The 1996–97 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 18th

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season in

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and the 7th official World Cup season in

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with seventh small crystal globe awarded. Season began in

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on 30 November 1996 and finished in

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on 23 March 1997. The individual World Cup overall winner was

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 ...

(first ever big crystal globe for Slovenia), he also won Ski Flying small globe and Four Hills Tournament (both also first for Slovenia). Nations Cup was taken by Team of

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. 25 men's individual events on 17 different venues in 9 countries were held on the two different continents (Europe and Asia); one individual event was cancelled due to wind in

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. At the end of the season in

we've seen incredible fairplay for overall crystal globe battle, when German physiotherapist Rudi Lorenz helped

who crashed and injured on Friday's training and was the main rival of

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. Also two world records were set there with

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 norm ...

(210 m) and

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 s ...

at 212 metres on Saturday. Peaks of the season were FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and Four Hills Tournament.

Map of world cup hosts

Calendar

Men's Individual

Men's Team

Standings

Overall

Ski Jumping (JP) Cup

Ski Flying

Nations Cup

Four Hills Tournament

Nordic Tournament

References

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