Vlado Gorišek, known as Lado Gorišek (4 January 1925 – 14 June 1997), was a Slovenian

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing i ...

, constructor, and

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Career

His works were mainly constructions of

ski jumping 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 final ...

and

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 ...

hills worldwide. His best-known work is the Gorišek Brothers Ski Flying Hill (''Letalnica bratov Gorišek'') 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 ...

, Slovenia, which is currently the world's second-largest ski flying hill. He oversaw its construction together with his brother Janez Gorišek.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorisek, Vlado 1925 births 1997 deaths Architects from Ljubljana Engineers from Ljubljana Yugoslav engineers