1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics were held at Lake Placid, New York.
Thunder Bay connections
Thunder Bay's Tauno Käyhkö and Steve Collins, with Ottawa's Horst Bulau, went to Lake Placid after the January 1980 World Cup at Big Thunder. In 1995 Collins still held the best Canadian placing in an Olympic 90-metre jumping event, from Lake Placid.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Fans, jumpers enjoy World Cup" and "Busy season for jumpers" (staff photos by Doug Shanks). The Chronicle-Journal, 29 January 1980; clipping from the Thunder Bay Museum archives, supplied by Emma Hurley Warren (archival assistant) in an email to Michael Currie, 26 October 2026 (personal communication). Scan.
- ↑ Tolman, Bud. "Big Thunder ski jumps an instant hit". The Chronicle-Journal, "Countdown to the Nordics" supplement, 1 March 1995; clipping from the Thunder Bay Museum archives, supplied by Emma Hurley Warren (archival assistant) in an email to Michael Currie, 26 October 2026 (personal communication). Scan.
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