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1953 Four Hills Tournament
The inaugural Four Hills tournament was held in January 1953. It was in planning since 1949, but in the post-war years German athletes were not allowed to compete internationally. The organizers were German and Austrian ski jumpers who knew each other from competing together for Germany under the Nazi regime At the time, ski jumping was an amateur sport and the winners were given material prizes like portable radios or cooking pots. The first competition was held on New Year's day, making it the only Four Hills tournament that did not start in December, although the New Year's day competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen would eventually become traditional. Participating nations and athletes Results Garmisch-Partenkirchen Große Olympiaschanze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 01 January 1953 Oberstorf Schattenbergschanze, Oberstorf 04 January 1953 Innsbruck Bergiselschanze, Innsbruck 06 January 1953 Bischofshofen Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze, Bischofshofen 11 January 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Große Olympiaschanze
The Große Olympiaschanze ( en, Great Olympic Hill) is a ski jumping hill located on the Gudiberg, south of the district of Partenkirchen of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, and is traditionally the venue of the Four Hills Tournament's New Year's jumping. 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, the venue hosted the ski jumping event and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined event. The outrun of the ski jump formed the ski stadium which held the opening and closing ceremonies and the start / finish area of the cross-country skiing competitions. Four Hills Tournament A world cup competition is held there every year on January 1, as a part of the Four Hills Tournament. History The hill has undergone two renovations in 1978 and 2007. Due to a required upgrade of the jump to the advanced technical standards of the International Skiing Federation (FIS), the construction of an entirely new ski jump was inevitable. Among projects by Zaha Hadid Architects, Beh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
