Axel Zitzmann (born 21 February 1959) is an East German former
ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1981.
Career
He won silver medal at the
FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1979
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17–18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.
Schedule
Rules
Scoring system rules were changed in the last moment, just t ...
in
Planica. Zitman's best World Cup event in
ski jumping was third in the large hill event in 1981, also in Planica.
On 17 March 1979, he crashed as trial jumper at ski jumping world record distance at 179 metres (587 ft) on
Velikanka bratov Gorišek K165 in
Planica,
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
.
Invalid ski jumping world record
Not recognized! Crash at world record distance.
References
External links
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1959 births
German male ski jumpers
Living people