
Olympiaschanze was a
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 fin ...
venue in
St. Moritz
St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality ...
,
Switzerland, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006. The
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 fin ...
and the ski jumping part of the
Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
event for the
1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...
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Its K-point was 66 m.
References
*Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 Jun 2006.
1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 1.p. 47.
1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 2.pp. 10–1.
1948 Winter Olympics official report.pp. 6, 21.
Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics
Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics
Defunct sports venues in Switzerland
Ski jumping venues in Switzerland
Olympic Nordic combined venues
Olympic ski jumping venues
Sport in St. Moritz
Buildings and structures in Graubünden
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