count as either a main race or a short race.

History[]

Skiers in Sun Valley loop of the Hoppet

The Kangaroo Hoppet has its origins in the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club's 21 km Australian Birkebeiner, first held in 1979 in Falls Creek. The race was based on the original Norwegian Birkebeiner. In 1989, the organisation extended the race to a 42 km race, and added the 21 km race and 7 km race (which would originally be known as the Birkebeiner Lite). They then petitioned the Worldloppet in 1990 to allow a race in the southern hemisphere, and as part of its petition the race format was changed to a freestyle event. The first race as part of the Worldloppet circuit was held in 1991.^[1]

Winners[]

Men[]

Year	Kangaroo Hoppet	Australian Birkebeiner	Joey Hoppet
2014	Valerio Leccardi (SUI)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2013	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	(RUS)
2012	Alexander Legkov (RUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2011	Petr Novak (CZE)	Phillip Bellingham (AUS)	(AUS)
2010	Valerio Leccardi (SUI)	Mark Raymond (AUS)	(AUS)
2009	Ben Sim (AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2008	Ben Sim (AUS)	Callum Watson (AUS)	(AUS)
2007	(GER)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2006	Ben Sim (AUS)	Neil Van der Ploeg (AUS)	(NZL)
2005	Ben Sim (AUS)	Ben Koons (NZL)	Callum Watson (AUS)
2004	(AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2003	(AUS)	Ben Sim (AUS)	Neil Van der Ploeg (AUS)
2002	Stanislav Řezáč (CZE)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2001	(AUS)	Ben Sim (Australia)	(AUS)
2000	(AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
1999	(RUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
1998	(CZE)	(NZL)	(AUS)
1997	Paul Gray (AUS)	(KOR)	(AUS)
1996	Johann Mühlegg (GER)	(AUS)	Paul Murray (AUS)
1995	Andre Jungen (SUI)	Sean Donohue (AUS)	(AUS)
1994	Peter Schlickenrieder (GER)	Sean Donohue (AUS)	(USA)
1993	Anders Aukland (NOR)	Paul Gray (AUS)	(AUS)
1992	Gudmund Skjeldal (NOR)	(KOR)	(KOR)
1991	John Aalberg (USA)	(KOR)	(AUS)

Women[]

Year	Kangaroo Hoppet	Australian Birkebeiner	Joey Hoppet
2014	Valentina Shevchenko (UKR)	Casey Wright (AUS)	(AUS)
2013	(RUS)	(USA)	(JPN)
2012	(SWE)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2011	Esther Bottomley (AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2010	Esther Bottomley (AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2009	Katherine Calder (NZL)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2008	(USA)	Chloe McConville (AUS)	Lucy Glanville (AUS)
2007	Katherine Calder (NZL)	Aimee Watson (AUS)	(AUS)
2006	Natascia Leonardi-Cortesi (SUI)	(USA)	(AUS)
2005	Clare-Louise Brumley (AUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
2004	Clare-Louise Brumley (AUS)	Esther Bottomley (AUS)	Chloe McConville (AUS)
2003	Belinda Phillips (AUS)	Katherine Calder (NZL)	Aimee Watson (AUS)
2002	Belinda Phillips (AUS)	Katherine Calder (NZL)	(AUS)
2001	Belinda Phillips (AUS)	(AUS)	Esther Bottomley (AUS)
2000	(AUS)	(AUS)	Esther Bottomley (AUS)
1999	(NOR)	(AUS)	Esther Bottomley (AUS)
1998	(RUS)	(AUS)	Katherine Calder (NZL)
1997	(AUS)	(KOR)	(AUS)
1996	(FIN)	Belinda Phillips (AUS)	(AUS)
1995	Maria Theurl (AUT)	Jenny Griffiths (AUS)	(AUS)
1994	Antonina Ordina (SWE)	(RUS)	(USA)
1993	(RUS)	(AUS)	(AUS)
1992	(SUI)	(KOR)	(KOR)
1991	Betsy Youngman (USA)	(AUS)	(AUS)

References[]

External links[]

• Kangaroo Hoppet web site