KLH arena

Coordinates: 47 ° 6 ′ 32.2 "  N , 14 ° 9 ′ 31.3"  E

KLH arena​

Austria

The KLH-Arena is a Nordic ski sports facility in Murau in Styria , it consists of five ski jumps and a cross-country ski run . Except for the K85 hill, all ski jumping facilities are natural hills. The cross-country ski run and the school jumps in the KLH Arena are floodlit.

history

With the Thurnhofer ski jump, the first jumping hill was built in 1933.

In 1936 and 1968 the Gumpold-Schanze and the Hans-Walland large hill were opened. After the Second World War , Murau applied twice to host the Nordic World Ski Championships , but the attempt failed. Only the Junior World Championships jumping in 1978 and 1982 were held on the Gumpold-Schanze. The last FIS World Cup in Murau took place in 1996. In addition, the opening ceremony for the 2003 Snowboard World Championship took place on Kreischberg in the KLH Arena.

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
March 12, 1978	Junior European Championship	K85	Alfred Lengauer	Heinz Koch	?
March 3, 1982	Junior World Championships	K85	Ernst Vettori	Markku Pusenius	Bernhard Zauner
January 9, 1994	World cup	K120	Noriaki Kasai	Espen Bredesen	Dieter Thoma

Gumpold ski jumps

Gumpold ski jumps
View of the ski jumps
Location
city	Murau
country	Austria
society	WSV Murau
Hill record	86 m Günther Stranner
Data Landing Construction point 85 m

The Gumpold ski jump was opened in 1936, won by the Norwegian Bjarne Karlsen with a width of 56 meters. The Nordic Junior World Championships were held twice on what was then the K70 hill, in 1982 an Austrian, Ernst Vettori, won the title.

In 1986 and 1990, the Nordic Combined World Cup was held twice on the K85 hill. The last World Cup competition on the now closed K85 hill took place on January 19, 1990.

In the meantime, only the K60, K35 and K20 hills are jumped. In 2005 the K35 and K20 hills were covered with plastic matting in order to prevent the hills from deteriorating. In 2007 the inrun of the K60 was renovated and the profile renewed. In order to be able to offer ideal training opportunities for the youngsters in summer too, this hill would also be provided with mats.

Technical specifications

Data
Landing
Construction point	85 m
Jury wide	92 m
size
Hill record	86 m Günther Stranner

Hans-Walland large hill

Hans-Walland large hill
Location
city	Murau
country	Austria
society	WSV Murau
Hill record	128.5 m Bjarte Engen Vik , February 18, 1996
Data Landing Construction point 120 m

The Hans-Walland large hill was opened in 1968. On January 9th, 1994 the only World Cup competition took place in Murau, which Noriaki Kasai won. After the closure of the K85 hill, two Nordic Combined World Cup competitions took place on the Hans-Walland large hill in 1992 and 1996. The last World Cup ever that took place in Murau was the Nordic Combined on February 18, 1996, which was won by Mario Stecher . Bjarte Engen Vik set the last hill record with a distance of 128.5 m .

The ski jump has meanwhile been closed.

Technical specifications

Hans-Walland large hill
Take-off table
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	11.0 °
Landing
Construction point	120 m
Jury wide	125 m
size
Hill record	128.5 m Bjarte Engen Vik , February 18, 1996

See also

• List of large hills
• List of normal hills

Web links

KLH-Arena on Skisprungschanzen.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ FIS Results Murau. Retrieved January 1, 2013 .