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Ski Jumping At The 1972 Winter Olympics – Large Hill Individual
The men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 1972 Winter Olympics was held in Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium. It occurred on 11 February. In the competition on the Okurayama jumping hill, conditions were "variable and unfair" according to a Norwegian account of the 1972 Games published in 2006, and the result is described as "the greatest surprise of all time on the jumping hill". Olympiske vinterleker 1924–2006, Akilles forlag 2006, In the first run, the 19-year-old Zakopane mechanic Wojciech Fortuna completed a leap of 111 metres, while Manfred Wolf of East Germany was runner-up after the first run having jumped 107 metres. Jiří Raška, Gariy Napalkov and Tauno Käyhkö, all counted among the favourites according to Jorsett's account, were all more than 12 metres behind, Yukio Kasaya, who won on the normal hill, landed on 90 metres, and Ingolf Mork, the 1972 Four Hills Tournament winner, touched down on 88 metres. Fortuna's second jump was a more modest 87 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium
The , also known as the is a ski jumping venue located in the Miyanomori area in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Owned mostly by Sapporo City, the ski jump is on the eastern slope of the Mt. Okura. The stadium has hosted a number of winter sports events including 1972 Winter Olympics and FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007. The area of stadium consists of the Winter Sports Museum, the Ōkurayama Crystal House, and the Mt. Okura Observation Platform, as well as the ski jump. The stadium has area of 8.2 ha which houses 50,000 people at a maximum during a competition, and the ski jump is categorized as the large hill jump. The total height of the jump hill from the top starting point to the bottom of the slope is 133 metres, also the distance to the K-spot (critical point) is 120 metres. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Winter Olympic Games
) , nations = 57 , athletes = 1,423 (1,122 men, 301 women) , events = 46 in 6 sports (10 disciplines) , opening = February 13, 1988 , closing = February 28, 1988 , opened_by = Governor General Jeanne Sauvé , cauldron = Robyn Perry , stadium = McMahon Stadium , winter_prev = Sarajevo 1984 , winter_next = Albertville 1992 , summer_prev = Los Angeles 1984 , summer_next = Seoul 1988 The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, Mohkínsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts’ists’i 1988; kut, ʔaknuqtapȼik’ 1988; den, Klincho-tinay-indihay 1988), was a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to be held for 15 days, like the counterpart Summer Olympic Games. The majority of the contested events took pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Yanin
Sergey Yanin (born 14 October 1953) is a Soviet ski jumper. He competed in the large hill event at 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 1953 births Living people Soviet male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for the Soviet Union Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Sverdlovsk {{USSR-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Glaß
Henry Glaß (born 15 February 1953 in Rodewisch) is an East German former ski jumper who competed during the 1970s. His best-known success was at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, where he won a bronze medal in the individual large hill Event. Glaß also won a silver in the individual normal hill at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti and a bronze at the 1977 Ski-Flying World Championships in Vikersund Vikersund is a town of 3,232 (in 2020) inhabitants in the municipality capital of Modum, in the county of Viken, Norway. Overview Vikersund is located 30 kilometers south of Hønefoss and 40 kilometers northwest of Drammen. The village is loca .... He was trained by Harry Glaß to whom he is unrelated. References * * 1953 births Living people People from Rodewisch People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt German male ski jumpers Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic ski jumpers of East Germany Ski jumpers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Itagaki
is a Japanese ski jumper. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics, the 1972 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 1945 births Living people Japanese male ski jumpers Japanese male Nordic combined skiers Olympic ski jumpers of Japan Olympic Nordic combined skiers of Japan Nordic combined skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Hokkaido {{Japan-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadeusz Pawlusiak
Tadeusz Pawlusiak (9 August 1946 – 16 April 2011) was a Polish ski jumper. He competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics and the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a .... References 1946 births 2011 deaths Polish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Poland Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1976 Winter Olympics People from Bielsko County 20th-century Polish sportspeople Skiers from Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenek Mezl
Zdenek Mezl (born 13 July 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Canadian former ski jumper who competed in 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 1948 births Living people Canadian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Canada Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics 20th-century Canadian sportspeople Skiers from Prague {{Canada-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frithjof Prydz
Frithjof Prydz (15 July 1943 – 8 December 1992) was a Norwegian ski jumper and tennis player. He became Norwegian ski jumping champion in the large hill in 1972, and in the normal hill in 1973. He was Norwegian tennis champion in single in 1968, and won 24 titles in double and mixed double. He was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1971. He participated in ski jumping at 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 ..., where he placed 11th in the normal hill, and 15th in the large hill. References 1943 births 1992 deaths Sportspeople from Oslo Norwegian male ski jumpers Norwegian male tennis players Olympic ski jumpers of Norway Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Olympics 20th-century Norwegian people {{norway-tennis-bio-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
Kari Ylianttila
Kari Sakari "Kaale" Ylianttila (born 28 August 1953) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1971 to 1982. His career best achievement was winning the Four Hills Tournament in 1977–78, in which he scored his lone individual victory in Bischofshofen on 6 January 1978. He also competed in two Winter Olympics (1972 and 1980), earning his best finish of 13th twice, both in the individual large hill events. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ..., Ylianttila finished 19th in the individual large hill and 21st in the individual normal hill events. References * * 1953 births Living people Skiers from Rovaniemi Finnish male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Finland Ski jumpers at the 1972 Winter Ol ... [...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] |
