Casper Oimoen (May 8, 1906 – July 28, 1995) was an American ski jumping champion.
Biography
Casper Oimoen was born at Etnedal in Oppland, Norway. He immigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled near Minot, North Dakota. Unable to compete in the 1928 Olympics because he was not an American citizen, he entered the Olympics in 1932 and again as captain of the U.S. team in 1936, placing 5th and 13th respectively.[1][2]
Casper Oimoen won over 400 medals and trophies during his skiing career. He won the Northwestern Ski Jumping Championship nine times in nine entries, the Montana State Jumping Championship six times in six entries, the Central United States Championship ten times, six of them in consecutive years (1925-1931), and the United States National Ski Jumping Championship three times. In 1930, he won the Eastern, Central and National Championships, plus eight other firsts, a feat which has never been equaled.[3]
Stalions, Sonja Oimoen A Rough Way to Ride Between Earth and Sky: Memoir of Ski Jumper Casper Oimoen (North American Heritage Press. 2003) ISBN978-0942323368
Engen, Alan K. For the Love of Skiing: A Visual History of Skiing (Gibbs Smith Publishers. 1998) ISBN978-0879058678