Horst Bulau

Horst Bulau
Country  Canada
Born (1962-08-14) 14 August 1962
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
World Cup career
Seasons 1980–1988
1991–1992
Individual wins 13
Indiv. podiums 29
Yellow bibs 5
Indiv. starts 126
Updated on 10 February 2016.

Horst Bulau (born 14 August 1962) is a Canadian former ski jumper who competed for the Canadian national team.

Career

By the end of his career, he had thirteen World Cup wins to his credit, the most by any skier in Canadian history during that time period. He placed in the top three positions in twenty-nine World Cup events, as well as numerous top ten finishes. Bulau earned his thirteen World Cup victories at various hill sizes from 1981 to 1983 when he finished 3rd (1981), 3rd (1982), and 2nd (1983) in the overall World Cup standings. His junior world championship in 1979 was the first Nordic title by a Canadian.

Bulau is a 4-time Olympian, as he participated in the 1980 (Lake Placid, USA), 1984 (Sarajevo, Yugoslavia), 1988 (Calgary, Canada) and 1992 (Albertville, France) Winter Olympics. At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, he placed seventh in the individual large hill event, the best ever performance for a Canadian ski jumper.

Bulau was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1993, inducted into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1994 and inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. On October 22, 2014, Horst Bulau was finally inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, witnessed by his three children, Kiefer, Zofia and Rainer.

He was raised in Blossom Park in suburban south Ottawa, where his father Otto (1926-2005), a decorated World War II hero(name and country of decoration needed) who had arrived in Canada as a refugee from East Prussia, had settled with his wife Helene (1928-1995) after the war. The Bulaus had four children of whom Horst - the third - was the only son.

In 1978/79 and 1982/83, he was a recipient of the John Semmelink Memorial Award (awarded by the Canadian Amateur Ski Association to the skier who, through sportsmanship, conduct and ability, best represents Canada in international competition). The Sports Federation of Canada named him Athlete of the Month in March 1981, January 1982 and March 1983. At the Tribute of Champions event he was the recipient of an Excellence Award in 1982, 1983 and 1984. On January 18, 1983 he received an Award of Excellence from the provincial government of Ontario. Bulau was also named Canada's outstanding skier twice.

World Cup

Standings

Season Overall SF 4H
1979/80 38 N/A 58
1980/81 3rd N/A 10
1981/82 3rd N/A 24
1982/83 2nd N/A 3rd
1983/84 8 N/A 25
1984/85 19 N/A 11
1985/86 12 N/A 33
1986/87 47 N/A 67
1987/88 30 N/A 17
1990/91 31 – 52
1991/92 – – 74

Wins

No. Season Date Place Hill Size
1 1980/81 1 January 1981 West Germany Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze K107 LH
2 17 March 1981 Norway Baerum Skuibakken K105 LH
3 1981/82 15 January 1982 Japan Sapporo Miyanomori K86 NH
4 23 January 1982 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
5 24 January 1982 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K120 LH
6 1982/83 30 December 1982 West Germany Oberstdorf Schattenbergschanze K110 LH
7 22 January 1983 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH
8 26 January 1983 Switzerland St. Moritz Olympiaschanze K94 NH
9 28 January 1983 Switzerland Gstaad Mattenschanze K88 NH
10 25 February 1983 Sweden Falun Lugnet K89 NH
11 27 February 1983 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K88 NH
12 6 March 1983 Finland Lahti Salpausselkä K113 LH
13 1983/84 10 December 1983 Canada Thunder Bay Big Thunder K89 NH

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