Steve Collins (ski jumper)

Steve Collins (born 13 March 1964) is a Canadian former ski jumper who was successful in the 1980s.[1]

Steve Collins
Country Canada
Born (1964-03-13) 13 March 1964
Thunder Bay, Canada
Personal best172 m (564 ft)
Harrachov, 28-29 March 1980
World Cup career
Seasons1980–1986
1988
1991–1992
Individual wins1
Indiv. podiums3
Indiv. starts63
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Career

Steve began his World Cup jumping career on 27 December 1979 with a 10th place finish at Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy on the Large Hill, followed 3 days later with a 66th place finish on the K-115 hill at Schattenbergschanze in Oberstdorf, Germany. The following year, on 28 February 1980, he won the FIS Junior World Ski Championships at Örnsköldsvik in Sweden.[2] In 1979 Collins won the national Tom Longboat Award that recognizes Aboriginal athletes for their outstanding contributions to sport in Canada.[3] He once held the record for the longest jump on a 90-meter hill with 128.5 meters at Big Thunder in Thunder Bay on 15 December 1980.[4] Along with team-mate Horst Bulau, Canada gained more than respectable results in the sport that had been dominated by Europeans.[5][6] He left the World Cup circuit in 1988, but returned to his home hill in Thunder Bay for both hills in 1990 and his final World Cup appearance on 12 February 1991.[2]

World Cup

Standings
Season Overall 4H SF
1979/80 1242N/A
1980/81 1537N/A
1981/82 5573N/A
1982/83 3237N/A
1983/84 6920N/A
1984/85 27—N/A
1985/86 2049N/A
1987/88 42123N/A
1990/91 ———
1991/92 ———

Medals
No. Medal Season Date Location Hill Size
1 Gold1979/809 March 1980Finland LahtiSalpausselkä, K113LH
2 Bronze1980/8121 February 1981Canada Thunder BayBig Thunder, K-90NH
3 Bronze1985/8615 December 1985United States Lake PlacidMacKenzie Intervale, K86NH

Olympics
Year Location Rank (Normal Hill) Rank (Large Hill)
1980 Lake Placid289
1984 Sarajevo2536
1988 Calgary1335

References
  1. "The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame: Steve Collins" (PDF). Canadian Ski Museum. 30 March 2015.
  2. "COLLINS Steve - Biographie". data.fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  3. Forsyth, Janice (2005). "List of Regional(R) and National(N) "Tom Longboat" recipients 1951-2001" (PDF). Aboriginal Sports Circle. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  4. "The Canadian Ski Hall of Fame: Steve Collins" (PDF). Canadian Ski Museum. 30 March 2015.
  5. "Catching up with Canadian ski jumping legend Horst Bulau". St. Catharines Standard. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. "USA Nordic Sport Story Project". ??. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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