Čerťák
| Čerťák ski flying hill | |||||||||
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| city | Harrachov | ||||||||
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| society | TJ Jiskra Harrachov | ||||||||
| Spectator seats | approx. 50,000 | ||||||||
| Construction year | 1979 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | ||||||||
| Shut down | 2014 | ||||||||
| Hill record | 214.5 m Matti Hautamäki (2002) Thomas Morgenstern (2008)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ′ 1 ″ N , 15 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ E
The ski jumping facility Čerťák on the northern slope of the mountain Čertova hora (German Teufelsberg ) in the Czech town of Harrachov (German Harrachsdorf ) consists of five ski jumping hills , including one of six ski jumping hills worldwide . Harrachov was a regular venue for world and continental cup jumping as well as world cup ski flying and ski flying world championships. The facilities have been in disrepair since 2014 due to financial problems, the last hill was closed in 2018.
history
The first ski clubs were founded in Harrachov at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In 1922 the first ski jump with an artificial inrun tower in Bohemia was built by a Czech sports club, but not yet on Čerťák, but on Ptačince ( Vogelstein ) in the district of Ryžoviště ( Seifenbach ). There you could jump 30 meters. The hill was extended several times, so that 50 meters were soon reached. At the beginning of the 1930s, a new ski jump was built not far from the old ski jump, with distances of around 70 meters being reached, but this was destroyed by a storm in 1937 and no longer renovated.
At the Čerťák itself, the first ski jump was built by a German sports club in the early 1920s. Over the years this has been expanded and enlarged again and again, and a smaller hill was added later. Sudeten German championships, German youth championships and international Teufelsberg jump runs were held here. On the larger hill, distances of around 60 meters were achieved.
In 1946 the two clubs merged, and as a result there was only jumping at Čerťák.
In 1952 the jumps were rebuilt, but even then there were plans to build a 100 meter hill.
In 1955, the entire area was redesigned, the large hill was converted into a K70 hill and the small one into a K50 hill. In addition, a K30 ski jump was built, which was covered with plastic matting a year later and was therefore the first plastic covered hill in Czechoslovakia.
When the wooden structures from 1955 fell into disrepair in the 1970s, renovation was inevitable. The then Czechoslovak Ski Association then decided to rebuild the area in its current form. A total of five jumps were created. The mammoth ski jump , so today's ski jump , a K120 ski jump , a K90 ski jump and a K70- and K40 ski jump.
In 1979 the new area was ceremoniously opened, and in March 1980 the flying hill was inaugurated during the ski flying week. In 1983 the first ski flying world championship took place in front of around 60,000 spectators. In the years that followed, however, the hill made more headlines with serious falls than long flights. The air level was up to twelve meters too high, which led to the FIS closing the hill. Since this problem affected almost all flying hills, it was recognized at the time that an air level of five meters is much safer for the jumpers and still large distances can be achieved if the hill profile is adjusted accordingly. The introduction of the V-style finally sealed the profile change of the ski jumps.
From 1989 to 1992 the flying hill was rebuilt according to the latest findings, with the K-point being moved to 185 meters and a windbreak wall installed. In 1996 Andreas Goldberger flew over the magical 200 meter mark on this hill.
The other four jumps were also brought up to date with the latest technology, the K90 hill received a ceramic track and plastic matting in 1998.
The last competition of the world elite in Harrachov took place as part of the ski flying world championship 2014 . The team competition had to be canceled due to the wind.
The flying hill was shut down in 2014, the K90 as the last of the smaller facilities in 2018. Provided that the Czech state finances the modernization and thus the reopening of the ski jumping facility, Harrachov was the only applicant for the ski flying world championship in 2024 . After Harrachov was awarded the contract, the organization of the Ski Flying World Championships was given up again at the end of October 2019 due to ongoing financial difficulties.
The ski jumping facility is currently in an extremely dilapidated condition. For the national teams, the hill was the only one in the whole of the Czech Republic that could be used all year round.
Čerťák ski flying hill
The Čerťák ski flying hill is one of five ski flying hills worldwide . It was a regular venue for ski flying world cups and championships. The last World Cup events took place in the 2012/2013 season . Due to the weather conditions, both competitions took place on Sunday. Both times the winner was Gregor Schlierenzauer . The last ski flying world championship on this hill took place in 2014, Severin Freund won it.
Technical specifications
| Čerťák ski flying hill | |
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| Inrun length | 124.3 m |
| Run-up speed | approx. 103.0 km / h |
| Take-off table | |
| Table height | 4.6 m |
| Inclination of the take-off table (α) | 10.5 ° |
| Landing | |
| Hillsize | 205 m |
| Construction point | 185 m |
| K-point inclination angle (β) | 34.5 ° |
Hill record
- 214.5 m - Matti Hautamäki , March 9, 2002
- 214.5 m - Thomas Morgenstern , January 18, 2008
Development of the hill record
The following is a list of the hill record development since the beginning of the competitions on the flying hill.
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| Čerťák large hill | |||||||||
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| city | Harrachov | ||||||||
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Czech Republic
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| society | TJ Jiskra Harrachov | ||||||||
| Spectator seats | approx. 50,000 | ||||||||
| Construction year | 1979 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1992 | ||||||||
| Shut down | 2018 | ||||||||
| Hill record | 145.5 m Janne Ahonen (2004)
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Čerťák large hill
World Cup competitions were regularly held on the large hill at Čerťák . In the 2006/07 season and the 2010/11 season the jumping competitions had to be canceled at the beginning of December due to lack of snow. The history of this bakken is covered here . With a table angle of 10.5 degrees, the two hills on Čerťák have the flattest inrun of all World Cup hills.
Technical specifications
| Čerťák large hill | |
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| Start-up | |
| Inrun length | 115.5 m |
| Run-up speed | approx. 92.0 km / h |
| Take-off table | |
| Table height | 3.9 m |
| Inclination of the take-off table (α) | 10.5 ° |
| Landing | |
| Hillsize | 142 m |
| Construction point | 125 m |
| K-point inclination angle (β) | 37.0 ° |
Hill record
- 145.5 m - Janne Ahonen , December 12, 2004 (WCS)
Longest jump
- 151.0 m - Martin Koch , December 17, 2004 (COC-H)
Čerťák normal hill
On the normal hill in Harrachov, World Cup competitions in Nordic Combined and FIS Cup jumping as well as the competitions of the Junior World Championships in 1993 were held. Since 1998 there was a ceramic track and mats so that the jump could be jumped all year round. The history of the hill is covered in this section.
Technical specifications
| Čerťák normal hill | |
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| Take-off table | |
| Inclination of the take-off table (α) | 11.0 ° |
| Landing | |
| Hillsize | 100 m |
| Construction point | 90 m |
| K-point inclination angle (β) | 34.0 ° |
Hill record
- 102.5 m - Roman Koudelka , September 16, 2004
More jumps
In addition to the three hills described above, there is also a K70 hill in Harrachov, on which the Czech Jan Matura holds the hill record of 77 meters, and a K40 hill, on which the Czech František Vaculík holds the record of 43.5 meters.
International competitions
All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ski jumping hills in Harrachov completely ailing on mdr.de, accessed on March 10, 2019
- ^ History on Harrachov.cz
- ↑ History, hill data and record development for flying and large hill at www.skisprungschanzen.com
- ↑ History and hill data for normal and small hills at www.skisprungschanzen.com
- ↑ Ski flying: Czech Republic wants to host World Cup in 2024 | Radio Prague. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Ailing hill, empty cash register: Harrachov hands over Ski Flying World Championships 2024 , on skispringen.com. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ↑ History, hill data and record development for flying and large hill at www.skisprungschanzen-archiv.de
- ↑ Results. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
See also
Web links
- Čerťák on Skisprungschanzen.com
- Čertova hora on Skisprungschanzen.com
- Ski Flying-Harrachov (Czech)