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Jens Weißflog
Jens Weißflog (, ; born 21 July 1964) is a German former ski jumper. He is one of the best and most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport. Only Finns Matti Nykänen and Janne Ahonen, Poles Adam Małysz and Kamil Stoch and Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer have won more World Cup victories. Career Weißflog was born in Erlabrunn (now a part of Breitenbrunn, Saxony) in the Erzgebirge range. As a 19-year-old he won the Four Hills Tournament for East Germany in 1983/84. Weißflog was known as "Floh" (flea in German) due to his slight stature and his light body. That same winter he won the combined World Cup and later the normal hill event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. The following winter was dominated by Weißflog and the outstanding Finn Matti Nykänen. The most remarkable part of his career is that he competed at the top level for twelve years. Neither the regime change from East Germany to the unified Germany in late 1990, nor the change in ski jumping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breitenbrunn, Saxony
Breitenbrunn is a community in the Ore Mountains in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony in Germany. Geography Constituent communities The community consists of Breitenbrunn with Breitenhof, Carolathal, Halbemeile and Rabenberg, Antonsthal with Antonshöhe, Erlabrunn, Steinheidel and Fällbach as well as Rittersgrün and Tellerhäuser. Neighbouring communities Bordering on Breitenbrunn are Johanngeorgenstadt, the health resort of Oberwiesenthal and the town of Schwarzenberg, all in the Erzgebirgskreis. Location Breitenbrunn lies on a mountain ridge stretching from the Schwarzwasser Valley on east. It is surrounded by, among other mountains, the Rabenberg and the Sauberg. History As the highest village in the lordly domain of Schwarzenberg, Breitenbrunn was likely founded only in the 13th century. With the help of vast meadows and sites it can be ascertained that no more than ten families settled here at first. The village had its first docum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Jumping At The 1984 Winter Olympics
Ski jumping at the 1984 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 12 February to 18 February, taking place at Igman Olympic Jumps. Medal summary Medal table Finland led the medal table with three medals, one of each type. Events Participating NOCs Seventeen nations participated in ski jumping at the Sarajevo Games. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ski jumping At The 1984 Winter Olympics 1984 Winter Olympics events 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ... 1984 in ski jumping Ski jumping competitions in Yugoslavia ... [...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-tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Nykänen
Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time,"Matti Nykänen" . Retrieved 4 March 2017. Boswell, Thomas (24 February 1988) "Another Jump Begets Gold for Nykanen" '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1990
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1990 took place on 25 February 1990 in Vikersund, Norway for the second time. Vikersund hosted the championships previously in 1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat .... The two best of three jumps counted. After a failed first round with 134 metres, Dieter Thoma won the title by producing a joint hill record 171 metres jump in the second and 165 metres in the third. Individual 25 February 1990 Medal table References FIS Ski flying World Championships 1990 results.- accessed 28 November 2009. {{Ski flying World Championships FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1990 in ski jumping 1990 in Norwegian sport Ski jumping competitions in Norway Modum February 1990 sports events in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1985
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1985 was held between 16 and 17 March in Planica, Yugoslavia. This was the third record time hosting world championships after 1972 and 1979. The attendance at Planica was an all-time record, with a total of 150,000 people in three days: 20,000 people in training, 80,000 on the first day and 50,000 on the second day of the competition. Schedule All jumps over 190 metres Chronological order: *191 metres (627 ft) – 15 March – Matti Nykänen (WR, 2RD, Official training) *190 metres (623 ft) – 16 March – Matti Nykänen (1RD) Competition On 13 March 1985 premiere hill test was on schedule. Yugoslavian ski jumper Branko Dolhar had honour to be the first. Distance of the day was set by Matjaž Debelak at 173 metres. On 14 March 1985 second hill test or unofficial training was on schedule with ten Yugoslavian trial jumpers who made 20 jumps in total. Matjaž Debelak set the longest distance at 158 metres. On 15 March 1985 offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ski Flying
Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially designed takeoff ramp using skis only; jump from the end of it with as much power as they can generate; then glide – or 'fly' – as far as possible down a steeply sloped hill; and ultimately land within a target zone in a stable manner. Points are awarded for distance and stylistic merit by five judges. Events are governed by the International Ski Federation (''Fédération Internationale de Ski''; FIS). The rules and scoring in ski flying are mostly the same as they are in ski jumping, and events under the discipline are usually contested as part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season, but the hills (of which there are only five remaining, all in Europe) are constructed to different specifications in order to enable jumps of up to 66% longer in distan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time (1954, 1974). This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval style (10 km: men, 5 km: women) one day, then follow the next day in the freestyle pursuit (15 km: men, 10 km: women) with the first distance winner going first in the pursuit. Additionally it was the first competition since the breakup of the Soviet Union in late 1991 and the first competition with Czechoslovakia having been split up as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, however, the two nations competed as combined teams in women's relay in cross-country skiing and team large hill in ski jumping. Men's cross-country 10 km classical 22 February 1993 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit 24 February 1993 Dæhlie edged Smirnov at the finish line to earn the gold medal. Smirnov later stated that he lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1991 took place between 7 and 17 February 1991 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. The women's 5 km was reintroduced after not being held in the previous championships. The men's 10 km was introduced in this championships. Additionally, this was the first championship with a unified German team for the first time officially since 1939 following separate East German and West German teams that had competed from 1958 to 1989. Men's cross-country 10 km classical 11 February 1991 15 km freestyle 9 February 1991 30 km classical 7 February 1991 50 km freestyle 17 February 1991 4 × 10 km relay 15 February 1991 Women's cross-country 5 km classical 12 February 1991 10 km freestyle 10 February 1991 15 km classical 8 February 1991 30 km freestyle 16 February 1991 Yegorova was the last person to win a gold medal for the Soviet Union before its breakup later that year. 4 × 5 km relay 15 February 1991 Men's Nordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1995 took place 9–19 March 1995 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. This marked the second time the separate championships (not part of Winter Olympics) were held outside Europe (the first was in the US towns of Lake Placid, New York, and Rumford, Maine, in 1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...). The Nordic combined team event was changed from a 3 × 10 km relay to a 4 × 5 km relay for these championships. Men's cross-country 10 km classical 11 March 1995 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit 13 March 1995 30 km classical 9 March 1995 50 km freestyle 19 March 1995 This marks the first recorded time the 50 km was completed in under two hours. 4 × 10 km relay 17 March 1995 Women's cross-coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1984 for teams in Ski jumping and Nordic combined took place in Engelberg, Switzerland and Rovaniemi, Finland. These were extraordinary events because both were not held at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Nordic combined 3 × 10 km team March 17, 1984 Venue: Rovaniemi, Finland Ski jumping team large hill February 26, 1984 Venue: Engelberg, Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ... Medal table References1984 team nordic combined results from Rovaniemi, Finland* Hofer, Walter (FIS Race Director Ski Jumping). "AW: 1984 Team Large Hill Competition in Engelberg, SUI." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 7 Aug 2006. {{Nordic skiing World Championships 1984 in Nordic combined FIS Nordic World Ski Championships February 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1989 took place 17–26 February 1989 in Lahti, Finland, for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the previous championships. These championships featured separate races of men's 15 km and women's 10 km both in the classical technique and in the freestyle technique. Additionally, the women's 15 km event debuted and the women's 20 km event was lengthened to 30 km. Men's cross-country 15 km classical 22 February 1989 15 km freestyle 20 February 1989 30 km classical 18 February 1989 50 km freestyle 26 February 1989 4 × 10 km relay 24 February 1989 Among the 19 relay teams competing were Australia, Denmark, Greece, and the Netherlands. Women's cross-country 10 km classical 19 February 1989 10 km freestyle 17 February 1989 15 km classical 21 February 1989 30 km freestyle 25 February 1989 4 × 5 km relay 24 February 1989 Men's Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
