# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nels-nelsen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:22:19.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nels-nelsen"
name: "Nels Nelsen"
slug: "nels-nelsen"
description: "Nels Nelsen, born Nils Johan Nilsen and sometimes referred to as Nels Nelson, was a Norwegian-born Canadian ski jumper active between 1916 and 1932. Later he was ski jumping organizer. He was among the world's best ski jumpers during the 1920s, and held the world record of 73 meters from 1925 to 1930. He was born in Salangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. He moved with his family to Revelstoke, British Columbia, in 1912. Credited with bringing the sport of ski jumping to Canada, he made his debut on the nearby Big Hill in 1915. He competed throughout Canada and the United States, and became Canadian champion five times. Despite holding the world record at the time, he was not allowed to participate in the 1928 Winter Olympics because the officials did not find it suitable for him to have to work his way to Switzerland."
tagline: "Canadian ski jumper (1894–1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nels_Nelsen%2C_1925.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1894-06-03"
deathDate: "1943-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.67
  momentum:             4.709677419354838
  historical:           6.341541333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81"
    title: "Нельсен, Нельс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "نيلس نيلسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Nelsen"
    title: "Nels Nelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Nelsen"
    title: "Nels Nelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Nelsen"
    title: "Nels Nelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Nelsen"
    title: "Nels Nelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Nelsen"
    title: "Nels Nelsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6990286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump