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Jakobína Jakobsdóttir
Jakobína Jakobsdóttir (born 21 November 1932) is an Icelandic people, Icelandic Alpine skiing, alpine skier. She was the first female athlete to compete for Iceland in the World Ski Championship and Winter Olympics. She competed in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1954 and in Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics, three events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. References 1932 births Living people Icelandic female alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Iceland Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Skiers from Reykjavík 20th-century Icelandic sportswomen {{Iceland-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or for sport, it is typically practiced at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol. "Piste, Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside ski area boundaries—may employ snowmobiles, heliskiing, helicopters or Snowcat, snowcats to deliver them to the top of a slope. Back country skiing, Back-country skiers may use specialized equipment with a free-heel mode, including 'sticky' Ski skins, skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent. Alpine ski racing has been held at the Alpine skiing at the Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
