Letalnica bratov Gorišek () is one of the two largest

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in the world and the biggest of eight hills located at the

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, Slovenia. It was built in 1969 and is named after the original constructors and brothers Vlado and

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. Since its opening, a total of 29 world records have been set at the venue. Yugoslav ski jumper Miro Oman made the inaugural test jump of on 6 March 1969. The first

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were organized on the hill in

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. After

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set a world record jump of at the 1985 FIS Ski Flying World Championships, a new rule was instituted by the

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that awarded no additional points for jumps over this distance due to safety reasons. The rule was abolished in 1994. On 17 March 1994,

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touched the snow with his hand at for the first, albeit disqualified, over 200-metre jump. Just a few minutes later

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landed on his feet at and officially became the first man in history to jump over 200 metres. Letalnica bratov Gorišek is a regular venue of the

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, and has hosted the FIS Ski Flying World Championships on seven occasions, most recently in

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. Since 2012, it also hosts the Red Bull 400 world series, the world's steepest 400-metre race. The world's steepest

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with an average incline of 38 degrees opened at the hill in September 2015. During the Ski Flying World Championships in 1985, the venue's highest all-time attendance was recorded when a total of 150,000 people gathered over three days.

History

1969–1972: Opening and the first World Championships

Velikanka bratov Gorišek (original name) was planned, constructed and developed by Slovenian constructors, engineers and brothers, Vlado and

. At the time, a lead engineer of Planica was Stano Pelan, who proposed to enlarge Bloudkova velikanka; however, Vlado Gorišek suggested to build a completely new venue instead. In the mid-1960s, Janez Gorišek was working as an engineer in

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, where he prepared a plan and profile for a new hill. Construction began in 1967 and was completed by the end of 1968. During the construction, Janez was still working in Libya, so his older brother Vlado was fully in charge of the construction site. Initially, the

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was at K153 with a 145-metre long inrun. On 6 March 1969, two weeks before the competition, a hill test with trial jumper was made. Miro Oman made an inaugural jump and landed at . On 21 March 1969, the first day of the KOP Ski Flying Week competition, the venue was officially opened with the first world record distance, set at by

Bjørn Wirkola Bjørn Tore Wirkola (born 4 August 1943) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career He became World Champion in Oslo in 1966, winning both the large and normal hill competitions. The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were also held in conj ...

. The next day, the world record was tied and improved three times, by

Jiří Raška Jiří Raška (; 4 February 1941 – 20 January 2012) was a Czechoslovakian ski jumper. He is regarded as the most famous Czech ski jumper in the 20th century. Early life He was born in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm in 1941. His father died of l ...

(156 and 164 metres) and Bjørn Wirkola (160 metres). On the final day of competition, in front of 45,000 spectators, Manfred Wolf set the world record at in the last round. Jiří Raška won the three-day event. In 1972, the hill hosted the

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. Swiss ski jumper Walter Steiner became the first ski flying world champion in a three-day competition, which attracted around 110,000 spectators. Planica 1969

1974–1979: Steiner, Norčič and World Championships

On 15 March 1974, the second KOP Ski Flying Week competition started. The day started with a tied world record at , set by Walter Steiner in the trial round. In the first round, which was interrupted twice, Steiner crashed at , a new world record distance. In the last day of competition, Steiner confirmed his domination through the whole weekend and won in Planica for the second consecutive time. In 1977, the third KOP Ski Flying Week competition was held. During the trial round,

Bogdan Norčič Bogdan Norčič (19 September 1953, Kranj – 4 April 2004, Cerklje na Gorenjskem) was a Yugoslavian ski jumper of Slovene ethnicity. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics. Career On 20 March 1977, Norčič crashed during an attempt a ...

touched the ground at , which would have been a new world record, and the first jump over 180 metres in history. Reinhold Bachler from Austria won the three-day competition with the best round from each day counted into the final result. In 1979, Letalnica bratov Gorišek hosted the fifth ski flying World Championships. Axel Zitzmann crashed at a world record distance of , while the second round was cancelled and repeated. Klaus Ostwald tied the world record at , and

Armin Kogler Armin Kogler (born 4 September 1959) is an Austrian former ski jumper. Career After his surprise win at the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1979, Kogler set a new record in Planica (1981) with a leap of 180 meters. He won two World Cup overa ...

became world champion.

1985–1987: Record-breaking attendance with Nykänen

In 1984, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Planica, the organizing committee decided to modernize the hill. Major renovation works were carried out in the summer and autumn of 1984, with the Yugoslav Army personnel, volunteers and different working organizations helping at the construction site under the command of Gorišek brothers. 1,500 cubic metres of material was excavated and filled into the landing zone. They also excavated 300 cubic metres of material from the inrun. The old wooden tower was replaced by a steel one, and the take-off table was pushed back for five metres. In 1985, the eighth ski flying World Championships were held in Planica, with the venue's highest all-time total attendance record of 150,000 people, and the single-event record of 80,000 people. Three world records were set during the event, by Mike Holland (186 metres) and

Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time,

(187 and 191 metres). Nykänen has also won the World Championship. In 1986, a new rule was instituted by the

that awarded no additional points for jumps over 191 metres due to safety reasons. In the

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

season, Letalnica bratov Gorišek hosted the

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event for the first time. On the first day, during a training session,

Andreas Felder Andreas Felder (born 6 March 1962) is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and ...

touched the ground at a world record distance of . The next day, Polish ski jumper Piotr Fijas set the last parallel style world record on the first day of competition when he jumped in the third round, which was cancelled and repeated right after his jump. His world record was officially recognized seven years later.

1991: Kiessewetter with the all-time longest parallel jump

On 23 March 1991, during the second round, André Kiesewetter touched the ground at a world record distance of , the all-time longest parallel style ski jump in history. In the third round,

Stephan Zünd Stephan Zünd (also spelled Stefan, born 3 July 1969) is a Swiss former ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Along with Jan Boklöv and Jiří Malec, he was an early pioneer of the V-styl ...

and Kiesewetter landed at . The next day, Ralph Gebstedt landed at in the third round and won the competition.

1994: First jump over 200 metres

On 17 March 1994, during the 1994 Ski Flying World Championships, Martin Höllwarth set a new world record at as a test jumper. Austrian ski jumper

landed at , making the first jump over 200 metres; however, he touched the snow with his hands, and the jump was counted as invalid. Just a few minutes later, Finnish ski jumper

landed on his feet at and officially became the first man in history who jumped over 200 metres. It continued with

Christof Duffner Christof Duffner (born 16 December 1971) is a West German/German former ski jumper. Career He won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Duffner also won two medals in the team large hill event at t ...

the next day who crashed from a huge height at . Later that day, Espen Bredesen set the third world record of the year at .

1997–2003: Peterka, ski jumping hysteria in Slovenia and more world records

In 1997, ski jumping hysteria spread all over Slovenia due to

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 ...

, who was battling with

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 Thom ...

for the first Slovenian overall title. Over 120,000 people gathered in three days, with over 60,000 people alone on the decisive Saturday when two world records (210 and 212 metres) were set by Espen Bredesen 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 ...

, respectively. Peterka won the overall title. In 1999, the four-day event was attended by over 80,000 people. Two world records were broken during the competition, set at by

Martin Schmitt Martin Schmitt (; born 29 January 1978) is a German former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2014. He is one of Germany's most successful ski jumpers, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup twice; a gold medal at the Winter Olymp ...

and by

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 ...

. On 16 March 2000, during the official training session, Austrian ski jumper

Thomas Hörl Thomas Hörl (born 20 August 1981) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2003. Career After winning the Alpen Cup in 1996 at the age of fifteen, together with medalling in junior level competitions, Hörl started his senio ...

set a world record at . Two days later the first ski flying team event was held with another world record set by Andreas Goldberger, who landed at . In 2003, four world records were set.

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 ...

tied the record at and Matti Hautamäki broke the record three times (227.5, 228 and 231 metres). Over 120,000 visitors gathered in four days.

2005–2010: Four world records in one day and adjustments

On 20 March 2005, four world records were set during the final round:

with , Matti Hautamäki with , and

Bjørn Einar Romøren Bjørn Einar Romøren (born 1 April 1981) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed at World Cup level from 2001 to 2014. His career highlights include eight individual World Cup wins, two ski flying world records, and a team bronze medal at ...

twice, with and .

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 ...

also crashed at and was slightly injured. In 2010, Letalnica got the new chairlift, renovated judge tower, landing zone widened, profile adjusted, and take-off angle lowered to keep competitors closer to the ground. All this was needed to fulfill the International Ski Federation requirements to host the 2010 Ski Flying World Championships where

Simon Ammann Simon Ammann (; born 25 June 1981) is a Swiss ski jumper. He is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals in 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010. ...

became world champion.

2015–present: Renovations, Prevc's record-breaking season and a new hill record

Between 2013 and 2015, the hill underwent a major renovation. A new profile was drawn by Janez Gorišek with the help of his son Sebastjan Gorišek, who is also a constructor. The hill's new construction point was at K200 and the hill size at HS225. They built a completely new concrete inrun, replacing the old steel construction. The take-off table was moved five metres higher and pushed back for twelve metres compared to the old one. The battle for the 2014–15 World Cup overall title between Severin Freund and

Peter Prevc Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Fou ...

lasted until the last jump of the season, which concluded at the newly renovated venue in March 2015. Freund took the overall title since he had more wins during the season, although they had the same number of points. In 2016, Prevc took the overall title in a record-breaking season in which he accumulated 15 wins, with a total of 111,000 people gathering in five days. During the test event,

Tilen Bartol Tilen Bartol (born 17 April 1997) is a retired Slovenian ski jumper. Career Bartol made his World Cup debut on 29 December 2015 at the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, where he finished 47th. On 16 March 2016, he fell at Planica Pl ...

crashed at , the second longest flight in the history of ski jumping at the time, and half a metre longer than the official world record. On 22 March 2018, in the qualification round,

Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer (; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tourname ...

touched the ground at and tied the world record distance. On 24 March 2019, Ryoyu Kobayashi set the hill record at and won the first overall title for Japan. In 2020, the 26th FIS Ski Flying World Championships in Planica were originally scheduled for March, but the event was postponed to December due to the

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. Before the finals of the 2023–24 World Cup season, new ice tracks were installed as part of the renovation of the inrun, mainly due to the high temperatures that caused the inrun to thaw if it was not protected from the sun.

Events

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Pavel Ploc Pavel Ploc (, born 15 June 1964) is a Czech former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia, winning two Olympic medals. Career At the Winter Olympics, he earned a silver in the individual normal hill in 1988 and a bronze in the individual la ...

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Matjaž Zupan Matjaž Zupan (born 27 September 1968 in Kranj) is a Slovenian former ski jumper who competed for the former Yugoslavia and afterwards for independent Slovenia from 1987 to 1994. He won a silver medal in the team large hill competition at the 19 ...

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Staffan Tällberg Staffan Tällberg, born 17 April 1970 in Bollnäs, Sweden, is a Swedish former ski jumper. Career His best Winter Olympics was at Calgary in 1988 where he finished seventh in the team large hill and eighth both in the individual normal hill and i ...

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Stefan Horngacher Stefan Horngacher (born 20 September 1969) is an Austrian ski jumping coach and former ski jumper. Since April 2019 he is coaching the German national team. Career Horngacher won a bronze medal in the team large hill at the Winter Olympics in bo ...

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Jaroslav Sakala Jaroslav Sakala (; born 14 July 1969) is a former ski jumper who competed for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Career He entered his first World Cup competition on 15 January 1989 in Harrachov. His first big success was at the 1992 Winter ...

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Takanobu Okabe (born 26 October 1970) is a Japanese former ski jumper. Career His debut World Cup performance was on 16 December 1989 in Sapporo. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a ...

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Kazuyoshi Funaki (born 27 April 1975) is a Japanese former ski jumper. He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special variant of the V-style, in which the body lies flatter between the ...

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Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy (born 31 May 1976) is a Norwegian former ski jumper who competed from 1993 to 2010, and twice finished runner up in the World Cup. Career He won his first individual World Cup event on 25 January 2003 and was a very consistent ...

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Tami Kiuru Tami Petri Antero Kiuru (born 13 September 1976) is a Finnish former ski jumper. Career Kiuru won a gold medal in the team large hill event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. At the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships, he won bron ...

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Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

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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 ...

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Jernej Damjan Jernej Damjan (born 28 May 1983) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. Career Damjan won a bronze medal in the team normal hill event at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, and finished 6th in the individual normal hill ev ...

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Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev (, born 26 December 1979) is a Russian former ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level from 1998 to 2021. World Cup career Vassiliev made his World Cup debut in the 1998/99 season. His best individual finish ...

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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2010 was held 18–21 March 2010 in Planica, Slovenia for a record sixth time. Planica hosted the event previously in 1972, 1979, 1985, 1994, and 2004. Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer was the defending indivi ...

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Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern (born 30 October 1986) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup overall title twice with 23 ...

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Kamil Stoch Kamil Wiktor Stoch (; born 25 May 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers in the history of the sport, having won two FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup titles, three Four Hills Tournaments (two o ...

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Piotr Żyła Piotr Paweł Żyła (Polish pronunciation: ; born 16 January 1987) is a Polish Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He is the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021, 2021 ...

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Rune Velta Rune Velta (; born 19 July 1989) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. Career On 25 February 2012, Velta finished second in the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, behind winner Robert Kranjec. He made his World Cup debut in March 2010 in ...

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Stefan Kraft Stefan Kraft (born 13 May 1993) is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles three times each, the Four Hills Tournament once ...

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Johann André Forfang Johann André Forfang (born 4 July 1995) is a Norwegian Ski jumping, ski jumper and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Like his older brother Daniel Forfang he represents the club Tromsø SK. Forfang made his FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cu ...

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Markus Eisenbichler Markus Eisenbichler (born 3 April 1991) is a German former Ski jumping, ski jumper, current World Champion in FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's team large hill, team champion, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Mixed team ...

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Daniel-André Tande Daniel-André Tande (; born 24 January 1994) is a Norwegian ski jumper, 2018 ski flying World Champion and 2018 team Olympic champion. Career Tande's first World Cup start was in Bad Mitterndorf on 11 January 2014. On 25 November 2015, he achiev ...

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Ryōyū Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper. As a ski jumper, he has won 35 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, Four Hills Tournament three times, and is an individual Winter Olympics, Olympics gold m ...

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Domen Prevc Domen Prevc (born 4 June 1999) is a Slovenian Ski jumping, ski jumper. He is one of the most successful Slovenian ski jumpers with two gold medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Nordic World Ski Championships and two gold medals at the ...

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FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2020 The FIS Ski Flying World Championships 2020 were the 26th FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Ski Flying World Championships, held between 10 and 13 December 2020 in Planica, Slovenia. It was originally scheduled between 19 and 22 March 2020, but ...

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Karl Geiger Karl Geiger (born 11 February 1993) is a German Ski jumping, ski jumper who has competed at FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup level since 2012. He won gold medals in both the team and mixed team competitions at the FIS Nordic World Ski Champi ...

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Halvor Egner Granerud Halvor Egner Granerud (born 29 May 1996) is a Norwegian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won 25 World Cup individual competitions, the World Cup overall title twice, and the Four Hills Tournament once ...

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Anže Lanišek Anže Lanišek (born 20 April 1996) is a Slovenian Ski jumping, ski jumper. Career Lanišek made his FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, World Cup debut in Planica on 21 March 2014, where he finished in 34th place. He achieved his first World Cup victory ...

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Marius Lindvik Marius Lindvik (born 27 June 1998) is a Norwegian ski jumper and Olympic gold medalist. Career He won the silver medal in the normal hill at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. He competed at the Junior World Championships in 2016, 2017 2 ...

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Yukiya Satō is a Japanese ski jumper. He participated at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. It was the sec ...

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List of world records

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, , align={{convert, 156, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=65 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, TCH

, , align={{convert, 156, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=66 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 160, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=67 , , 22 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, TCH

, , align={{convert, 164, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=68 , , 23 March 1969 , , {{flagicon, DDR Manfred Wolf , , align={{convert, 165, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=70 , , 15 March 1974 , , {{flagicon, SUI Walter Steiner , , align={{convert, 169, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=75 , , 18 March 1979 , , {{flagicon, DDR Klaus Ostwald , , align={{convert, 176, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=82 , , 15 March 1985 , , {{flagicon, USA Mike Holland , , align={{convert, 186, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=83 , , 15 March 1985 , , {{flagicon, FIN

Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time,

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Matti Nykänen Matti Ensio Nykänen (; 17 July 1963 – 4 February 2019) was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time,

, , align={{convert, 191, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=86 , , 14 March 1987 , , {{flagicon, POL Piotr Fijas , , align={{convert, 194, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=87 , , 17 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, AUT Martin Höllwarth , , align={{convert, 196, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=88 , , 17 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, FIN

, , align={{convert, 203, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=89 , , 18 March 1994 , , {{flagicon, NOR Espen Bredesen , , align={{convert, 209, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=90 , , 22 March 1997 , , {{flagicon, NOR Espen Bredesen , , align={{convert, 210, m , {, class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="background:#fff; font-size:86%; line-height:15px; border:grey solid 1px; border-collapse:collapse;" , - style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! style="background-color: #ccc;", {{Abbr, No., Consecutive official world record ! style="background:#ccc;", Date ! style="background:#ccc;", Athlete ! style="background:#ccc;", Length , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=91 , , 22 March 1997 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 212, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=92 , , 19 March 1999 , , {{flagicon, GER

, , align={{convert, 214.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=93 , , 20 March 1999 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 219.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=94 , , 16 March 2000 , , {{flagicon, AUT

, , align={{convert, 224.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=95 , , 18 March 2000 , , {{flagicon, AUT

, , align={{convert, 225, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=96 , , 20 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, POL

, , align={{convert, 225, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=97 , , 20 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN Matti Hautamäki , , align={{convert, 227.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=98 , , 22 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN Matti Hautamäki , , align={{convert, 228.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=99 , , 23 March 2003 , , {{flagicon, FIN Matti Hautamäki , , align={{convert, 231, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=100 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 231, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=101 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

, , align={{convert, 234.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=102 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, FIN Matti Hautamäki , , align={{convert, 235.5, m , - , bgcolor=gainsboro align=103 , , 20 March 2005 , , {{flagicon, NOR

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Hill parameters

Hill specifications according to the

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certificate from 2020. * Construction point: 200 m * Hill size (HS): 240 m * Inrun length: 133.8 m * Inrun angle: 35.1° * Take-off length: 8 m * Take-off angle: 11.5° * Take-off height: 2.93 m * Landing angle: 33.2°

In popular culture

Letalnica bratov Gorišek appeared as the main location of '' The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner'', a German film directed by

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which portrayed ski jumper Walter Steiner during the second KOP Ski Flying Week, held at Letalnica in 1974.{{cite web , last1=Brogan , first1=Jacob , title=Ski Jumpers Are Artists, Not Athletes , url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/the-genius-of-werner-herzogs-the-great-ecstasy-of-woodcarver-steiner.html , website=Slate Magazine , access-date=19 November 2020 , language=en , date=19 February 2018

References

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External links

Official website

Planica Nordic Centre
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History

1969–1972: Opening and the first World Championships

1974–1979: Steiner, Norčič and World Championships

1985–1987: Record-breaking attendance with Nykänen

1991: Kiessewetter with the all-time longest parallel jump

1994: First jump over 200 metres

1997–2003: Peterka, ski jumping hysteria in Slovenia and more world records

2005–2010: Four world records in one day and adjustments

2015–present: Renovations, Prevc's record-breaking season and a new hill record

Events

List of world records

Hill parameters

In popular culture

See also

References

External links