Horst Bulau

Who is Horst Bulau?

Horst Bulau is a former Canadian ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1992.

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, 3rd, and 2nd 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, 1984, 1988 and 1992 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.

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