Kurt Sigvard Elimä (24 August 1939 – 28 March 2024)[1] was a Swedish ski jumper who competed internationally from 1963 to 1968. He finished seventh in the individual normal hill event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[2][3]
| Kurt Elimä | |
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| Full name | Kurt Sigvard Elimä |
| Born | 24 August 1939 Narken, Sweden |
| Died | 28 March 2024 (age 84) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Ski club | Malmbergets AIF Gällivare IFK Kiruna |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 1964–1968 |
Elimä's best career finish international was fourth in an individual normal hill event in Austria in 1966.
"Kurre" won five Swedish Championships, participated in two Olympics (1964 and 1968)[2] and one world cup. He finished third in the classic Garmisch-Partenkirchen and won the Swiss ski weeks. He was a Swedish champion in 1963–1965, 1967 and 1969 and received Stora Grabbars Märke in 1969.
Biography edit
Kurt grew up in Korpilombolo, he has 12 siblings and was the second oldest.
Kurt was from a family of ski jumpers, with several brothers who have jumped including Lennart Elimä (who won Swedish Champions 1978) is one of those who also competed at a high level, and in the 1960s their father Lorenz Elimä built a jump on a hill in Malmberget.
Kurt started with a ski jumping club in Koskullskulle AIF; he also competed for the second tusk in his career as IFK Kiruna and Malmbergets AIF.
In Kaif (Koskullskulle AIF), he was also active after he stopped competing, he trained ski jumper Jan Boklöv who is the founder of V style that today is the basic style of ski jumping.
Kurt lived in Malmberget, and put in as coach of Kaif.
References edit
- ^ Kurt Elimä (in Swedish)
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kurt Elimä". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Kurt Elimä". SOK.se (in Swedish). Swedish Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
External links edit
- Kurt Elimaee at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Kurt Elimä at Olympics.com
- Kurt Elimä at Olympedia
- Kurt Elimä at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110823161758/http://olympicairport.drift.senselogic.se/5.aad0b10833d63e5c800018696.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100522044516/http://www.skidor.com/sv/SvenskaSkidforbundet/Historikochstatistik/Svenskamastare/Backenordiskkombination/
- http://www.nsd.se/arkiv/2006/02/02/Sport/3467161/Backhoppningen-%E4r-d%F6d.aspx (Swedish text)
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