Women's Ski Jumping USA records
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2679
Scope and Contents
The Women's Ski Jumping USA records consist of correspondence, fundraising materials, posters, stickers and other promotional materials.
Dates
- 2006-2011
Creator
- Women's Ski Jumping USA (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Historical Note
Women's Ski Jumping USA runs the U.S. women's ski jumping program and is the primary support organization for the U.S. national team, officially called the Visa Women's Ski Jumping Team. The organization administers and finances the team's coaching, travel, training, equipment, and a junior development program.
WSJ-USA is a 501c3 non-profit organization incorporated in 2003 in Park City, Utah. It was created to support the rising number of elite U.S. women ski jumpers who needed financial support and strong leadership to get them into the international fold and on sport's biggest stage, the Olympic Games.
For 10 years, female ski jumpers were continually denied inclusion in the Games despite pushing their sport through the system and greatly increasing participation.
Feeling as if they had exhausted every avenue, Americans Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, and retired jumper Karla Keck, risked their careers and teamed up with 12 women jumpers from five countries to sue the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) in 2008 for their right to compete in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The lawyers for the jumpers, Ross Clark and Jeff Horswill of Davis LLP, took on the case pro bono.
The historic human rights legal battle resulted in the British Columbia Supreme Court declaring in 2009 that the IOC exhibited gender discrimination by excluding women's ski jumping from the Vancouver Games, but stopped short of forcing VANOC and the IOC to hold an event for women.
Ironically, before the Winter Games in 2010, Lindsey Van held the K95 Vancouver hill record of 105.5 meters, for both men and women. That distance would have earned her a podium spot in the men's competition in the Vancouver Games.
(This historical note was taken from the Women's Ski Jumping USA webiste.)
WSJ-USA is a 501c3 non-profit organization incorporated in 2003 in Park City, Utah. It was created to support the rising number of elite U.S. women ski jumpers who needed financial support and strong leadership to get them into the international fold and on sport's biggest stage, the Olympic Games.
For 10 years, female ski jumpers were continually denied inclusion in the Games despite pushing their sport through the system and greatly increasing participation.
Feeling as if they had exhausted every avenue, Americans Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, and retired jumper Karla Keck, risked their careers and teamed up with 12 women jumpers from five countries to sue the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) in 2008 for their right to compete in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The lawyers for the jumpers, Ross Clark and Jeff Horswill of Davis LLP, took on the case pro bono.
The historic human rights legal battle resulted in the British Columbia Supreme Court declaring in 2009 that the IOC exhibited gender discrimination by excluding women's ski jumping from the Vancouver Games, but stopped short of forcing VANOC and the IOC to hold an event for women.
Ironically, before the Winter Games in 2010, Lindsey Van held the K95 Vancouver hill record of 105.5 meters, for both men and women. That distance would have earned her a podium spot in the men's competition in the Vancouver Games.
(This historical note was taken from the Women's Ski Jumping USA webiste.)
Extent
2.75 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
The Women's Ski Jumping USA records (2006-2011) consist of correspondence, fundraising materials, posters, stickers and other promotional materials. WSJ-USA is a non-profit organization incorporated in 2003 in Park City, Utah. It was created to support the rising number of elite U.S. women ski jumpers who needed financial support and strong leadership to get them into the international fold and on sport's biggest stage, the Olympic Games.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Victor Method in 2012.
Separated Materials
Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.
Processing Information
Processed by Betsey Welland in 2014.
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- Brochures
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence
- Posters
- Programs (publications)
- Promotional materials
- Ski jumping -- United States
- Ski jumping for women -- United States
- Sports and Recreation
- Sports for women -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Winter Olympics -- Rules
- Women Olympic athletes -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Women skiers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Women skiers -- United States -- Archives
- Women's Ski Jumping USA -- Archives
Creator
- Women's Ski Jumping USA (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Women's Ski Jumping USA records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Betsey Welland.
- Date
- 2014 (last modified: 2018)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu