The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2016 was held between 15 and 17 January 2016 in
Tauplitz
Tauplitz is a former municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austrian state of Styria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Bad Mitterndorf
Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut in the Aust ...
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Bad Mitterndorf
Bad Mitterndorf is a town in Salzkammergut in the Austrian state of Styria.
Situated between Salzburg and Graz, it is a popular winter sports resort and also as a location for walking and cycling in the summer. Bad Mitterndorf is the site of two ...
, Austria for the fifth time. Kulm hosted the event previously in
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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1996 and
2006. The individual defending champion was
Severin Freund.
Peter Prevc
Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Four Hill ...
from
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
became new ski flying individual world champion after three rounds of competition with two of them were new hill records. Fourth round was cancelled due to wind conditions.
Norway
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won the team event in front of
Germany
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with a record margin of 110,4 points, while
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
came in third.
Schedule
Results
Qualifying
Trial rounds
*team trial cancelled after Klemens Murańka, heavy snow.
Competition
Individual
Team
External links
Official website
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