What is Ski jumping?
{{Infobox sport | name = Ski jumping | image = FIS Ski Weltcup Titisee-Neustadt 2016 - Peter Prevc1.jpg | imagesize = 270 | caption = [[Peter Prevc]] in [[Hochfirst Ski Jump|Titisee-Neustadt]], March 2016 | union = [[International Ski Federation]] <small>(FIS)</small> | first = 22 November 1808<br/>[[Olaf Rye]],<br/>[[Eidsberg church]], [[Eidsberg]], [[Norway]] | team = {{Abbr|M|Men's Olympics, World Championships, World Cup}} Individual (50)<br/>{{Abbr|L|Women's Olympics, World Championships, World Cup}} Individual (40)<br/>Team event (4)<br/>Super Team event (2) | category = [[Nordic skiing]] | equipment = [[Ski]]s | venue = [[Ski jumping hill]] | olympic = [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]] <small>(men)</small><br/>[[2014 Winter Olympics|2014]] <small>(women)</small><br/>[[2022 Winter Olympics|2022]] <small>(mixed team)</small> | world = [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1925|1925]] <small>(men's nordic)</small><br/>[[FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1972|1972]] <small>(ski flying)</small><br/>[[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009|2009]] <small>(women's nordic)</small> }} {{main|Sport}} [[File:Calgary.jpg|thumb|A ski jumper in a V-style jump, [[Canada]].]] [[Image:Trampolino pragelato.jpg|thumb|267px|left|The Ski Jumping Complex in Pragelato during the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] of [[Turin]].]] '''Ski jumping''' is, mostly, a winter sport performed on [[snow]] where skiers go down a take-off [[ramp]], jump forward and land as far as possible down the hill below. Judges give points both for length of the jump and for the jump style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long ({{convert|260|to|275|cm|in}}). Ski jumping is a part of the [[Winter Olympic Games]]. True ski jumping originates in [[Norway]] in 1809 when a Norwegian lieutenant launched himself 9.5 metres in the air in front of his soldiers. The first widely known ski jumping competition was held in [[Oslo]] in 1879, with Olaf Haugann of Norway setting the first world record for the longest ski jump at 20 metr