Two national training groups were announced by the German Ski Association for the 2008/2009 season. This decision was made because of the coming World Championships in Liberec – first in the history, in which women will be allowed to compete. Jenna Mohr, Anna Häfele, Ulrike Grässler, Juliane Seyfarth and Magdalene Schnurr are the members of the first training group. The ...
The group of female ski jumpers, including Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, Ulrike Grassler, Daniela Iraschko, Jenna Mohr and Anette Sagen have filed a lawsuit against the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) for the 2010 Olympics because they want to see their sport included in the Games. “I am here today because I feel I have a moral responsibility to make things ...
Also the Italian Ski Association has nominated the ladies national ski jumping team for the coming season. There are no surprises in the squad. The top athletes of the Italian team in the new season will be the former Junior World Champion – Lisa Demetz and this year’s silver medalist from Zakopane – Elena Runggaldier. Ladies National Team 2008/2009:Lisa DEMETZEvelyn ...
A strong ladies ski jumping team has been nominated by Slovenian Ski Association. The national team for the season 2008/2009 consists of five girls. Maja Vtič, Eva Logar, Anja Tepeš, Manja Pograjc and Katja Požun will be coached by Primoz Rychl (head coach) and his asistants – Damjan Semrl and Zvone Pograjc. Slovenians decided also to nominate the two person ...
We are happy to announce that today www.ladies-skijumping.com – the new website about ladies ski jumping – has officially launched. The site is intended as the response to the rapid developement of the ladies ski jumping worldwide. It’s aim is to become the first international site covering all the aspects of this exciting discipline. The mission of the Ladies-Skijumping.com is ...
The sports camp In Chochlow is yet another project to promote Ladies Ski jumping in Russia. The grouping, to start at the end of April, is aimed at the most skilled of Russian youth in groups of boys and girls. The camp in Chochlow is the next, after the national team or the national ladies competition organization, step of our ...
The Swiss Ski Federation has announced the national teams for the 2008/2009 season. Only Bigna Widmueller and Salome Fuchs has been included in the ladies national teams. 17 year old Bigna will be the only women in the B team, and 15 year old Salome is the member of the C team. The Swiss Ski Federation requires Windmueller to perform ...
The most talented female ski jumper, beside Anette Sagen, Lindsey Van, has undergone a major knee surgery. The American suffered a serious injury during the official training in Breitenberg(15.02). “I landed with a telemark and felt a piercing pain in my knee. When I took off my skis and tried standing on the foot, I simply fell over”, states Lindsey ...
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has already published the draft of the Summer Ladies Continental Cup. The first event is scheduled in Bischofsgrün (HS 74) on the 9th of August. Then the tournament moves to Poehla, Ramsau and Bischofshofen. The most interesting competitions are probably in Oberstdorf, where also the men’s CoC is scheduled at the same time. The final ...
Juliane Seyfarth is a German ski jumper, who, after having won the title of World Junior Champion and winning five Ladies Continental Cup competitions and being only 16 years old, became completely lost. She has now slowly began to regain ground and promises to fight for the highest goals. Skijumping.pl: Two years ago you reached for the title of World ...