Nina Lussi (born March 29, 1994, in Lake Placid,

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) is an American

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

and four-time national champion. As a young jumper, Lussi won several Junior Olympic titles in Special Jumping and Nordic Combined. She also competed in track and field in the 400 meters and triple jump. Her debut on the international circuit was in 2009 at the Junior World Championships in Strebske Pleso, Slovakia, where she placed 26th. Nina Lussi graduated from the Austria
Schigymnasium Stams
in 2013 and went on to study business at the

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

. Lussi's best results are the Continental Cup competitions in Falun, Sweden (March 1, 2014, March 2, 2014), where she placed 1st and 2nd respectively. Her first World Cup start was in Hinzenbach, Austria (February 4, 2012). Lussi's personal best is 135 meters in Planica, Slovenia. Nina Lussi is the great-granddaughter of famous figure skating coach

Gustave Lussi Gustave François Lussi (June 2, 1898 – June 23, 1993) was a figure skating coach. His students include many champions, such as Dick Button, Tenley Albright, Maria Jelinek / Otto Jelinek, Donald Jackson, Alena Vrzáňová, Ronald Robertson, Ron ...

. She has two siblings Miles and Danielle who are inactive ski jumpers. Miles is a water skier at

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (California Polytechnic State University, Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, California or California State Polytechnic Univ ...

. Danielle is a student at

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and is on the

polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

team as well as a writer for ''The Harvard Crimson''.

References

External links

Women's ski jumping site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lussi, Nina 1994 births Living people American female ski jumpers 21st-century American women