Casey Larson (born December 16, 1998) is an American ski jumper. According to historian Bill Mallon, he was the 100,000th Olympic male athlete to compete in the Olympic Games (across Summer and Winter Games).[1]

Casey Larson
Larson in September 2017
Born (1998-12-16) December 16, 1998 (age 25)
Barrington, Illinois, U.S.
Ski clubNorge Ski Club
Personal best216.5 m (710 ft)
Vikersund, 18 March 2017
World Cup career
Seasons2017–present
Starts36
Updated on 24 March 2024.

Career

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In 2016, Larson participated at the Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer and the Junior World Championships in Rasnov.[2]

He was one of three Chicago-area teens to make the 2018 Olympics ski jumping team,[3] where he finished in 39th place in the normal hill individual event.[4] He also competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing in 39th place on the normal hill and in 43rd place on the large hill.[5]

World Cup

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Standings

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Season Overall 4H SF RA
2016–17 55
2017–18
2018–19 66
2019–20
2020–21 71 71 N/A
2021–22 50
2022–23 66 40
2023–24

Individual starts

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winner (1); second (2); third (3); did not compete (–); failed to qualify (q); disqualified (DQ)
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 32 Points
2016–17                                                     0
q DQ 48 q q
2017–18                                             0
q q
2018–19                                                         0
q q 40 44 q q q q q q q q
2019–20                                                       0
q q q
2020–21                                                   3
q q 28 48 q 62 q 50 50 q 66
2021–22                                                         0
q q q q q q q q 57 48 q 48 DQ q q q
2022–23                                                                 13
q 46 q q 36 q 38 46 q q q 35 35 34 18 32 47 q 35 q 39 42 q

References

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  1. ^ "American Casey Larson makes history with ski jump at Olympics". CBSnews.com. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  2. ^ "Casey Lanson profile on USA Nordic". publisherusanordic.org. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Danahey, Mike. "3 Chicago-area ski club members make U.S. Olympic ski jump team: 'Unprecedented'". The Courier-News. The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "LARSON Casey – Olympic Winter Games". fis-ski.com. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "Olympic Results Casey Larson". Olympics.com.
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