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unusual facts about Jumper


Stripey-Jumper

The judges sent the verified count to the board of Guinness World Records for validation.


2002 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament

Caron Butler, the tournament MVP, gave Connecticut the lead for good at 66–64 on a turnaround jumper with 1:59 left in the second overtime, and Pittsburgh fell to the Huskies in two overtimes, 74–65.

Aldama

Yamilé Aldama (born 1972), a triple-jumper from Cuba who has represented both Sudan and Great Britain

Andre Iguodala

In Game 1, Orlando had an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Philadelphia made an amazing comeback led by Iguodala, eventually scoring a step-back, fadeaway jumper in the face of Hedo Türkoğlu with 2.2 seconds remaining to give the Sixers the win.

Andreas Wellinger

He won the summer Grand prix FIS Ski Jumping in 2013, ahead of Slovene ski jumper Jernej Damjan.

Anna Winger

Her favorite Berlin novels are The Wall Jumper by Peter Schneider and Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck.

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The top jumper of the previous year, world record holder and winner of the Pan American Games, was Pat Matzdorf from the United States.

Balcar

Jindřich Balcar (born 1950), Czechoslovak ski jumper who competed from 1974 to 1976

Baseball's Last Hero: 21 Clemente Stories

It is the first feature dramatic film on Clemente's life and was written and directed by California filmmaker and Pittsburgh native Richard Rossi and stars two-time Olympian high-jumper Jamie Nieto in the title role of Roberto Clemente and Marilinda Rivera as his wife Vera Clemente.

Belleville Primary School

The school uniform for (years 3–11) consists of colours such as white, light blue, and navy blue and must be either a polo shirt, fleece, sweatshirt, or cardigan/jumper.

Berdychiv

Valeriy Skvortsov (born in 1945; Soviet high jumper; European champion)

Blackened Blue Eyes

The song is played over the closing credits of the Doug Liman film, Jumper.

Carl Pedersen

Carl Alfred Pedersen (1882–1960), Norwegian gymnast and triple jumper who competed in the 1906, 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics

Dwight Stone

Dwight Stones (born 1953), American television commentator and former high jumper

Elima

Kurt Elimä (born 1939), Swedish ski jumper who competed from 1963 to 1966

Gianni Iapichino

He was husband from 1995 to 2001 of the world champion long jumper Fiona May.

Great Meadow

Today, Great Meadow has become a valued member of the Virginia charitable and national equestrian sports communities, and is home to the annual Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase races the first Saturday in May, as well as the International Gold Cup Races, held every third Saturday in October, the Saturday night Twilight Polo series during the summer, and the Twilight Jumper series on select Friday evening during the summer.

Hideaway's Erin Go Bragh

After jumping a 5-foot jumper course, the great show jumper Anne Kursinski told his rider that the tiny horse had talent.

Hokkaido 1st district

In 2005, Muneo Suzuki's regionalist New Party Daichi nominated ski jumper Masahiro Akimoto in the district.

Igor Paklin

German jumper Carlo Thränhardt - in February 1988, Russian Vyacheslav Voronin - in August 2000 and Ukrainian Bohdan Bondarenko in 2013 (twice) - are the only other jumpers in history to clear 2.40 using a right foot take-off.

Interstate matches in Australian rules football

Greg Champion performed a song called Don't Let The Big V Down - Greg Champion after the traditional navy blue jumper with a large white V used to represent Victoria in such games.

Ivan Slavkov

After public outcry in Bulgaria, Slavkov was replaced as President of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee by retired Bulgarian olympic high jumper Stefka Kostadinova, and as President of the Bulgarian Football Union by Borislav Mikhailov, the former captain of the Bulgaria national football team.

Kelly Jenkins

Kelly was among the group of jumpers and jumper-wannabes that first approached Blaise Andrieux.

Larry Stanley

Stanley was also a successful high jumper and represented Ireland at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Matija Šestak

He is married to a Serbian triple jumper, Marija Šestak, who switched her nationality to Slovenian after marriage.

Mollard

Didier Mollard (born 1969), a French ski jumper who competed from 1986 to 1997

Nels Nelsen Hill

It was inaugurated by local ski jumper Art Johnson and the tournament was won by Petter Hugsted of Norway, who jumped 75 meters (247 ft).

Nick Brennan

He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper From The Dandy, revived from The Magic Comic, but looking nothing like Watkins' creation, instead sporting an elvis-like hairdo and purple Jumper.

Norm Carr

Carr's three-game sojourn in the Maroon jumper began off the bench in 1980, but didn't play as he wasn't called upon by coach John McDonald.

Northwestern Miners

They formed an alliance with the Southport Sharks, a powerful club playing in the AFL Queensland and began wearing the Sharks' jumper rather than the Footscray Bulldogs jumpers they had previously used.

Nurmsalu

Kaarel Nurmsalu (born 1991), an Estonian ski jumper and Nordic combined skier

Parade College

Tony Sneazwell, Australian high-jumper, 1964 Tokyo Olympiad, 1968 Mexico Olympiad

Planica

In 1994, Toni Nieminen of Finland was the first ski jumper in history to jump over 200 m.

Ricky Stuart

His coaching approach continued the Phil Gould legacy of matching the Queensland passion by focussing the NSW players' pride in the jumper and achievements of those who have worn it before.

Saint Lucia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

High jumper Levern Spencer reprised her role to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony for the second time.

Sandrini

Domenico Sandrini (1883–1973) , Italian cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier, and ski jumper

Steamboat Ski Resort

Gordon Wren (1919–1999), ski jumper; last lived and died in Steamboat Springs

Stephanie Davis

Steph Davis, American rock climber, BASE jumper and wingsuit flyer

Sue Scott

Sue Reeve (née Scott; born 1951), British long jumper and hurdler

Svene

Famous ski jumper Per Bergerud hails from Svene, he competed for the local sports team Svene IL.

The Bedford Diaries

She now struggles with being stereotyped as “the jumper.” Natalie’s ex-boyfriend, Richard Thorne, a former Park Avenue bad boy who turned his life around after Natalie’s jump, is also a member of the class.

Tinu Yohannan

Tinu is the son of T. C. Yohannan, a long jumper who held the national record for nearly 3 decades and represented India in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Turebergs FK

Some athletes affiliated with it are Olympic high jump champion Kajsa Bergqvist and her coach Bengt Jönsson, sprinter Eric Josjö and high jumper Thomas Eriksson.

Valentin Bozhkov

Valentin Bozhkov (born May 2, 1958 in Samokov) is a Bulgarian ski jumper that competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.

Valyukevich

Irina Valyukevich (born 1959), Soviet long jumper, wife of Gennadiy

Viktor Kuznetsov

Viktor Kuznyetsov (born 1986), Ukrainian long jumper and triple jumper

William Jumper

Jumper went out to the Mediterranean again in 1707, and narrowly avoided the fate of Sir Cloudesley Shovel and almost 2,000 of his men on their return home, when a substantial part of the fleet was shipwrecked on the Scilly Isles.


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