Editing Ski jumping (section)

== Women's participation ==

In January 1863 in [[Trysil]], Norway, at that time 16 years old Norwegian Ingrid Olsdatter Vestby, became the first-ever known female ski jumper, who participated in the competition. Her distance is not recorded.<ref name="Haarstad">Haarstad, Kjell (1993): Skisportens oppkomst i Norge. Trondheim: Tapir.</ref>

Women began competing at the high level since the [[2004–05 FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup|2004–05 Continental Cup]] season.<ref name="women">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2009/03/why_its_time_to_let_ladies_fly.html|title=Why it's time to let ladies fly|author=Matt Slater|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2 March 2009|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> [[International Ski Federation]] organised three women's team events in this competition.

[[Image:20170205 Ski Jumping World Cup Ladies Hinzenbach 8927.jpg|thumb|[[Sara Takanashi]] is the most successful female ski jumper, winning the [[FIS Ski Jumping World Cup|World Cup]] title on four occasions.]]

Women's made a premiere [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] performance in [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009|2009]] in [[Liberec]].<ref name="women"/> American ski jumper [[Lindsey Van]] became the first world champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042246241|title=Liberec: Svetovna prvakinja v skoki Lindsey Van, Manja Pograjc zasedla 24. mesto|publisher=dnevnik.si|date=20 February 2009|access-date=14 March 2017|language=sl|author=(sta)}}</ref>

In the [[2011–12 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup|2011–12]] season, women competed for the first time in the [[FIS Ski Jumping World Cup|World Cup]]. The first event was held on 3 December 2011 at [[Lysgårdsbakken]] at normal hill in 
[[Lillehammer]], Norway. The first-ever female World Cup winner was [[Sarah Hendrickson]],<ref name="sarah1stwin">{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/skijumping/story/_/id/7309917/us-teen-sarah-hendrickson-captures-inaugural-women-world-cup-ski-jump|title=Sarah Hendrickson, 17, wins ski jump|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=3 December 2001|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> who also became the inaugural women's World Cup overall champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ladies-skijumping.com/wiadomosci/352/Zao-Sarah-Hendrickson-wins-overall-World-Cup/|title=Zao: Sarah Hendrickson wins overall World Cup|author1=Stefan Diaz|author2=Egon Theiner|publisher=ladies-skijumping.com|date=3 March 2012|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> Previously, women had only competed in [[FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup|Continental Cup]] seasons.

In the [[2022–23 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup|2022–23]] season, women competed for the first time ever in ski flying. The historic event was held in [[Vikersundbakken]] in [[Vikersund]] the 19th March 2023. It was won by Slovenian jumper [[Ema Klinec]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=Historisk FIS-vedtak: Kvinner får delta i skiflyging: – Bobler over av glede |url=https://www.vg.no/i/Or9ybA |first1=Anders K. |last1=Christiansen |first2=Hans Christian |last2=Boge-Fredriksen |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=VG |language=nb}}</ref><ref name="Lokøy">{{Cite web |last=Lokøy |first=Christian Dehlie |date=2023-03-18 |title=Hoppkvinnene skrev historie: – Det var helt magisk |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/hoppkvinnene-skrev-historie_-_-det-var-helt-magisk-1.16342583 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}</ref><ref name="zE9dOr">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-19 |title=Klinec med verdensrekord – Opseth på pallen i historisk renn |url=https://www.vg.no/i/zE9dOr |first1=Joachim |last1=Baardsen |first2=Kristian |last2=Arnesen Strømshoved |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=VG |language=nb}}</ref>

=== Olympic Games ===
In 2006, the International Ski Federation proposed that women could compete at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/news/pressreleases/pressreleases2006/gacongressdecisions.html|title=FIS MEDIA INFO: Decisions of the 45th International Ski Congress in Vilamoura/Algarve|publisher=[[International Ski Federation]]|access-date=14 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123053734/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/news/pressreleases/pressreleases2006/gacongressdecisions.html|archive-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> but the proposal was rejected by the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] because of the low number of athletes and participating countries at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/28/sports/ME_SPT_OLY_IOC_Meetings.php|title=IOC approves skicross; rejects women's ski jumping|publisher=iht.com|access-date=15 March 2009}}</ref>

A group of fifteen competitive female ski jumpers later filed a suit against the [[Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games]] on the grounds that it violated the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] since men were competing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1109/p17s03-ussc.html|title=Why women can't ski jump in the Winter Olympics|newspaper=Christian Science Monitor|access-date=14 November 2014}}</ref> The suit failed, with the judge ruling that the situation was not governed by the charter.

A further milestone was reached when women's ski jumping was included as part of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] at normal hill event. The first Olympic champion was [[Carina Vogt]].<ref name="womenolympics">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/26057176|title=Sochi 2014: Carina Vogt wins women's ski jumping gold|author=Rob Hodgetts|work=[[BBC News]]|date=11 February 2014|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>