Jim Denney (ski jumper born 1983)

Ryan James "Jim" Denney ( born July 5, 1983 in Duluth, Minnesota ) is an American former ski jumper.

Career

His international debut Denney in the season 2000/ 01 in Ski Jumping Continental Cup. In his first season, he managed to win three Continental Cup points, ranking 127 overall. In the following season 2001 /02 he was able to increase significantly. From January he reached top 20 rankings on almost all jumping. At the end of the season, he finished with 108 points, 94th in the overall standings.

His most successful season was the Continental Cup season 2002/ 03. He was able to achieve in Ishpeming three top - 10 finishes, including a fifth place in March 2003. Could Surprise Denney on the Zaō -Hill in Yamagata. Denney had to only the Japanese Yusuke Kaneko beaten and stood as the first and the only time in his career on the podium. The season he finished 36th in the overall standings.

As a result, he could no longer continue this good jumps. Up to end of his career he achieved any top rankings more. At the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, he belonged to the U.S. team, but he missed from the normal and also on the large hill each qualification. After the 2005/06 season, in which he again won eight points and rank 138 finished second in the standings, he ended his ski jumping career.

Achievements

Continental rankings

Private

Denney is the son of the Jim Denney, who was also active as a ski jumper. In 2008, he was taken with his father in the American Ski Jumping Hall of Fame.