Jože Šlibar (born 18 March 1934) is a Yugoslav former
ski jumper
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.
Career
On 24 February 1961, he set the ski jumping world record at 141 metres (463 ft) in
Oberstdorf
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,
West Germany
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, which he held and shared for the next three years together with
Peter Lesser and
Kjell Sjöberg
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Career
He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the normal hill and large hill events with the best result of fifth place in the large hill in 1964.
H ...
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It was Yugoslav record until 1969. His best performance at
Four Hills Tournament
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in 1959/60 was 14th place overall. In 1962 he performed at World Championships in
Zakopane
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where he took 31st place at normal and 47th place at large hill. In 2012 he was inducted into
Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame
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which was founded one year earlier.
Four Hills Tournament
Overall standings
Ski jumping world record
References
External links
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1934 births
Living people
Yugoslav male ski jumpers