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ski jumping Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the final ...
venue in
Samokov Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sam ...
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Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
. The venue includes three hills, K40, K25 and the small K10. The hills are covered with plastic matting during the summer. Every summer youth competitions are hosted, in order to train Bulgarian ski jumpers. The hills have inrun trails made of
stainless steel Stainless steel is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains at least 11% chromium and may contain elements such as carbon, other nonmetals and metals to obtain other desired properties. Stainless steel's corros ...
but the plastic mattings are in bad quality and already over 20 years old. The active professional ski jumpers
Vladimir Zografski Vladimir Zografski, born 14 July 1993 in Samokov, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian ski jumper. He took 14th place at the Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's normal hill individual, normal hill individual event at the 2018 Winter Olympics, w ...
and Deyan Funtarov are both from Samokov and started training in these hills.


References


Ski Jumping Hill Archive - Samokov, Bulgaria
Ski jumping venues in Bulgaria Buildings and structures in Sofia Province Samokov {{skijumping-venue-stub