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1998 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix
The 1998 FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix was the 5th Summer Grand Prix season in ski jumping on plastic. Season began on the 9 August 1998 in Stams, Austria and ended on 13 September 1998 in Hakuba, Japan. Other competitive circuits this season included the World Cup and Continental Cup. Calendar Men Standings Overall Nations Cup References {{FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix seasons Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ... FIS Grand Prix Ski Jumping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masahiko Harada
(born 9 May 1968) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He is best remembered for a meltdown at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, which cost the Japanese national team a victory, and his subsequent redemption at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano; the latter of which led to him being affectionately called "Happy Harada". Career At the 1994 games, the Japanese team had a nearly insurmountable lead heading into the last jump of the large hill. Harada, the team's anchor, had jumped 122 meters in his previous attempt and needed only 105 meters in his final jump to clinch the gold for Japan. His jump was just shy of 97,5 meters and dropped Japan to second, with the gold going to the German team. Four years later Harada would again have his chance to contribute a gold for his team, this time in his home country. His first jump of 79.5 meters knocked his team from first to fourth and brought back memories of Lillehammer. Then, on his second attempt he delivere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhard Schwarzenberger
Reinhard Schwarzenberger (born 7 January 1977) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Career He won a bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1998 Winter Olympics of Nagano. Schwarzenberger also won a bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 took place February 19–28, 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria. The large hill ski jumping events took place at the Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze in Bischofshofen. The 7.5 km Nordic combined sprint e ... in Ramsau. World Cup Standings Wins External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarzenberger, Reinhard 1977 births Living people Austrian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Austria Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Universiade medalists in ski jumping Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium
Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium is a ski jumping hill in Hakuba, Japan. It hosted the ski jumping and the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined events at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the .... The stadium holds a maximum of 45,000 spectators, and was built in 1992. References 1998 Winter Olympics official report.Volume 2. pp. 203–5.Stadium information 
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Alexander Herr
Alexander Herr (born 4 October 1978 in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg) is a German former ski jumper who competed 1993 to 2006, then came out of retirement in 2009 to compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the normal at the Junior World Ski Championships in Harrachov in 1993 and won two medals at the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti with a gold in the team large hill and a bronze in the team normal hill events. He also finished third in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2006 (15 January). Herr's best individual finish was 2nd in the large hill in Kuusamo (Finland) on 27 November 2004. On 8 January 2005 he was victorious in the team large hill World Cup jumping at Willingen. In 1997-98, Herr won the Ski jumping Continental Cup. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Herr finished 21st on 12 February in the normal hill, but he quit the German team after not being chosen for the large hill event to be held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansjörg Jäkle
Hansjörg Jäkle (born 19 October 1971) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2002. His career best achievement was winning a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won a silver medal in the team large hill at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay. His best individual finish at World Cup level was second in Bischofshofen Bischofshofen () is a town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It is an important traffic junction located both on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line and at the Tauern Autobahn, a major highway route cr ... on 6 January 1998. External links * * German male ski jumpers 1971 births Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Germany Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adler-Skistadion
The Adler Ski Stadium (german: Adler-Skistadion) is a ski jumping complex in Hinterzarten, Germany. History It was opened in 1924 and owned by SC Hinterzarten. It hosted four FIS Ski jumping World Cup events for ladies. This jump was the first and now the regular host of Summer Grand Prix. Noriaki Kasai holds the hill record. The first ever women's World Cup team competition was held here on 16 December 2017. The Japanese team won the ski jump. The team were Kaori Iwabuchi, Sara Takanashi, Yuka Seto and Yuki Ito. '' The Japan Times
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Hinterzarten
Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest (German: ''Schwarzwald''), located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it has many other tourist attractions. Geography Location Hinterzarten is located , which is just below that of the Feldberg (), the highest mountain in the Black Forest. The municipality descends to the southeastern end of Lake Titisee (), although its lowest point is the Sternenrank at . Hinterzarten is located within the Southern Black Forest Nature Park, and the Zartenbach stream flows through the municipality. Mountain peaks within the municipality include the Windeckkopf (1,209 m). Climate Hinterzarten's annual precipitation is 1,406 mm, which is thus in amongst the highest in Germany. The driest month is September; the most precipitation falls in December. Neighbouring municipalities Hinterzarten's neighbouring municipalities are Breitnau, Titisee-N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremplin Du Praz
Tremplin du Praz is a ski jumping hill at Le Praz in Courchevel, France. The complex consists of four hills: a large hill with construction point of K125 (HS137), a normal hill at K90 (HS96), and two training hills at K60 and K25. The complex also has a cross-country skiing stadium used for Nordic combined. Jörg Ritzerfeld holds the large hill winter record of 134.0 metres and Nicolas Mayer the normal hill record of 100.5 metres. La Praz received its first ski jumping hill in 1944. Ahead of the 1992 Winter Olympics, the large and normal hills were built along with a cross-country stadium to host ski jumping and Nordic combined events. Since 1997, the hill has hosted an annual summer FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix event. It has also been used for one FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and two FIS Nordic Combined World Cup rounds, in addition to four events of the FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup. The medium hill opened in 2004 and the small hill in 2008. Construction The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courchevel
Courchevel () is a French Alps ski resort. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski areas in the world. Courchevel also refers to the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550, Courchevel 1650 (Moriond), and Courchevel 1850, which are named for their altitudes in metres. On 1 January 2017, Saint-Bon-Tarentaise (1100) merged into the new commune Courchevel. The resort centre of Courchevel is at 1,747 metres (5,732 ft). The name Courchevel 1850 was chosen for marketing reasons to compete with rival ski resort Val d'Isère. It is the Jardin Alpin area of Courchevel 1850 rather than the centre which is located at 1,850 metres (6,070 ft). Location Courchevel used to be part of the commune of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise, but in 2017 that was merged with La Perrière into the new commune of Courchevel. In spite of the name, the commune's administrative offices are not located in Courchevel, but still in the nearby village of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise. Courchevel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Dessum
Nicolas Dessum (born 20 February 1977) is a French former ski jumper. Career His best finishes at the Winter Olympics occurred at Lillehammer in 1994 with a sixth in the team large hill and a 14th in the individual normal hill events. Dessum's best individual at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the large hill at Trondheim in 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of .... His best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships was 13th at Vikersund in 2000. Dessum's only World Cup win was in a large hill event in Japan in 1995. Dessum retired from the World Cup in 2007 during the summer GP. World Cup Standings Wins External links *Official website 1977 births Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janne Ahonen
Janne Petteri Ahonen (; born 11 May 1977) is a Finnish former ski jumper and drag racer. He competed in ski jumping between 1992 and 2018, and is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, as well as one of the most successful from Finland. Ahonen won two consecutive World Cup overall titles (the most recent ski jumper to do so, as of 2022), the Four Hills Tournament a record five times, two individual gold medals at the World Championships, and the Nordic Tournament once. Nicknamed ''Kuningaskotka'' ("King Eagle"), he has been described as the greatest ski jumper to have never won an individual medal at the Winter Olympics. Career Ahonen's most notable achievements include five World Championships (normal hill in 1997; large hill in 2005; team large hill in 1995, 1997 and 2003), two World Cup overall titles ( 2003/04 and 2004/05) and a record-breaking five victories in the Four Hills Tournament ( 1998/99, 2002/03, 2004/05, 2005/06 and 2007/08). He is the all-ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
