Harald Smith (29 June 1879 – May 1977) was a Norwegian Nordic skier who won the Holmenkollen medal in 1904.Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file
Career Smith was born in Østre Aker, a borough of the city of Oslo. After 1905 he moved to Sauze d'Oulx, Italy, and competed in the Italian Alps.Two Planks and a Passion: The Dramatic History of Skiing, p. 247. In 1908, together with the Italian ski jumper Paolo Kind, Smith designed the first ski jumping hill of Italy in Bardonecchia, which was finished in 1909, and where he held a record of 43 metres. The hill was named Trampolino Campo Smith in honor of his success.Bardonecchia He also kept the record of 45 metres on the Bolgenschanze in Davos (1909).Roland Huntford: Weltrekordentwicklung Skispringen/Skifliegen
Smith died in Bad Ragaz. His brother Trygve was also a notable ski jumper of his time.
Ski jumping world records DateHillLocationMetresFeet1909 Trampolino Campo Smith Bardonecchia, Kingdom of Italy4314128 February 1909 Bolgenschanze Davos, Switzerland45148
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