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| birth_date = 1917
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| birth_place = [[Thüringen]], [[German Empire]]
| birth_date = 1917
| death_date = 1998/99
| birth_place = [[Thüringen]], [[Germany]]
| death_place = [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]
|death_date= 1998 / 1999
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| personalbest = [[List of the longest ski jumps#Men|118 m]] (387 ft)<br><small>[[Bloudkova velikanka|Planica]], 2 Mar 1941</small>
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'''Rudi Gering''' (1917 &ndash; 1998 or 1999) was a German [[ski jumper]]. He was born in [[Thüringen]] in [[Germany]] and died somewhere in [[Bavaria]].
'''Rudi Gering''' (1917 &ndash; 1998/99) was a German [[ski jumper]]. He was born in [[Thüringen]] in [[Germany]] and died somewhere in [[Bavaria]].


==Career==
In 1941, on [[Bloudkova velikanka]] in [[Planica]] at competition called ''Smuški poleti Week'' he set two world records with 108 and 118 meters long. He was the first German world record holder and first person that jumped twice over 100 meters ever. He never performed at any [[Winter Olympic Games]] or [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]]. He also helped in construction of [[Heini Klopfer Ski Jump]] flying hill in [[Oberstdorf]] together with Heini Klopfer, [[Sepp Weiler]] and [[Toni Brutscher]].
On 2 March 1941 he set two world records on Ski Flying Study week competition in [[Planica]]. On legendary hill called [[Bloudkova velikanka]] he jumped 108 and 118 meters. He was the first German world record holder and first person in history who jumped two times over 100 meters line ever. He helped at the construction of [[Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze]] flying hill in [[Oberstdorf]] together with [[Heini Klopfer]], [[Sepp Weiler]] and [[Toni Brutscher]].


==External links==
==External links==
*"[http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Rudi-Gering-aus-Gehlberg-Ein-kaum-bekannter-Weltrekordler-1985854267/ Rudi Gering aus Gehlberg: Ein kaum bekannter Weltrekordler]." ''[[Thüringer Allgemeine]]''. 6 March 2011. (German language)
*"[http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Rudi-Gering-aus-Gehlberg-Ein-kaum-bekannter-Weltrekordler-1985854267/ Rudi Gering aus Gehlberg: Ein kaum bekannter Weltrekordler] [[Thüringer Allgemeine]] (German language)


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Revision as of 18:25, 9 March 2015

Rudi Gering
Full nameRudi Gering
Born1917
Thüringen, German Empire
Died1998/99
Bavaria, Germany
Personal best118 m (387 ft)
Planica, 2 Mar 1941
Updated on 8 Mar 2015.

Rudi Gering (1917 – 1998/99) was a German ski jumper. He was born in Thüringen in Germany and died somewhere in Bavaria.

Career

On 2 March 1941 he set two world records on Ski Flying Study week competition in Planica. On legendary hill called Bloudkova velikanka he jumped 108 and 118 meters. He was the first German world record holder and first person in history who jumped two times over 100 meters line ever. He helped at the construction of Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze flying hill in Oberstdorf together with Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher.

External links

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