Ron Steele (ski jumper)
Ron Eston Steele ( born August 19, 1953 in Leavenworth, Washington ) is an American former ski jumper.
Career
Steele, of the University of Utah and visited for the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club started, made his international debut with the launch at the Olympic Winter Games in 1972 n Sapporo. From the normal hill he jumped to rank 41 before he could jump on the large hill on a very good 25th place.
In winter Steele competed in the Four Hills Tournament 1972/73, but came about rank 80 not out in the overall standings. Not until the following Four Hills Tournament 1973/74 he achieved his breakthrough. Although he started behaving in Oberstdorf and Garmisch -Partenkirchen, but stood as 23 in Innsbruck on the Bergiselschanze the first time among the top 30 after a 27th place in Bischofshofen he finished the tour in 33rd place overall. Of this result as he was not able to 1977.
At the U.S. Championships in 1974 in his hometown of Leavenworth, he won the title in the individual competition. He then traveled as a member of the national team for the 1974 Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. From the large hill he could be placed there with jumps of 84 and 79.5 meters on the 40th position. From the normal hill he reached the 46th place after jumps on 76 and 74 meters. In the same year he won the ski flying World title at the Copper Peak in Ironwood.
After he succeeded in the following international no more successes, he finished in 1977 his active ski jumping career. After the end of his career changed Steele, who worked previously in a ski shop for Rossignol Alpine as a technical representative. A little later he was promoted to Vice President of Marketing and Sales. In 2012 he took over the job of Managing Director of the Group Rossignol North America.