skijoring
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Skijoring (pronounced ) is a winter sport in which a person on skis is pulled by a horse, a dog (or dogs), another animal, or a motor vehicle. The name is derived from the Norwegian word , meaning "ski driving". Although skijoring is said to have originated as a mode of winter travel, it is currently primarily a competitive sport.
Key facts
- Sport.name
- Skijoring
- Sport.image
- Image:Leadville Ski Joring.jpg
- Sport.alt
- A horse and rider running down a snowy street, pulling a skier who is jumping an artificial hill made of snow
- Sport.caption
- Skijor racing with horses
- Sport.mgender
- Yes
- Sport.category
- Outdoor
- Sport.olympic
- Exhibition 1928
- Sport.paralympic
- No
- Sport.IWGA
- No
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- type of sport
- Subclass of
- skiing
- Image
- Leadville Ski Joring.jpg
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- Commons category
- Skijoring
- uses
- draft animal
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Dog skijoring
- Overview
- Competitions
- Equipment
- Techniques and training
- Equestrian skijoring
- Standard
- Equipment
- Competition venues
- Organizations
- Motorized skijoring
- In the media
- See also
- References
- External links
Skijoring (pronounced ) is a winter sport in which a person on skis is pulled by a horse, a dog (or dogs), another animal, or a motor vehicle. The name is derived from the Norwegian word , meaning "ski driving". Although skijoring is said to have originated as a mode of winter travel, it is currently primarily a competitive sport.
== History == thumb|Demonstration skijoring competition at the 1928 Winter Olympics. Horses are seen in the distance, coming around the bend of the track.
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