SpeedSpeed
Speed skiing record
255.500 km/h
158.760 mph
- Holder
- Simon Billy
✓ Value cross-checked in a second source
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| current | 255.500 km/h | Simon Billy |
| 254.958 km/h | Ivan Origone | |
| 251.397 km/h | Simone Origone | |
| 248.105 km/h | Harry Egger | |
| 223.741 km/h | Michael Prufer | |
| 200.222 km/h | Steve McKinney | |
| 174.757 km/h | Luigi Di Marco | |
| 160.714 km/h | Edoardo Agreiter | |
| 159.292 km/h | Zeno Colò | |
| 136.600 km/h | Leo Gasperl |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 248.105 km/hHarry Egger
- 255.500 km/hSimon Billy
- 136.600 km/hLeo Gasperl
- 174.757 km/hLuigi Di Marco
What to remember
In 1932, Leo Gasperl went down a slope at 136.600 km/h. On 22 March 2023 at Vars, Simon Billy was clocked at 255.500 km/h: speed on skis had risen by 87% between the two marks.
The record rose in steps; here is one mark per decade. Zeno Colò reached 159.292 km/h in 1947 and Luigi Di Marco 174.757 km/h in 1964. Steve McKinney was measured at 200.222 km/h in 1978, then Michael Prufer climbed to 223.741 km/h in 1988 and Harry Egger to 248.105 km/h in 1999.
The latest marks are close together. Simone Origone was at 251.397 km/h in 2006 and Ivan Origone at 254.958 km/h in 2016. Speed skiing runs in Billy's family: his father Philippe, who trained him, had set a world record of his own at 243.902 km/h.
Related records
Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “Speed skiing world records” (revision used 1347316652). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Simon billy, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
Guess another record
SpeedLoading the question…