Paul Ausserleitner

Paul Ausserleitner (3 February 1925 – 9 January 1952^[1]) was an Austrian ski jumper. He died in an accident in Bischofshofen's ski jumping hill while on a training jump in 1952. To honour his memory, the hill was renamed after the accident to Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze. Ausserleitner holds the hill record in the K-50 hill in Gaisberg, Salzburg with 55 metres (achieved in 1949). The Gaisberg hill was later destroyed.^[2]

Paul Ausserleitner
Born	(1925-02-03)3 February 1925 Bischofshofen
Died	9 January 1952(1952-01-09) (aged 26) Bischofshofen
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation	ski jumper

Bischofshofen showing the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ski jump.