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1996–97 FIS Ski Flying World Cup
The 1996/97 FIS Ski Flying World Cup was the 7th official FIS Ski Flying World Cup, World Cup season in ski flying awarded with small crystal globe as the subdiscipline of 1996–97 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Calendar Men Standings Ski Flying Nations Cup unofficial References {{DEFAULTSORT:1996-97 Fis Ski Flying World Cup 1997 in ski jumping, World cup FIS Ski Flying World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup competitions, two consecutive overall World Cup titles, a FIS Ski Flying World Cup, Ski Flying World Cup title, and the Four Hills Tournament. Career Peterka started ski jumping on a small hill (with a construction point, K-point at around 20 metres) near his hometown of Moravče, a small town about 30 km northeast from Ljubljana. He later joined the Triglav ski club in Kranj. 1995–1996 Peterka made his FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup debut on 4 January 1996. Due to the poor performance of Slovenian competitors at the time, Peterka was brought in as a replacement for the Four Hills Tournament event in Bergisel, Innsbruck, where he finished eighth. Peterka continued his good form, winning the competitions in Wielka Krokiew, Zakopane and Falun, and finished the seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Ottesen
Lasse Ottesen (born 8 April 1974) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2002. Career He grew up in the little hamlet of Aurskog in eastern Norway and represented the local sports club Aurskog-Finstadbru SK. His biggest success at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer where he earned a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill. Ottesen also finished 4th at the 1995 Nordic skiing World Championships in the Individual Large Hill. In 1997, he sat the world record in Planica with 212 meters. After retiring, he became a coach. He was the ski jumping coach for the Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ... teams of Norway and then the United States, and later became the head coach for the United States. Lasse is now Nordic combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvain Freiholz
Sylvain Freiholz (born 23 November 1974 in Le Brassus) is a Swiss former ski jumper who competed from 1991 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the individual large hill event at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim. Freiholz's best overall finish at the Winter Olympics was 7th in the team large hill event at Salt Lake City in 2002 and had his best individual finish of 14th in the individual large hill at Albertville in 1992. His best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships The FIS Ski Flying World Championships is a ski flying event organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1972 and held every two years. Overview The event takes place on hills much larger than ski jumping hills, with the construct ... was 15th in 1994. Freiholz's best career finish was second twice in 1992 and 1993. References External links * * * 1974 births Living people Ski jumpers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristian Brenden
Kristian Brenden (born 12 June 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career In the World Cup he finished 29 times among the top 10 and on the podium 8 times. He won the competitions in December 1996 in Lillehammer and in January 1998 in Zakopane. He participated in the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Nagano, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, with some events ... in Nagano, where he finished 8th in the normal hill, 13th in the large hill and 4th in the team event. At the 1999 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he finished 14th in the normal hill and 17th in the large hill. World Cup Standings Wins External links * 1976 births Living people Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers for Norway Norwegian male ski jumpers Skiers from Lillehammer {{Norway-skijump ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 was both world and Olympic champion in the nordic combined. Thoma won his first competition in 1990 when he won the Four Hills Tournament. He also won Ski-flying World Championships in Vikersund at the end of the 1989-90 season. Before the start of the 1993-94 season, Thoma changed his technique from jumping with parallel skis to the V-style, and was a part of the German team who won the team competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won a bronze medal in the individual normal hill in Lillehammer, then won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 (), were a winter multi-sport even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Meglič
Robert Meglič (born 4 November 1974) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, were an international winter multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Hav .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Slovenian male ski jumpers Skiers from Jesenice, Jesenice Olympic ski jumpers for Slovenia Ski jumpers at the 1994 Winter Olympics 20th-century Slovenian people {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håvard Lie
Håvard Lie (born 21 May 1975) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. In the World Cup, he only finished 3 times among the top 10 in his long career. At the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1997 took place from February 21 to March 2 at Granåsen Ski Centre in Trondheim, Norway. This event was the first time in consecutive championships that the number or type of events did not change since 196 ... he merely finished 28th in the normal hill and only 9th in the large hill. External links * 1975 births Living people Norwegian male ski jumpers Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 age of seventeen. Ingebrigtsen also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning a bronze in the team large hill event at Turin in 2006. He twice held the world distance record, both set in 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 hikin ..., with a jump of 219.5 metres on 20 March 1999 and 231 m on 20 March 2005. Tommy, himself a rock guitarist ( Arabs in Aspic), is the son of musician Dag Ingebrigtsen. Sports results *1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships – Gold: Individual large hill *2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroya Saitō
(born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper. Career He competed from 1991 to 2002. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event. Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial Nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ... medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill). World Cup Standings Wins External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saito, Hiroya 1970 births Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Japanese male ski jumpers Living people Olympic ski jumpers for Japan Olympic medalists in ski jumping FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Skiers from Hokkaido Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Widhölzl
Andreas "Andi" Widhölzl (born 14 October 1976) is an Austrian former 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 length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin .... During his career, he won world championships and Olympic titles. Career Early years Widhölzl was interested in ski-jumping from an early age, his interest coming from watching the sport on television. At around this time he joined the Tyrolese Ski Federation and learnt to ski. When he was seven years old, a school friend convinced him to join the Fieberbrunner Weitenjäger. After a few years, Widhölzl earned his first success in the district and regional championships for his age group. World Cup debut Widhölzl began his World Cup ski-jumping career in 1993. Between 1997 and 2000, he won two Olympic bronzes and two world championship medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakub Sucháček
Jakub Sucháček (born 17 November 1978) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2001. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, he finished seventh in the team large hill and 15th in the individual large hill events. Sucháček's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 11th in the large hill event at Ramsau in 1999. He finished ninth at the 1996 Ski-flying World Championships in Bad Mitterndorf. Sucháček's best World Cup finish was second in a large hill event in Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ... in 1995. External links * * 1978 births Ski jumpers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Czech male ski jumpers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{CzechRepublic-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 normal hill and 57th out of 59 on the large hill. He had converted from the parallel technique to the V-style just a month previously. His poor performance gave him the nickname "Espen the Eagle", based on British ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards.Athlete profile: Espen Bredesen At the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
