Nicholas "Nick" Alexander (born 24 August 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

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in 2009. He is a member of the U.S. Men's Ski Jumping Team and he is an Olympian who competed in the

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U.S. Nationals

Alexander won the 2013 Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in

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on the normal Olympic hill. He was second that same year in 2013 in the Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in

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on the large Olympic hill. He also won the 2009 Men's U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship in

, 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

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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

, 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

Individual starts (21)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Nicholas 1988 births Living people American male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers of the United States Ski jumpers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Lebanon, New Hampshire