| Nicholas Alexander | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Born | (1988-08-24) August 24, 1988 (age 36) Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Ski club | Lebanon Outing Club |
| Personal best | 184 m (604 ft) Planica, 19 March 2010 |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2010 2013–2016 |
| Indiv. starts | 21 |
| Team starts | 6 |
| Updated on August 2, 2016. | |
Nicholas Alexander (born August 24, 1988) is an American former ski jumper. who competed in the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics as a member of Team USA
Career
Early years
He was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Alexander learned to ski and ski jump from members of the Lebanon Outing Club at the Storrs Hill Ski area. He made his world cup debut in Kuusamo in 2009. He is a member of the U.S. Men's Ski Jumping Team and he is an Olympian who competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
U.S. Nationals
Alexander won the 2013 Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in Lake Placid, NY on the normal Olympic hill. He was second that same year in 2013 in the Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in Park City, UT on the large Olympic hill. He also won the 2009 Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in Lake Placid, NY, on the only hill jumped that year, the normal Olympic hill.
2010 season
His best winter World Cup finish was 38th in the large hill event in March 2010 in Finland.
Alexander finished tenth in the team flying hill event at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 in Planica. He qualified in 29th place for the individual competition at this same event. He set his personal best 184 metres (604 ft) in this event.
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 11th in the team large hill, 40th in the individual large hill, and 41st in the individual normal hill events.
World Cup
Standings
| Season | Overall | 4H | SF | NT |
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| 2009/10 | — | 56 | — | 57 |
| 2012/13 | — | — | — | N/A |
| 2013/14 | — | — | — | N/A |
| 2014/15 | 78 | — | — | N/A |
| 2015/16 | – | 61 | — | N/A |
Individual starts (21)
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Points |
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References
- "Nicholas Alexander personal profile". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- "nbc olympics". nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
External links
- Nicholas Alexander at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Nicholas Alexander at Olympics.com
- Nick Alexander at Team USA (archive January 28, 2023)
- Nick Alexander at Olympedia (archive)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived March 26, 2014)