Paul Ausserleitner

Paul Ausserleitner
Born (1925-02-03)February 3, 1925
Bischofshofen
Died January 9, 1952(1952-01-09) (aged 26)
Bischofshofen
Nationality Austrian
Occupation ski jumper
Bischofshofen showing the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ski jump.

Paul Ausserleitner (1925 January 9, 1952) was an Austrian ski jumper. He died in a tragic accident in Bischofshofen's ski jumping hill while on a training jump in 1952. To honour his memory, the hill was renamed after the accident to Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze. Ausserleitner holds the hill record in the K-50 hill in Gaisberg, Salzburg with 55 metres (achieved in 1949). The Gaisberg hill was later destroyed.[1]

References

  1. "Ski Jumping Hill Archive". Skisprungschanzen.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.


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