Isabel Coursier

Isabel Coursier
Coursier in 1925
Born	(1906-03-21)March 21, 1906 Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Died	October 15, 1990(1990-10-15) (aged 84) Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Personal best	31.4 m (103 ft) Big Hill, February 1928

Isabel Patricia "Pat" Coursier (March 21, 1906 — October 15, 1990) was a Canadian ski jumper and multi-sport athlete known for being the first North American to break the record for women’s ski jumping. She was viewed as the sport’s first female world champion from 1922 until her final jump in 1929. Her initial world record was set at 26 metres during her debut at Mount Revelstoke National Park’s Big Hill in February 1922, and was held until 1926. Her second world record was set at 31 metres in 1928, also at the Big Hill, and was held until 1931. She was one of four ski jumpers to set world records at the hill, joined by Henry Hall and fellow Revelstoke residents Nels Nelsen and Bob Lymburne.

Coursier attended university and became a schoolteacher shortly before retiring from ski jumping.