Mark Konopacke - Class of 2006

(Kingsford)

A member of the U.S.  Ski Team, Mark Konopacke finished 18th in the 1988 Olympics as a ski jumper at Calgary and was the highest placing American jumper.  He also made the 1992 Olympic team in France.  Konopacke competed with the U.S.  World Cup team from 1983-88, placing as high as fifth in 1985 at Lahti, Finland.   He set a hill distance record at Lahti.  He won three national ski jump championships (1983, 1988, 1991) at 70 meters.  Konopacke won a World University Games bronze medal in 1983 and took silver and bronze medals at the World Games in 1989.  He won the Pine Mountain tournament in Iron Mountain in 1985.