Jan Boklöv

Jan Boklöv (born April 14, 1966, in Koskullskulle near Gällivare, Sweden) is one of the most successful Swedish ski jumpers of all time, probably only rivaled by Sven Selånger. He won the World Cup in 1988/89, and dominated the Swedish championships in the late 1980s. He is however most known for inventing the V-style, which has been the standard among ski jumpers since the 1990s. He developed this style inadvertently, because of the natural shape of his legs. Whereas he got style point reductions for the first few years of his career because of this unique style, it was eventually proven that the V-style provides more lift than the traditional style and was set as the standard.

Boklöv competed in two Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the team large hill event at Calgary in 1988 and 47th in the individual normal hill at Albertville in 1992. At the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he finished fifth in the team large hill and tenth in the individual normal hill events for his best finishes. In 1990 at Vikersund, Boklöv finished 27th at the Ski-flying World Championships.

Boklöv earned five individual World Cup career victories, all earned during his 1988-89 World Cup run.

He also won the very prestigious title "Jerring priset" in 1989 where the swedish people decide the winner.

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