Mani Cooper

Last updated

Mani Cooper (born 6 June 2003) is Britain's first female Olympic ski jumper. [1]

Career

Cooper competes in Nordic Combined events. [2] She is the women's British ski jumping record holder, having jumped 77m in the FIS Alpen Cup at Seefeld, Austria on 20 December 2019. [3] Cooper finished 19th at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and 32nd at the 2020 FIS Junior World Ski Championships at Oberwiesenthal, Germany. [4] [5]

Cooper is a member of Great Britain's national ski jumping squad and is based in Tyrol, Austria.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ski jumping</span> Skiing winter sport

Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final score. Ski jumping was first contested in Norway in the late 19th century, and later spread through Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Along with cross-country skiing, it constitutes the traditional group of Nordic skiing disciplines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jens Weißflog</span> German former ski jumper (born 1964)

Jens Weißflog is a German former ski jumper. He is one of the best and most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport. Only Finns Matti Nykänen and Janne Ahonen, Poles Adam Małysz and Kamil Stoch and Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer have won more World Cup victories.

Andreas Felder is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armin Kogler</span> Austrian ski jumper

Armin Kogler is an Austrian former ski jumper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alessandro Pittin</span> Italian Nordic combined skier

Alessandro Pittin, is an Italian nordic combined athlete from Ski club Aldo Moro Paluzza.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimir Zografski</span> Bulgarian ski jumper

Vladimir Zografski, born 14 July 1993 in Samokov, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian ski jumper. He took 14th place at the normal hill individual event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, which was the best result for a Bulgarian ski jumper in Olympic history, beating Vladimir Breitchev's 19th place at the 1984 Winter Olympics. Zografski is the son of former Olympic ski jumper Emil Zografski.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordic combined at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics</span>

Nordic combined at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics was held at the Olympic Ski Jump at the Seefeld Arena in Seefeld, Austria on 14 and 16 January. The program consisted of just one event, however there was a mixed relay with Ski jumping athletes.

The 2013/14 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup was the 24th Alpen Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 6th for ladies. It began on 14 August 2013 in Pöhla, Germany and ended on 9 March 2014 in Chaux-Neuve, France.

The 2014/15 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup was the 25th Alpen Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 7th for ladies. It began on 13 August 2014 in Pöhla, Germany and ended on 8 March 2015 in Chaux-Neuve, France.

The 2015/16 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup was the 26th Alpen Cup season in ski jumping for men and the 8th for ladies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Selina Freitag</span> German ski jumper

Selina Alma Freitag is a German ski jumper. She won the overall ranking of the 2016–17 FIS Ski Jumping Alpen Cup, and has competed at World Cup level since the 2018–19 season. Her best individual result is second place, achieved on two occasions in 2023. At the 2019 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, she won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the mixed-team event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Bolton</span> British ski jumper (born 2002)

Sam Adams Bolton is a British ski jumper and current national record holder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Johanna Bassani</span> Austrian Nordic combined skier (2002–2020)

Johanna Bassani was an Austrian combined Nordic skier and ski jumper.

Sophie Sorschag is an Austrian-born naturalized Kosovan ski jumper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Moroder</span> Italian ski jumper

Daniel Moroder is an Italian ski jumper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joséphine Pagnier</span> French ski jumper

Joséphine Pagnier is a French ski jumper who won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics and won the French national championship in 2019 and 2020. She competed in the normal hill event at the 2022 Winter Olympics and came third at a 2021–22 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event in Aigner-Schanze.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frida Westman</span> Swedish ski jumper (born 2001)

Frida Westman is a Swedish ski jumper who competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She was the first Swedish female ski jumper at an Olympic Games. Westman has the best finish by any Swedish female ski jumper at a FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Eder</span> Austrian ski jumper

Lisa Eder is an Austrian ski jumper.

References

  1. ↑ "GB's first female Olympic ski jumper". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mani Cooper | GB Snowsport". www.gbsnowsport.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Alpen Cup Seefeld (AUT)" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Youth Olympic Winter Games Lausanne/ Les Tuffes (SUI)". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "FIS Junior World Ski Championships Oberwiesenthal (GER)". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.