Alan Jacob Alborn (born December 13, 1980) is an American former ski jumper. At the

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, he finished 11th in the team large hill and 11th in the individual normal hill events. Alborn's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 23rd in the individual normal hill event at

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. He finished 32nd in the individual event at the 2002

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. Alborn's best individual World Cup finish was fourth in a large hill event in

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in 2001. His best individual career finish was second twice in lesser events (2001, 2004). He held the North American distance record with 221.5 meters (achieved in Planica in 2002) till it was broken by Kevin Bickner in 2017.

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* 1980 births Living people American male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Anchorage, Alaska Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for the United States {{US-skijumping-bio-stub