Steele was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and moved with his family to Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1918. When he was 12 he ski jumped at the local Winter Carnival, and continued to jump at the carnival for 20 years. While employed shovelling snow off a bank roof, he built a ski jump on the bank, which he used until the sheriff made him stop because of fears he would jump in front of passing traffic.[1] In 1924 he broke the world record in ski jumping for boys 14 and under. He went on to attend the University of Denver, where he founded the Pioneer Ski Club.[2]
^John Steele, Colorado Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
^"Local ski riders in U. S. Olympic Games team", Steamboat Pilot, January 29, 1932, p. 8
john, steele, jumper, john, steele, april, 1909, june, 1996, american, jumper, john, steelepersonal, informationnationalityamericanborn, 1909, april, 1909minneapolis, minnesota, united, statesdiedjune, 1996, 1996, aged, grand, junction, colorado, united, state. John Steele April 9 1909 June 7 1996 was an American ski jumper John SteelePersonal informationNationalityAmericanBorn 1909 04 09 April 9 1909Minneapolis Minnesota United StatesDiedJune 7 1996 1996 06 07 aged 87 Grand Junction Colorado United StatesSportSportSki jumpingSteele was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and moved with his family to Steamboat Springs Colorado in 1918 When he was 12 he ski jumped at the local Winter Carnival and continued to jump at the carnival for 20 years While employed shovelling snow off a bank roof he built a ski jump on the bank which he used until the sheriff made him stop because of fears he would jump in front of passing traffic 1 In 1924 he broke the world record in ski jumping for boys 14 and under He went on to attend the University of Denver where he founded the Pioneer Ski Club 2 Steele was selected as a member of the U S team for the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid New York and competed in the ski jumping individual event there 3 4 References edit 2018 19 Steamboat Press Kit Steamboat Resort p 76 John Steele Colorado Snowsports Museum Hall of Fame Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al John Steele Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on April 17 2020 Retrieved August 25 2019 Local ski riders in U S Olympic Games team Steamboat Pilot January 29 1932 p 8External links editJohn Steele at Olympedia nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to American ski jumping is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Steele ski jumper amp oldid 1156909775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
