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Men[edit]

This is a list of the top ten ski jumpers to represent Great Britain as measured by their longest jump in official competitions.

Athlete Longest Jump

(Metres)

Date Location Source
Sam Bolton 134.50 17 March 2019 Whistler Olympic Park, Canada [1]
Jake Lock 119.50 2 April 2017 Whistler Olympic Park, Canada [2]
Glynn Pedersen 113.50 1 September 2001 Salt Lake City, USA [3]
Robert Lock 109.50 29 July 2017 Park City, Utah, USA [4]
James Lambert 84 19 September 2011 Einsiedeln, Switzerland [5]
Eddie Edwards 71 15 February 1988 Calgary, Canada [6]
Oscar Jones 65 21 August 2011 Les Rousses, France [7]
Alan Jones 64.50 21 August 1989 Hinterzarten, Germany [8]
Guy Nixon 62 24 February 1931 Davos, Switzerland [9]
Colin Wyatt 57.50 1931 St Moritz, Switzerland [9]

British record by chronological progression[edit]

Date Distance

(metres)

Athlete Location Source
1930 55 Colin Wyatt St Moritz, Switzerland [9]
1931 57.50 Colin Wyatt St Moritiz, Switzerland [9]
24 February 1931 62 Guy Nixon Davos, Switzerland [9]
30 December 1986 65 Eddie Edwards Oberstdorf, Germany [10]
30 December 1987 68 Eddie Edwards Oberstdorf, Germany [11]
23 February 1988 71 Eddie Edwards Calgary, Canada [6]
4 August 2001 79 Glynn Pedersen Oberstdorf, Germany [12]
11 August 2001 85 Glynn Pedersen Berchtesgaden, Germany [13]
1 September 2001 101 Glynn Pedersen Salt Lake City, USA [3]
1 September 2001 113.50 Glynn Pedersen Salt lake City, USA [3]
2 April 2017 119.50 Jake Lock Whistler Olympic Park, Canada [2]
17 March 2019 134.50 Sam Bolton Whistler Olympic Park, Canada [1]

Notes:

In competition only.

Glynn Pedersen improved the record with both his first and second jumps on 1st September 2001.

Sam Bolton was aged 16 years and 98 days when he jumped 134.50m, making him the youngest person to hold the record.

Women[edit]

The current record holder is Mani Cooper, whose longest jump is 77m at the FIS Alpen Cup in Seefeld, Austria, December 2020.[14] Cooper competes in the Nordic Combined discipline.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "FIS Whistler Olympic Park (CAN)". www.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Canadian National Ski Jumping Championship".
  3. ^ a b c "FIS Continental Cup results".
  4. ^ "Results, USA large hill jumping championships, 2017" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Masters Summer Grand Prix results".
  6. ^ a b "Reappraising Eddie the Eagle, The Guardian".
  7. ^ "Results - Summer Special Grand Prix".
  8. ^ "International Summer Ski Jumping".
  9. ^ a b c d e Ashburner, Tim (2003). The history of ski jumping. Quiller Press. pp. 58–59, 68–71, 75. ISBN 1-904057-15-2.
  10. ^ "FIS World Cup results (4 Hills)".
  11. ^ "FIS World Cup (4 Hills 1987-88)".
  12. ^ "FIS Continental Cup result".
  13. ^ "International Summer Grand Prix".
  14. ^ "FIS Nordic Combined Alpen Cup" (PDF).
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_ski_jumping_records

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