Letalnica bratov Gorišek ( en, Flying hill of Gorišek brothers) is one of the two largest

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in the world and the biggest of eight hills located at the

Planica Nordic Centre The Planica Nordic Centre ( sl, Nordijski center Planica) is a nordic skiing complex located in Planica, Slovenia. It consists of one ski flying hill, seven ski jumping hills, and a cross-country skiing track. It is the only nordic centre in the ...

Planica Planica () is an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, extending south from the border village of Rateče, not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora. Further south, the valley extends into the Tamar Valley, a popular hiking d ...

, Slovenia. It was built in 1969 and is named after the original constructors and brothers Vlado and

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. Since its opening, a total of 28 world records were set at the venue. Yugoslav ski jumper Miro Oman made the inaugural test jump of on 6 March 1969. The first

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were organized on the hill in

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. After

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set a world record jump of at the 1985 FIS Ski Flying World Championships, a new rule was instituted by the

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that awarded no additional points for jumps over this distance due to safety reasons. The rule was abolished in 1994. On 17 March 1994,

Andreas Goldberger Andreas "Andi" Goldberger (born 29 November 1972) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres in 1994, although he didn't manage to stand. Career He won the World Cup overall titles three times ( ...

touched the snow with his hand at for the first, albeit disqualified, over 200-metre jump. Just a few minutes later

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landed on his feet at and officially became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres. Letalnica bratov Gorišek is a regular venue of the

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, and has hosted the FIS Ski Flying World Championships on seven occasions, most recently in

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. Since 2012, it also hosts the

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world series, the world's steepest 400-metre race. The world's steepest

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with an average incline of 38 degrees opened at the hill in September 2015. During the Ski Flying World Championships in 1985, the venue's highest all-time attendance was recorded when a total of 150,000 people gathered over three days.

History

1969–1972: Opening and the first World Championships

Velikanka bratov Gorišek (original name) was planned, constructed and developed by Slovenian constructors, engineers and brothers, Vlado and

. At the time, a lead engineer of Planica was Stano Pelan, who proposed to enlarge

Bloudkova velikanka Bloudkova velikanka ("Bloudek Giant"), also Bloudek-Rožmanova velikanka, is a large ski jumping hill in Planica, Slovenia, originally opened in 1934. In 2001 the hill collapsed and was completely rebuilt in 2012. A new normal hill (HS102) was als ...

; however, Vlado Gorišek suggested to build a completely new venue instead. In the mid-1960s, Janez Gorišek was working as an engineer in

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, where he prepared a plan and profile for a new hill. Construction began in 1967 and was completed by the end of 1968. During the construction, Janez was still working in Libya, so his older brother Vlado was fully in charge of the construction site. Initially, the

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was at K153 with a 145-metre long inrun. On 6 March 1969, two weeks before the competition, a hill test with trial jumper was made. Miro Oman made an inaugural jump and landed at . On 21 March 1969, the first day of the KOP Ski Flying Week competition, the venue was officially opened with the first world record distance, set at by

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 conju ...

. The next day, the world record was tied and improved three times, by

Jiří Raška Jiří Raška (; 4 February 1941 – 20 January 2012) was a Czechoslovakian ski jumper. He is regarded as the most famous Czech ski jumper of the 20th century. Early life He was born in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm in 1941. His father died of l ...

(156 and 164 metres) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 metres). On the final day of competition, in front of 45,000 spectators, Manfred Wolf set the world record at in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three-day event. In 1972, the hill hosted the

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. Swiss ski jumper

Walter Steiner Walter Steiner (born 15 February 1951) is a Swiss former ski jumper who competed in the 1970s. Career Steiner earned a ski jumping silver medal in the Individual large hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He also won the ski jumping competition a ...

became the first ski flying world champion in a three-day competition, which attracted around 110,000 spectators. Planica 1969

1974–1979: Steiner, Norčič and World Championships

On 15 March 1974, the second KOP Ski Flying Week competition started. The day started with a tied world record at , set by Walter Steiner in the trial round. In the first round, which was interrupted twice, Steiner crashed at , a new world record distance. In the last day of competition, Steiner confirmed his domination through the whole weekend and won in Planica for the second consecutive time. In 1977, the third KOP Ski Flying Week competition was held. During the trial round, Bogdan Norčič touched the ground at , which would have been a new world record, and the first jump over 180 metres in history.

Reinhold Bachler Reinhold Bachler (born 26 December 1944) is an Austrian former ski jumper. He was born in Eisenerz, and competed from 1968 to 1978. Career His best-known finish was a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Gren ...

from Austria won the three-day competition with the best round from each day counted into the final result. In 1979, Letalnica bratov Gorišek hosted the fifth ski flying World Championships. Axel Zitzmann crashed at a world record distance of , while the second round was cancelled and repeated.

Klaus Ostwald Klaus Ostwald (born 26 August 1958) is an East German former ski jumper. Career He won the FIS Ski Flying World Championships 1983 in Harrachov. Ostwald earned two medals in the team large hill at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a si ...

tied the world record at , and

Armin Kogler Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Career After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overa ...

became world champion.

1985–1987: Record-breaking attendance with Nykänen

In 1984, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Planica, the organizing committee decided to modernize the hill. Major renovation works were carried out in the summer and autumn of 1984, with the

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personnel, volunteers and different working organizations helping at the construction site under the command of Gorišek brothers. 1,500 cubic metres of material was excavated and filled into the landing zone. They also excavated 300 cubic metres of material from the inrun. The old wooden tower was replaced by a steel one, and the take-off table was pushed back for five metres. In 1985, the eighth ski flying World Championships were held in Planica, with the venue's highest all-time total attendance record of 150,000 people, and the single-event record of 80,000 people. Three world records were set during the event, by Mike Holland (186 metres) and

Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time,

(187 and 191 metres). Nykänen has also won the World Championship. In 1986, a new rule was instituted by the

that awarded no additional points for jumps over 191 metres due to safety reasons. In the

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season, Letalnica bratov Gorišek hosted the

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event for the first time. On the first day, during a training session,

Andreas Felder Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and w ...

touched the ground at a world record distance of . The next day, Polish ski jumper

Piotr Fijas Piotr Fijas (born 27 July 1958) is a Polish former ski jumper. Career Fijas won a bronze medal at the 1979 FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Planica, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). He finished seventh on the individual normal hill at the 1984 ...

set the last parallel style world record on the first day of competition when he jumped in the third round, which was cancelled and repeated right after his jump. His world record was officially recognized seven years later.

1991: Kiessewetter with the all-time longest parallel jump

On 23 March 1991, during the second round, André Kiesewetter touched the ground at a world record distance of , the all-time longest parallel style ski jump in history. In the third round,

Stephan Zünd Stefan Zünd (born 3 July 1969) is a Swiss former ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Along with Jan Boklöv and Jiří Malec, he was an early pioneer of the V-style. Career At the 1992 ...

and Kiesewetter landed at . The next day, Ralph Gebstedt landed at in the third round and won the competition.

1994: First jump over 200 metres

On 17 March 1994, during the 1994 Ski Flying World Championships,

Martin Höllwarth Martin Höllwarth (born 13 April 1974) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Career At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won three silver medals. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he won bronze in the team large hill competition. Höl ...

set a new world record at as a test jumper. Austrian ski jumper

landed at , making the first jump over 200 metres; however, he touched the snow with his hands, and the jump was counted as invalid. Just a few minutes later, Finnish ski jumper

landed on his feet at and officially became the first man in history who jumped over 200 metres. It continued with

Christof Duffner Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at th ...

the next day who crashed from a huge height at . Later that day,

Espen Bredesen Espen Bredesen (born 2 February 1968) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career At World Cup level he won gold and silver medals at the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, he performed badly, coming last in the nor ...

set the third world record of the year at .

1997–2003: Peterka, ski jumping hysteria in Slovenia and more world records

In 1997, ski jumping hysteria spread all over Slovenia due to

Primož Peterka Primož Peterka () is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed from 1996 to 2011. He is one of the most successful athletes from Slovenia, having won fifteen individual World Cup competitions, two consecutive overall World Cup titles, a Ski Fl ...

, who was battling with

Dieter Thoma Dieter Thoma (born 19 October 1969) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career During that time he was the second best German ski jumper after Jens Weißflog. Thoma was not the first known ski jumper in the family: his uncle Georg Thoma wa ...

for the first Slovenian overall title. Over 120,000 people gathered in three days, with over 60,000 people alone on the decisive Saturday when two world records (210 and 212 metres) were set by Espen Bredesen and Lasse Ottesen, respectively. Peterka won the overall title. In 1999, the four-day event was attended by over 80,000 people. Two world records were broken during the competition, set at by

Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt (; born 29 January 1978) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2014. He is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers, having won the World Cup twice; a gold medal at the Winter Olympics; four gold medals at th ...

and by

Tommy Ingebrigtsen Tommy Ingebrigtsen (born 8 August 1977) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2007, representing Byåsen IL in Trondheim. He won the large hill competition at the 1995 Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, at the a ...

. On 16 March 2000, during the official training session, Austrian ski jumper Thomas Hörl set a world record at . Two days later the first ski flying team event was held with another world record set by Andreas Goldberger, who landed at . In 2003, four world records were set.

Adam Małysz Adam Henryk Małysz (; born 3 December 1977) is a Polish former ski jumper and rally driver. He competed in ski jumping from 1995 to 2011 and is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport. His many accomplishments include f ...

tied the record at and

Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki (; born 14 July 1981) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2012. He is one of Finland's most successful ski jumpers, having won sixteen individual World Cup competitions; multiple medals at the Winter ...

broke the record three times (227.5, 228 and 231 metres). Over 120,000 visitors gathered in four days.

2005–2010: Four world records in one day and adjustments

On 20 March 2005, four world records were set during the final round:

with ,

with , and

Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...

twice, with and .

Janne Ahonen Janne Petteri Ahonen (; born 11 May 1977) is a Finnish former ski jumper and drag racer. He competed in ski jumping between 1992 and 2018, and is one of the sport's most successful athletes of all time, as well as one of the most successful from ...

also crashed at and was slightly injured. In 2010, Letalnica got the new chairlift, renovated judge tower, landing zone widened, profile adjusted, and take-off angle lowered to keep competitors closer to the ground. All this was needed to fulfill the International Ski Federation requirements to host the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships where

Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, in 2002 and 2010. His other achievements include winning t ...

became world champion.

2015–present: Renovations, Prevc's record-breaking season and a new hill record

Between 2013 and 2015, the hill underwent a major renovation. A new profile was drawn by Janez Gorišek with the help of his son Sebastjan Gorišek, who is also a constructor. The hill's new construction point was at K200 and the hill size at HS225. They built a completely new concrete inrun, replacing the old steel construction. The take-off table was moved five metres higher and pushed back for twelve metres compared to the old one. Planica 2015 (16865497746)

The battle for the 2014–15 World Cup overall title between

Severin Freund Severin Freund (born 11 May 1988) is a German former ski jumper and current TV expert. He competed at World Cup level from 2008 to 2022, and is one of the most successful ski jumpers from Germany, having won the overall World Cup title in 2015, ...

and

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 Hills ...

lasted until the last jump of the season, which concluded at the newly renovated venue in March 2015. Freund took the overall title since he had more wins during the season, although they had the same number of points. In 2016, Prevc took the overall title in a record-breaking season in which he accumulated 15 wins, with a total of 111,000 people gathering in five days. During the test event,

Tilen Bartol Tilen Bartol (born 17 April 1997) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper. Career Bartol made his World Cup debut on 29 December 2015 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, where he finished 47th. On 16 March 2016, he fell at Planica Pla ...

crashed at , the second longest flight in the history of ski jumping at the time, and half a metre longer than the official world record. On 22 March 2018, in the qualification round,

Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer (; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup overall titl ...

touched the ground at and tied the world record distance. On 24 March 2019, Ryoyu Kobayashi set the hill record at and won the first overall title for Japan. In 2020, the 26th FIS Ski Flying World Championships at Letalnica were originally scheduled for March, but the event was postponed to December due to the

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Roberto Cecon Roberto Cecon (born 28 December 1971) is an Italian former ski jumper. Career He won two bronze medals at the FIS Ski Flying World Championships earning them in 1992 and 1994. Cecon also competed in four Winter Olympics, earning his best finish ...

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Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup. Career He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent ...

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Tami Kiuru Tami Petri Antero Kiuru (born 13 September 1976) is a Finnish former ski jumper. Career Kiuru won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships, he won bron ...

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Andreas Widhölzl Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles. Career Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won t ...

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Janne Happonen Janne Mikael Happonen (born 18 June 1984) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 2001 to 2014, representing Puijo Ski Club. Career Happonen made his World Cup debut on 23 November 2001 in Kuopio, finishing an impressive eleventh in t ...

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Robert Kranjec Robert Kranjec (born 16 July 1981) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Kranjec won a bronze medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He won his first World Cup event at Kuusamo, Finland in 2005. I ...

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Jernej Damjan Jernej Damjan (born 28 May 1983) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Damjan won a bronze medal in the team normal hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, and finished 6th in the individual normal hill eve ...

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Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Викторович Васильев, born 26 December 1979) is a Russian former ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level from 1998 to 2021. World Cup career Vassiliev made ...

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Harri Olli Harri Juhani Olli (born 15 January 1985) is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2002 to 2016. He scored three individual World Cup wins, four individual Continental Cup wins, and an individual silver medal at the 20 ...

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Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the World Cup overall title twice with 23 individual wins, the Four H ...

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Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

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Jurij Tepeš Jurij Tepeš (born 14 February 1989) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Tepeš won a bronze medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo in the team large hill event. In the 2010–11 season he got his first podium in Wo ...

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Rune Velta Rune Velta (; born 19 July 1989) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career On 25 February 2012, Velta finished second in the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, behind winner Robert Kranjec. He made his World Cup debut in March 2010 in O ...

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Stefan Kraft Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, Ski Jumping World Cup and FIS Ski Flying World Cup, Ski Flyi ...

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Johann André Forfang Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his World Cup debut in December 2014. He won team go ...

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Markus Eisenbichler Markus Eisenbichler (born 3 April 1991) is a German ski jumper, current World Champion in team champion, team mixed competition and former World Champion on the large hill. Career His FIS Ski Jumping World Cup debut took place in December 2011 ...

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Daniel-André Tande Daniel-André Tande (; born 24 January 1994) is a Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Tande's first World Cup start was in Bad Mitterndorf on 11 January 2014. On 25 November 2015, he achiev ...

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Domen Prevc Domen Prevc (born 4 June 1999) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Career 2015: World Cup debut Prevc competed in the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. He made an individual World Cup debut on 22 November 2015 in Klingenthal with eighth place. ...

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Karl Geiger Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German ski jumper who has competed at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 ...

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Halvor Egner Granerud Halvor Egner Granerud (born 29 May 1996) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won 25 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, and the Four Hills Tournament once ...

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Bor Pavlovčič Bor Pavlovčič (born 27 June 1998) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper 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 ...

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Anže Lanišek Anže Lanišek (born 20 April 1996) is a Slovenian ski jumper. Career In March 2014, Lanišek set an unofficial hill record of Bloudkova velikanka with , achieved during the Slovenian Nordic combined national championships in Planica. He made h ...

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Marius Lindvik Marius Lindvik (born 27 June 1998) is a Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic gold medalist. Career He won the silver medal in the normal hill at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed at the Junior World Championships in 2016, 2017 and 2018 wit ...

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Yukiya Satō is a Japanese ski jumper. He participated at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria. It was the second time Seefe ...

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List of world records

A total of 28 official world records have been set at the hill. The longest ever, but invalid jump at the hill was set by

in 2018 when he touched the ground at {{convert, 253.5, m. {{Quote box , bgcolor = , salign=left , style=box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; border-radius: 25px; margin-left=10px; margin-bottom: 25px; , width=20% , quote= «''I was very surprised and didn't expect such a great jump. I didn't really aim for a world record at all. I just wanted to make a good jump. I had no expectations, didn't care at all and that's probably why I set a world record.''» , source= —

; after 203 metres world record in 1994. {{Quote box , bgcolor = , salign=left , style=box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #888888; border-radius: 25px; margin-left=10px; margin-bottom: 25px; , width=20% , quote= «''Without any doubt this is my greatest career and life achievement. Nothing can be compared with this world record. Not even my gold medal at the Olympics or the World Championships. Now I know how birds feel when they fly in the air.» , source= —

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, , align={{convert, 156, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#65 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, TCH

, , align={{convert, 156, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#66 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 160, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#67 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, TCH

, , align={{convert, 164, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#68 , , 23 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, DDR Manfred Wolf , , align={{convert, 165, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#70 , , 15 March 1974 , , {{flagicon, SUI

, , align={{convert, 169, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#75 , , 18 March 1979 , , {{flagicon, DDR

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Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time,

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Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time,

, , align={{convert, 191, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#86 , , 14 March 1987 , , {{flagicon, POL

, , align={{convert, 194, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#87 , , 17 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, AUT

, , align={{convert, 196, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#88 , , 17 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 203, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#89 , , 18 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, NOR

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, , align={{convert, 210, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#91 , , 22 March 1997 , , {{flagicon, NOR Lasse Ottesen , , align={{convert, 212, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#92 , , 19 March 1999 , , {{flagicon, GER

, , align={{convert, 214.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#93 , , 20 March 1999 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 219.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#94 , , 16 March 2000 , , {{flagicon, AUT Thomas Hörl , , align={{convert, 224.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#95 , , 18 March 2000 , , {{flagicon, AUT

, , align={{convert, 225, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#96 , , 20 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, POL

, , align={{convert, 225, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#97 , , 20 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 227.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#98 , , 22 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 228.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#99 , , 23 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 231, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#100 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 231, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#101 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 234.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#102 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 235.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=#103 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

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Construction progress

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Hill size

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Technical data

Specifications: *K-point – 200 m *hillsize – 240 m *inrun angle – 35.1° *inrun length – 133.8 m *takeoff table height – 2.93 m *landing zone angle – 30.6° to 35.6° *takeoff table to bottom height – 135 m

In popular culture

Letalnica bratov Gorišek appeared as the main location of ''

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner ''The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner'' (german: Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner) is a 1974 documentary film by German filmmaker Werner Herzog. It is about Walter Steiner, a celebrated ski jumper of his era who worked as a carpe ...

'', a German film directed by

Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with un ...

which portrayed ski jumper

during the second KOP Ski Flying Week, held at Letalnica in 1974.{{cite web , last1=Brogan , first1=Jacob , title=Ski Jumpers Are Artists, Not Athletes , url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/the-genius-of-werner-herzogs-the-great-ecstasy-of-woodcarver-steiner.html , website=Slate Magazine , access-date=19 November 2020 , language=en , date=19 February 2018

References

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External links

Official website

Planica Nordic Centre
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History

1969–1972: Opening and the first World Championships

1974–1979: Steiner, Norčič and World Championships

1985–1987: Record-breaking attendance with Nykänen

1991: Kiessewetter with the all-time longest parallel jump

1994: First jump over 200 metres

1997–2003: Peterka, ski jumping hysteria in Slovenia and more world records

2005–2010: Four world records in one day and adjustments

2015–present: Renovations, Prevc's record-breaking season and a new hill record

Events

List of world records

Construction progress

K-point

Hill size

Technical data

In popular culture

See also

References

External links