WSJ Frequently Asked Questions > Timeline of women in ski jumping (4 entries)
Women have been ski jumping for more than 100 years.
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In 1924, Chamonix, France, hosts the first winter Olympics and ski jumping (for men only) is one of the eight sports. For the next 80 years, women jumped on their own ...
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Yes. In 1994, Austria’s Eva Ganster is the first woman to forejump in the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. Women continued to forejump in subsequent Games after that.
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Because ski jumping is not a new sport. It was one of the original eight sports in the first Winter Olympics. International elite women jumpers are ready, capable and prepared to ...
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1994 : International Ski Federation (FIS) establishes Women’s Ski Jumping Working Group. 1998 : First FIS sanctioned ladies summer Grand Prix series. (17 athletes, 7 nations) 1999 ...
