The 2002–03 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 24th

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season of

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. It began on 29 November 2002 at

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, Finland, and finished on 23 March 2003 at

Letalnica bratov Gorišek Letalnica bratov Gorišek () is one of the two largest ski flying ski jumping hills, hills in the world and the biggest of eight hills located at the Planica Nordic Centre in Planica, Slovenia. It was built in 1969 and is named after the origin ...

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 ...

, Slovenia."Calendar"
FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. The defending World Cup champion from the previous two seasons was

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 ...

, who continued his success by winning the overall title for a third time,"World Cup Standing"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. as well as his second

Nordic Tournament The Nordic Tournament was an annual ski jumping tournament that was a part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The tournament started in 1997 as a counterpart to the widely successful Four Hills Tournament in Germany and Austria. It is held in Mar ...

."Cup standings"
FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

Sven Hannawald Sven Hannawald (; born 9 November 1974) is a German former ski jumper. Having competed from 1992 to 2004, his career highlight was winning the 2002 Four Hills Tournament, on that occasion becoming the first athlete to win all four events of said ...

placed second as he did in the previous season, with

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. Alo ...

in third.

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 fr ...

won the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

for a second time."4-Schanzen Tournee Standing"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. The Nations Cup was won by Austria."Nations Cup Standing"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. On the

ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual sport, individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially de ...

hill in Planica, Matti Hautamäki set three consecutive

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– 227.5,"Results Qualification Thu 20 Mar 2003"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-20. 228.5"Results Trial Round Sat 22 Mar 2003"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. and 231 metres"Official Results Sun 23 Mar 2003"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. – in a span of four days, becoming the first ski jumper to officially break the 230 m barrier."Finn breaks ski jump record"
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''.

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. 2003-03-23. Retrieved 2015-05-19. Prior to Hautamäki's 231 m jump,

Veli-Matti Lindström Veli-Matti Lindström (born 15 November 1983) is a Finnish former ski jumping, ski jumper. His career best achievement was a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah Olympic Park, Salt Lake City in the team large hill event. He also won a ...

became the first to unofficially surpass 230 m with a jump of 232.5 m during the 21 March trial round,"Results Trial Round Fri 21 Mar 2003"
(PDF). FIS. Retrieved 2015-05-19. but his jump was rendered an invalid world record due to him touching the snow with his hand."Flights over 220 m"
. planica.si. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

Calendar

Individual competitions

: The second competition in Willingen was only a single-round competition. : Oslo was only a single-round competition.

Team competitions

Final standings

Overall

Four Hills Tournament

Nordic Tournament

Prize money

Nations Cup

World records

Medal table

References

External links

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