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Janez Gorišek
Janez Gorišek (born September 13, 1933) is a Slovenian civil engineer, construction, constructor, and architect, who holds a degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy at the University of Ljubljana. His works are mainly constructions of ski jumping and ski flying hills worldwide; his best-known work being the Letalnica bratov Gorišek, Gorišek Brothers Ski Flying Hill (''Letalnica bratov Gorišek'') in Planica, Slovenia, which was the world's second-largest ski flying hill. He drew profile for renovated Planica flying hill with help of his son. Since 2015, hill is again largest in the world.. He also participated in the ski jumping event at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Completed works * Kulm (venue), Kulm – Bad Mitterndorf, Austria (enlarged/renovated) *1967–1969: Letalnica Bratov Gorišek – Planica, Slovenia *1973 : Heini Klopfer Ski Jump, Heini-Klopfer-Shanze – Oberstdorf, Germany (enlarged/renovated) *1982–1984: Igman, Igman Olympic Ski Jump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |