Kulm (ski flying hill)

Kulm
The Kulm ski jump on the Kulmkogel (2011), in the background the Grimming massif
Location
city	Tauplitz
country	Austria
society	WSV Tauplitz / Klachau
Spectator seats	up to 90,000 possible
Construction year	1950
Rebuilt	2015
Extended	1953, 1986, 2014
Hill record	244.0 m Peter Prevc (2016)
Data Landing Hillsize HS 235 Construction point 200 m

Coordinates: 47 ° 32 ′ 47 "  N , 13 ° 59 ′ 44"  E

The ski jump at Kulm in Tauplitz, Styria (market town Bad Mitterndorf ) on the Kulmkogel mountain ( 1123  m ) is one of the largest ski jumping hills in the world. Until the renovation in 2014, it was considered the world's largest natural hill .

In 2020 ski flying will take place on the Kulm from February 14th to 16th.

history

After the end of the Second World War , some enthusiasts came up with the idea of ​​building a ski jump on the Kulm. The first jumping competition took place in 1950 in front of more than 10,000 spectators. Hubert Neuper senior, the father of the later ski jumping World Cup winner Hubert Neuper junior, was one of the first jumpers to go over the hill. He reached a distance of 96 meters. The first winner was the Austrian Rudi Dietrich with a width of 103.0 meters. On the slightly rebuilt hill, the Austrian ski jumping legend Sepp "Bubi" Bradl reached a distance of 115.0 meters a year later.

World championships were held on the Kulm in 1975, 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016.

On the occasion of the ski flying world championship in 1996, the Austrian Federal Railways built the Schiflugschanze Kulm stop on the Salzkammergutbahn railway line that passed near the finish area . Since then, spectators at ski flying events have also been transported to the Kulm by special trains, thereby relieving the traffic on Salzkammergutstrasse (B 145).

In autumn 2004 the ski jump was rebuilt and brought up to date with the latest technology. Since then, a new double chairlift has been available to jumpers and officials as an aid to the ascent .

On the occasion of the ski flying world championship in 2006, a new starting house with a waiting room and snack bar was built directly above the inrun lane for the jumpers. A small ski jumping museum has been set up in the judges' tower in the area of ​​the middle station of the chair lift. The resignation of Andreas Goldberger was officially announced at this event . With his last flight on January 13, 2006 he finally said goodbye to his active career.

With a view to the ski flying world championship in 2016, the hill was rebuilt in summer 2014. The take-off table was artificially raised and moved to the rear. The hill now has a hill size of 225 meters. Due to the conversion, the characteristics of a natural hill were lost.

The hill record has been held by Peter Prevc (Slovenia) since January 16, 2016 with 244 meters, where he improved his 243 meters from the day before. He replaced Noriaki Kasai , who flew 240.5 meters in the same round the day before shortly before Prevc. This in turn had Severin Freund (Germany), who flew 237.5 meters in the second training session on January 9, 2015. He outbid Gregor Schlierenzauer (Austria), who had held the maximum distance with 215.5 meters since 2009 (the hill record was first improved by Jurij Tepeš 220 m and Robert Kranjec 221 m during training).

The long-time organizer Hupo Neuper is stepping down in summer 2018.

Summer on the Kulm

The RedBull400 runs 400 meters from bottom to top in summer

Andreas Goldberger, winner 1996 and 2000

The RedBull 400 took place for the first time on September 25, 2011 . At this running event, the entire hill including the run had to be conquered continuously from bottom to top. The winner Ahmet Arslan needed 5: 04.58 min. In 2012 and 2013 this event was continued and Ahmet Arslan was able to manage his time to 4: 57.50 min. improve.

Honor roll of the winner

The ski jumping hill on the Kulm in Tauplitz has been the venue for the ski flying world championships four times and a regular venue for ski jumping world cup competitions. In history, jumpers from nine nations have been able to enter the list of winners.

date	event	winner	nation	Expanse	annotation
1950		Rudi Dietrich	AUT	103.0 m
1951		Sepp Bradl	AUT	115.0 m
1953		Sepp Bradl	AUT	120.0 m
1956		Werner Lesser	GDR	122.0 m
1959		Torbjørn Yggeseth	NOR	127.0 m
1962		Helmut Recknagel	GDR	136.0 m
1965		Henrik Ohlmeyer	DEU	140.0 m
1968		Zbyněk Hubač	CZE	126.0 m
1971		-	-	-	canceled (strong wind)
1975	3rd Ski Flying World Championships	Karel Kodejška	CZE	144.0 m
1978		Peter Leitner	DEU	145.0 m
1982	World Cup (3-day rating)	Hubert Neuper	AUT	167.0 m
1986	9th Ski Flying World Championships	Andreas fields	AUT	191.0 m
1991	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Stephan Zünd	CHE	179.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Stefan Horngacher	AUT	190.0 m
1992	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Jaroslav Sakala	CZE	184.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Jaroslav Sakala	CZE	190.0 m
1996	14th Ski Flying World Championships	Andreas Goldberger	AUT	198.0 m
1997	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Takanobu Okabe	JPN	205.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Primož Peterka	SVN	203.0 m
2000	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Sven Hannawald	DEU	198.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Andreas Goldberger	AUT	209.5 m	overturned, crash
2003	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Florian Liegl	AUT	208.5 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Sven Hannawald	DEU	196.5 m
2005	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Andreas Widhölzl	AUT	206.5 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Adam Malysz	POLE	209.5 m
2006	19th Ski Flying World Championships	Roar Ljøkelsøy	NOR	201.5 m
2009	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT	215.5 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT	203.5 m
2010	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Robert Kranjec	SVN	200.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT	205.0 m
2012	World Cup / 1st valuation day	-			Termination due to bad weather
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Robert Kranjec	SVN	206.0 m
2014	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Noriaki Kasai	JPN	197.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Peter Prevc	SVN	198.0 m
2015	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Severin friend	DEU	227.5 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	-			Competition canceled due to strong winds
2016	24th Ski Flying World Championships	Peter Prevc	SVN	244.0 m
2018	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Andreas Stjernen	NOR	229.0 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	-			Competition canceled
2020	World Cup / 1st valuation day	Piotr Żyła	POLE	219.5 m
	World Cup / 2nd valuation day	Stefan Kraft	AUT	230.0 m

Hill records

year	athlete	nation	Expanse
1950	Hubert Neuper Sr.	Austria	96 m
1950	Rudolf Dietrich	Austria	103 m
1951	Sepp Bradl	Austria	115 m
1953	Sepp Bradl	Austria	122 m
1956	Werner Lesser	GDR	125 m
1959	Torbjørn Yggeseth	Norway	127 m
1962	Peter Lesser	GDR	141 m WR
1965	Peter Lesser	GDR	145 m WR
1975	Karl Schnabl	Austria	151 m
1978	Edi Federer	Austria	164 m
1982	Hubert Neuper	Austria	167 m
1986	Andreas fields	Austria	191 m WR
1996	Janne Ahonen	Finland	200 m
1996	Jens Weißflog	Germany	201 m
1997	Takanobu Okabe	Japan	205 m
2003	Florian Liegl	Austria	208.5 m
2003	Sven Hannawald	Germany	214 m
2009	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Austria	215.5 m
2015	Jurij Tepeš	Slovenia	220 m
2015	Robert Kranjec	Slovenia	221 m
2015	Severin friend	Germany	237.5 m
2016	Noriaki Kasai	Japan	240.5 m
2016	Peter Prevc	Slovenia	243 m
2016	Peter Prevc	Slovenia	244 m

See also

• List of ski jumping hills

Web links

Commons : Ski flying hill Kulm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kulm on Skisprungschanzen.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morgenstern seriously injured in a fall on the Kulm. derStandard.at , January 11, 2014, accessed on January 19, 2014 .