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Ski Jumping At The 1968 Winter Olympics – Large Hill Individual
The men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 1968 Winter Olympics was held in Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,083. Demographics 1968 Winter Olympics The commune hosted the ski jumping individua .... It occurred on 18 February. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Large hill individual Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte
Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,083. Demographics 1968 Winter Olympics The commune hosted the ski jumping individual large hill event for the 1968 Winter Olympics held in neighbouring Grenoble, on the Dauphine site on Le Moucherotte. Its hill had a calculation or K-point of 90 metres and was constructed between July 1966 and January 1967. During training, the longest jump reached was 112 metres. Final construction continued throughout the summer of 1967. During the 1968 Games, it seated 50,000 spectators. pp. 95-8. See also * |
Jan Olaf Roaldset
Jan Olaf Roaldset (born 28 March 1946) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He was born in Molde and represented the club IL Hjelset-Fram. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ..., where he placed 21st in the normal hill and 13th in the large hill. References 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Molde Skiers from Møre og Romsdal Norwegian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiji Aochi
(June 21, 1942 – August 14, 2008) was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1970s. His best finish was a bronze medal in the Individual normal hill event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. Aochi attended Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ... and then joined Snow Brand Milk Products Company. He joined the company's ski club and later stayed as a mentor to younger skiers. Aochi died of gastric cancer. References * * 1942 births 2008 deaths Sportspeople from Hokkaido Deaths from stomach cancer Japanese male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Olympic medalists in ski jumping People from Otaru Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbyněk Hubač
Zbyněk Hubač (born 1 September 1940 in Trutnov) is a Czechoslovakian former ski jumper who competed from 1962 to 1973. His lone victory was at Innsbruck during the 1970–71 Four Hills Tournament. Hubač also competed in three Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of 19th twice ( Individual large hill: 1968, Individual large hill: 1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...). References * Sports-Reference.com profile 1940 births 20th-century Czech people Czechoslovak male ski jumpers Czech male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Czechoslovakia Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Trutnov Sportspeople from the Hradec Králové Region {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veikko Kankkonen
Veikko Kankkonen (born 5 January 1940) is a retired Finnish ski jumper who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. He won two medals in 1964 with a gold in the individual normal hill and a silver in the individual large hill event. That same year he won the jumping competition at the Holmenkollen ski festival, which also earned him the Holmenkollen medal (shared with Eero Mäntyranta, Georg Thoma, and Halvor Næs). He also won the Four Hills Tournament and served as the flag bearer for Finland at the 1968 Olympics. Besides skiing Kankkonen played pesäpallo Pesäpallo (; sv, boboll, both names literally meaning "nest ball", colloquially known in Finnish as pesis, also referred to as Finnish baseball) is a fast-moving bat-and-ball sport that is often referred to as the national sport of Finland a ... for the ''Maila-Veikot Lahti'' club in the national championships of 1963–64. He also regularly competed in golf at the national level, with the best result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjørn Wirkola
Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conjunction with the Holmenkollen ski festival, making Wirkola the Holmenkollen champion as well (a feat he would repeat the following year). Wirkola won the Four Hills Tournament from 1967 to 1969, and is still the only ski jumper who has won this tournament three years in a row. He also competed at three Winter Olympics: in 1964 he finished eleventh in the Nordic combined, in 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, he achieved his best finish with a fourth place in the individual normal hill, 0.6 points behind the bronze medalist Baldur Preiml of Austria, and the 1972 Winter Olympics, where he finished 37th in the wind-ravaged event in the Okurayama large hill. On 12 March 1966, on official training, he set his first world record at 145.5 metres ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Golser
Max Golser (4 May 1940 – 23 April 2019) was an Austrian ski jumper. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... References 1940 births 2019 deaths Austrian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Austria Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Skiers from Tyrol (state) 20th-century Austrian people {{Austria-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukio Kasaya
is a Japanese former ski jumper. At the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo he became the first Japanese athlete to win a gold medal and the second Japanese (after Chiharu Igaya) to win any medal at the Winter Olympics. Previously he placed second at the 1970 World Championships and won the first three jumping events at the 1971/72 Four Hills Tournament. He also took part in the 1964, 1968 and 1976 Olympics and served as the Olympics flag bearer for Japan in 1976 and 1998. Kasaya took up ski jumping at the Taketsuru facility in his native Yoichi, which was built by the founder of Nikka Whisky Distilling Masataka Taketsuru was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry and Nikka Whisky Distilling. Born to a family that had owned a sake brewery since 1733, he traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study organic chemistry and .... The facility was renamed after Kasaya in 1972. Kasaya was a long-term employee of the Nikka distillery, eventually be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akitsugu Konno
was a Japanese ski jumper who competed in the early 1970s. His best finish was a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city .... References External links * * 1944 births 2019 deaths Japanese male ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Sportspeople from Sapporo Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Japan 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Gellér
László Gellér (born 5 August 1944) is a Hungarian ski jumper. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm .... References External links * 1944 births Living people Hungarian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Hungary Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics People from Tótkomlós Sportspeople from Békés County 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Fujisawa
is a retired Japanese ski jumper and Nordic combined skier. He won a silver medal in the individual large hill event at the 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo, becoming the first Japanese ski jumper to win a medal at the world championships. He placed 20th in the Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ... and 8th–18th in the large hill event at the 1968–1976 Olympics. References External links * * * * 1943 births Japanese male ski jumpers Japanese male Nordic combined skiers Olympic ski jumpers for Japan Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Japan Nordic combined skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Macle
Alain Macle (18 April 1944 – 21 March 2020) was a French ski jumper. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... References External links * 1944 births 2020 deaths French male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for France Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Les Rousses Sportspeople from Jura (department) Skiers from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
