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Ganster was born in [[Kitzbühel]] in Austria in 1978. She has one brother and her parents are Dagmar and Dr. Edgar Ganster. Ganster was skiing from a very early age and receiving good support from her parents. She started ski jumping in 1990 and by 1993 she was being placed third at the Austrian National Championships in [[St. Agyd]]. By 1978 she was being placed second in the World junior championship whilst taking first place in the National championships.<ref name=ladies>[http://www.ladiesskijumping.com/pokaz.php?show=pokaz_skoczka&id=1002 Eva Ganster], LadiesSkiJumping.com, retrieved 31 January 2014</ref> Ganster is creditted with being one of the first women to show that women can ski jump and she enjoyed a lot of attention when competing. Ganster made a world record length jum of 113.5 metres in Lillehammer in 1994. She was the first person to "pre-jump" at the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994. Since then women have continued to compete under the auspices of the Women’s Ski Jumping Working Group which was also formed by the [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) in 1994. .<ref>[http://www.wsjusa.com/wsj-timeline/ Timeline of Women's ski jumping], wsjusa.com, rerieved 31 January 2014</ref> |
Ganster was born in [[Kitzbühel]] in Austria in 1978. She has one brother and her parents are Dagmar and Dr. Edgar Ganster. Ganster was skiing from a very early age and receiving good support from her parents. She started ski jumping in 1990 and by 1993 she was being placed third at the Austrian National Championships in [[St. Agyd]]. By 1978 she was being placed second in the World junior championship whilst taking first place in the National championships.<ref name=ladies>[http://www.ladiesskijumping.com/pokaz.php?show=pokaz_skoczka&id=1002 Eva Ganster], LadiesSkiJumping.com, retrieved 31 January 2014</ref> Ganster is creditted with being one of the first women to show that women can ski jump and she enjoyed a lot of attention when competing. Ganster made a world record length jum of 113.5 metres in Lillehammer in 1994. She was the first person to "pre-jump" at the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994. Since then women have continued to compete under the auspices of the Women’s Ski Jumping Working Group which was also formed by the [[International Ski Federation]] (FIS) in 1994. .<ref>[http://www.wsjusa.com/wsj-timeline/ Timeline of Women's ski jumping], wsjusa.com, rerieved 31 January 2014</ref> |
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She extended her own record to 167 metres in 1997 at [[Bad Mitterndorf]]. It was not until 1999 that the International Ski Federation formally approved Ladies Grand Prix competitions.<ref>[http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Articles/0033-The+history+of+ladies+ski+jumping History of Ski Jumping], retrieved January 2014</ref> |
She extended her own record to 167 metres in 1997 at [[Bad Mitterndorf]]. This record was set on February 9th and it placed Ganster into the [Guinness Book of Records]].<ref>[http://www.skijumping-info.com/info-section/ladies-ski-jumping.html Ladies' ski jumping], skijumping-info.com, retrieved 31 January 2014</ref> It was not until 1999 that the International Ski Federation formally approved Ladies Grand Prix competitions.<ref>[http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Articles/0033-The+history+of+ladies+ski+jumping History of Ski Jumping], retrieved January 2014</ref> |
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Ganster came first at [[Pöhla]] in Germany at an FIS event. Ganster was competing regularly in Italy, Germany, Norway and her own country.<ref name=eigh/> |
Ganster came first at [[Pöhla]] in Germany at an FIS event. Ganster was competing regularly in Italy, Germany, Norway and her own country.<ref name=eigh/> |
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Eva Ganster (born 30 March, 1978) was an Austrian champion ski jumper. She was the first woman to pre-jump at the Olympics in the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994. She made world record length jumps in 1994 and 1997.
Life
Ganster was born in Kitzbühel in Austria in 1978. She has one brother and her parents are Dagmar and Dr. Edgar Ganster. Ganster was skiing from a very early age and receiving good support from her parents. She started ski jumping in 1990 and by 1993 she was being placed third at the Austrian National Championships in St. Agyd. By 1978 she was being placed second in the World junior championship whilst taking first place in the National championships.[1] Ganster is creditted with being one of the first women to show that women can ski jump and she enjoyed a lot of attention when competing. Ganster made a world record length jum of 113.5 metres in Lillehammer in 1994. She was the first person to "pre-jump" at the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994. Since then women have continued to compete under the auspices of the Women’s Ski Jumping Working Group which was also formed by the International Ski Federation (FIS) in 1994. .[2]
She extended her own record to 167 metres in 1997 at Bad Mitterndorf. This record was set on February 9th and it placed Ganster into the [Guinness Book of Records]].[3] It was not until 1999 that the International Ski Federation formally approved Ladies Grand Prix competitions.[4]
Ganster came first at Pöhla in Germany at an FIS event. Ganster was competing regularly in Italy, Germany, Norway and her own country.[5]
Ganster last competitive international ski jump was in 2005 in Oslo where she was placed eigth.[5] Ganster having never formally represented her country at Olympic ski jumping. Women's skip jumping had been an Olymopic event until 1924 but it was not recognised as a Olympic event for women until the Winter Olympics in Sochi.[6] The Ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's Normal hill individual scheduled for February 11 is the first Olympic Ski Jumping competion for women.[7]
References
- ^ Eva Ganster, LadiesSkiJumping.com, retrieved 31 January 2014
- ^ Timeline of Women's ski jumping, wsjusa.com, rerieved 31 January 2014
- ^ Ladies' ski jumping, skijumping-info.com, retrieved 31 January 2014
- ^ History of Ski Jumping, retrieved January 2014
- ^ a b Eva Ganster, FIS, retrieved 31 January 2014
- ^ Women's ski jumping takes aim at the Olympics, SkiingHistory.org, retrieved 31 January 2014
- ^ Ski Jumping at Sochi, sochi2014olympicswiki.com, retrieved 31 January 2014