Letalnica bratov Gorišek

Letalnica bratov Gorišek (Gorišek brothers' ski flying hill)
Letalnica
Location
city	Planica
country	Slovenia
society	SD Planica
Spectator seats	50,000
Construction year	1969
Rebuilt	among others 1994, 2003, 2014
Hill record	252.0 m Ryōyū Kobayashi (March 24, 2019)
Data Landing Hillsize HS 240m Construction point 200 m

Coordinates: 46 ° 28 ′ 35 ″  N , 13 ° 43 ′ 16 ″  E

The Letalnica bratov Gorišek [ ˈɡɔriʃɛk ] ( German  ski flying hill of the Gorišek brothers ), mostly just called Letalnica [ ˈleːtalnitsa ] for short , is the second largest ski flying hill in the world measured by the hill record and is located in Planica, Slovenia . So far 28 ski flying world records have been set on the hill . With a few exceptions, it has traditionally been the last stop in a ski jumping World Cup season since the 1990s .

history

The first ski jumping hill was built in Planica before 1930. In 1934 Stanko Bloudek opened the Bloudkova Velikanka -schanze (German Bloudeks large hill ), the first large hill in the world, which at that time was still considered a flying hill. The ski flying world record has been improved several times on this hill. However, after the ski jumps got bigger and bigger all over the world and large, modern ski flying hills were built, the decision was made in the 1960s to follow suit in Planica. Since it was not possible to enlarge the old ski jump, the brothers Lado and Janez Gorišek constructed the new flying hill not far from the old ski jump. This was opened on March 19, 1969 in front of 90,000 spectators. On the opening weekend, the ski flying world record was improved five times.

Since then, World Cup jumping and ski flying world championships have been held regularly on the hill . The world record has also been improved several times here. While various flying hills were initially involved in the development of the world record, it was always set up on Letalnica from 1986, when Matti Nykänen flew 191 meters, to 2011, when Johan Remen Evensen jumped 246.5 meters on Vikersundbakken . On March 17, 1994, Andreas Goldberger was the first person to jump over 200 meters in Planica, but could not stand the jump. The first official "two hundred" is therefore credited to Toni Nieminen , who jumped 203 meters on the same day.

In 2005 Bjørn Einar Romøren set a new hill record with 239 meters, which was also the ski flying world record until February 11, 2011. On the same day, the Finn Janne Ahonen managed another flight with 240 meters, but he could not stand the jump, which is why the jump was not classified as a world record.

Minor modifications are made to the hill on a regular basis in order to always meet current needs. In 2013 the ski jump was rebuilt so that jumps of 250 meters are possible, so that the world record could be brought back to Planica. In the coming years, jumps of up to 270 meters should be possible, which is, however, controversial. At the first World Cup on the converted hill on March 20, 2015, Peter Prevc set a new hill record with a jump of 248.5 meters. Ryoyu Kobayashi has held the hill record of 252 meters since March 24, 2019 .

The name of the ski jump

The hill was originally called Velikanka (German large hill or simply large ) and was renamed Letalnica (German flying hill ) for the 2004 Ski Flying World Championships .

Technical specifications

Marking the hill size (solid red line) on the landing slope

The flying hill in summer (2012)

Letalnica bratov Gorišek
Start-up
Inrun length	123.8 m
Slope of the approach (γ)	35 °
Run-up speed	approx. 109 km / h
Take-off table
Table height	2.00 m
Table length	8.75 m
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	11.25 °
Landing
Hillsize	240 m
Construction point	200 m
Jury wide	240 m
K-point inclination angle (β)	33 °

Others

Every time a jumper jumped over 200 meters, the song "Planica" by the Avsenik group was played. Since the 2011/2012 season it has only been used for distances of over 215 meters, as 200-meter jumps are now very common.

In the 2016/17 season, the song was only played on flights over the 225-meter mark. For the 2018/19 season, the limit was 230 meters.

Development of the hill record

year Surname Expanse 03/21/1969  Bjørn Wirkola 156.0 m March 22, 1969  Bjørn Wirkola 160.0 m March 22, 1969  Jiří Raška 164.0 m 03/23/1969  Manfred Wolf 165.0 m 03/15/1974  Walter Steiner 169.0 m March 16, 1979  Klaus Ostwald 179.0 m 03/15/1985  Mike Holland 186.0 m 03/15/1985  Matti Nykänen 187.0 m March 16, 1985  Matti Nykänen 191.0 m 03/15/1987  Vegard grandpas 193.0 m 03/15/1987  Piotr Fijas 194.0 m 03/17/1994  Martin Höllwarth 196.0 m 03/17/1994  Toni Nieminen 203.0 m 03/18/1994  Espen Bredesen 209.0 m 03/22/1997  Espen Bredesen 210.0 m 03/22/1997  Let Ottesen 212.0 m 03/19/1999  Martin Schmitt 214.5 m

year Surname Expanse 03/20/1999  Tommy Ingebrigtsen 219.5 m March 16, 2000  Thomas Hörl 224.5 m 03/18/2000  Andreas Goldberger 225.0 m 03/20/2003  Adam Malysz 225.0 m 03/20/2003  Matti Hautamäki 227.5 m 03/22/2003  Matti Hautamäki 228.5 m 03/23/2003  Matti Hautamäki 231.0 m 03/20/2005  Tommy Ingebrigtsen 231.0 m 03/20/2005  Bjørn Einar Romøren 234.5 m 03/20/2005  Matti Hautamäki 235.5 m 03/20/2005  Bjørn Einar Romøren 239.0 m 03/20/2015  Peter Prevc 248.5 m 03/25/2017  Robert Johansson 250.0 m 03/25/2017  Stefan Kraft 251.0 m 03/25/2017  Kamil Stoch 251.5 m March 24, 2019  Ryoyu Kobayashi 252.0 m

• Longest jump: 253.5 m, Gregor Schlierenzauer , March 22, 2018 (not confessed) 

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named.

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
March 25, 1972	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Walter Steiner	Heinz Wosipiwo	Jiří Raška
March 18, 1979	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Armin Kogler	Axel Zitzmann	Piotr Fijas
March 17, 1985	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog	Pavel Ploc
March 14, 1987	World cup	K185	Andreas fields	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	Thomas Klauser
March 15, 1987	World cup	K185	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	Matjaž Zupan	Piotr Fijas
March 23, 1991	World cup	K185	Staffan Tällberg	Stephan Zünd	André Kiesewetter
March 24, 1991	World cup	K185	Ralph Gebstedt	Stefan Horngacher	Dieter Thoma
March 20, 1994	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Jaroslav Sakala	Espen Bredesen	Roberto Cecon
March 22, 1997	World cup	K185	Takanobu Okabe	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Jani Soininen
March 23, 1997	World cup	K185	Akira Higashi	Primož Peterka	Let Ottesen
March 19, 1999	World cup	K185	Martin Schmitt	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Christof Duffner
March 20, 1999	World cup	K185	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt	Noriaki Kasai
March 21, 1999	World cup	K185	Noriaki Kasai	Hideharu Miyahira	Martin Schmitt
March 18, 2000	World cup	K185	Germany Sven Hannawald Hansjörg Jäkle Martin Schmitt Michael Uhrmann	Finland Ville Kantee Risto Jussilainen Jani Soininen Janne Ahonen	Japan Takanobu Okabe Kazuyoshi Funaki Hideharu Miyahira Noriaki Kasai
March 19, 2000	World cup	K185	Sven Hannawald	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Goldberger
March 17, 2001	World cup	K185	Finland Jussi Hautamäki Risto Jussilainen Tami Kiuru Veli-Matti Lindström	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Andreas Goldberger Martin Koch Stefan Horngacher	Japan Hideharu Miyahira Kazuya Yoshioka Masahiko Harada Noriaki Kasai
March 18, 2001	World cup	K185	Martin Schmitt	Risto Jussilainen	Tommy Ingebrigtsen
March 23, 2002	World cup	K185	Finland Matti Hautamäki Veli-Matti Lindström Risto Jussilainen Janne Ahonen	Germany Christof Duffner Martin Schmitt Michael Uhrmann Sven Hannawald	Austria Martin Koch Andreas Widhölzl Andreas Goldberger Wolfgang Loitzl
March 24, 2002	World cup	K185	Competition canceled
March 21, 2003	World cup	K185	Finland Veli-Matti Lindström Janne Ahonen Tami Kiuru Matti Hautamäki	Norway Henning Stensrud Bjørn Einar Romøren Roar Ljøkelsøy Tommy Ingebrigtsen	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Stefan Thurnbichler Florian Liegl Andreas Widhölzl
March 22, 2003	World cup	K185	Matti Hautamäki	Adam Malysz	Martin Höllwarth
March 23, 2003	World cup	K185	Matti Hautamäki	Sven Hannawald	Hideharu Miyahira
February 21, 2004	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Janne Ahonen	Tami Kiuru
February 22, 2004	Ski Flying World Championships	K185	Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren Sigurd Pettersen Tommy Ingebrigtsen Roar Ljøkelsøy	Finland Tami Kiuru Veli-Matti Lindström Matti Hautamäki Janne Ahonen	Austria Andreas Widhölzl Andreas Goldberger Wolfgang Loitzl Thomas Morgenstern
March 19, 2005	World cup	HS215	Matti Hautamäki	Andreas Widhölzl	Bjørn Einar Romøren
March 20, 2005	World cup	HS215	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Andreas Widhölzl
March 18, 2006	World cup	HS215	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Martin Koch
March 19, 2006	World cup	HS215	Janne Happonen	Martin Koch	Robert Kranjec
March 23, 2007	World cup	HS215	Adam Malysz	Simon Ammann	Jernej Damjan
March 24, 2007	World cup	HS215	Adam Malysz	Jacobsen is different	Martin Koch
March 25, 2007	World cup	HS215	Adam Malysz	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
March 14, 2008	World cup	HS215	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Janne Ahonen	Bjørn Einar Romøren
March 15, 2008	World cup	HS215	Norway Tom Hilde Anders Jacobsen Anders Bardal Bjørn Einar Romøren	Finland Janne Happonen Matti Hautamäki Jussi Hautamäki Janne Ahonen	Austria Martin Koch Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer
March 16, 2008	World cup	HS215	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Martin Koch	Janne Happonen
March 20, 2009	World cup	HS215	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Adam Malysz	Dmitri Vasiliev
March 21, 2009	World cup	HS215	Norway Tom Hilde Johan Remen Evensen Anders Jacobsen Anders Bardal	Poland Kamil Stoch Łukasz Rutkowski Stefan Hula Adam Małysz	Russia Denis Kornilow Pawel Karelin Ilya Roslyakov Dmitri Vasiljew
March 22, 2009	World cup	HS215	Harri Olli	Adam Malysz	Simon Ammann Robert Kranjec
March 20, 2010	Ski Flying World Championships	HS215	Simon Ammann	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Jacobsen is different
March 21, 2010	Ski Flying World Championships	HS215	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Thomas Morgenstern Martin Koch Gregor Schlierenzauer	Norway Anders Jacobsen Anders Bardal Johan Remen Evensen Bjørn Einar Romøren	Finland Janne Happonen Olli Muotka Matti Hautamäki Harri Olli
March 18, 2011	World cup	HS215	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Thomas Morgenstern	Martin Koch
March 19, 2011	World cup	HS215	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Kofler Martin Koch Gregor Schlierenzauer	Norway Anders Bardal Johan Remen Evensen Bjørn Einar Romøren Tom Hilde	Slovenia Peter Prevc Jernej Damjan Jurij Tepeš Robert Kranjec
March 20, 2011	World cup	HS215	Kamil Stoch	Robert Kranjec	Adam Malysz
March 16, 2012	World cup	HS215	Robert Kranjec	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
March 17, 2012	World cup	HS215	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer Martin Koch	Norway Rune Velta Anders Fannemel Bjørn Einar Romøren Anders Bardal	Germany Maximilian Mechler Severin's friend Andreas Wank Richard Friday
March 18, 2012	World cup	HS215	Martin Koch	Simon Ammann	Robert Kranjec
22th of March 2013	World cup	HS215	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Peter Prevc	Piotr Żyła
March 23, 2013	World cup	HS215	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Peter Prevc Andraž Pograjc Robert Kranjec	Norway Rune Velta Kim René Elverum Sorsell Anders Bardal Andreas Stjernen	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Stefan Kraft Martin Koch Gregor Schlierenzauer
March 24, 2013	World cup	HS215	Jurij Tepeš	Rune velta	Peter Prevc
March 20, 2015	World cup	HS225	Peter Prevc	Jurij Tepeš	Stefan Kraft
March 21, 2015	World cup	HS225	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Anže Semenič Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc	Austria Stefan Kraft Michael Hayboeck Manuel Fettner Gregor Schlierenzauer	Norway Johann André Forfang Kenneth Gangnes Anders Fannemel Rune Velta
March 22, 2015	World cup	HS225	Jurij Tepeš	Peter Prevc	Rune velta
17th March 2016	World cup	HS225	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang	Robert Kranjec
March 18, 2016	World cup	HS225	Robert Kranjec	Peter Prevc	Johann André Forfang
19th March 2016	World cup	HS225	Norway Daniel-André Tande Anders Fannemel Kenneth Gangnes Johann André Forfang	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Anže Semenič Robert Kranjec Peter Prevc	Austria Stefan Kraft Manuel Poppinger Manuel Fettner Michael Hayböck
March 20, 2016	World cup	HS225	Peter Prevc	Robert Kranjec	Johann André Forfang
March 24, 2017	World cup	HS225	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Markus Eisenbichler
March 25, 2017	World cup	HS225	Norway Robert Johansson Johann André Forfang Anders Fannemel Andreas Stjernen	Germany Markus Eisenbichler Richard Freitag Karl Geiger Andreas Wellinger	Poland Piotr Żyła Dawid Kubacki Maciej Kot Kamil Stoch
March 26, 2017	World cup	HS225	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Noriaki Kasai
23 March 2018	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Kamil Stoch	Johann André Forfang	Stefan Kraft
March 24, 2018	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Norway Daniel-André Tande Andreas Stjernen Robert Johansson Johann André Forfang	Germany Markus Eisenbichler Stephan Leyhe Andreas Wellinger Richard Friday	Slovenia Domen Prevc Robert Kranjec Anže Semenič Peter Prevc
March 25, 2018	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Kamil Stoch	Stefan Kraft	Daniel-André Tande
March 22, 2019	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Markus Eisenbichler	Ryoyu Kobayashi	Piotr Żyła
23 March 2019	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Poland Jakub Wolny Kamil Stoch Dawid Kubacki Piotr Żyła	Germany Karl Geiger Constantin Schmid Richard Freitag Markus Eisenbichler	Slovenia Anže Semenič Peter Prevc Domen Prevc Timi Zajc
March 24, 2019	World Cup ( Planica 7 )	HS240	Ryoyu Kobayashi	Domen Prevc	Markus Eisenbichler

See also

• List of ski jumping hills
• List of large hills

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Planica. From 1934 till today. ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Marco Ries: Hunting for the uncrowned queen. At: skispringen.com. March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
3. ↑ Planica chases the world record ( memento from September 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at: skispringen.com. 5th December 2012
4. ↑ Planica, ski jump. At: schon-entdeck.eu.
5. ↑ REKONSTRUKCIJA LETALNICE BRATOV GORIŠEK ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. GIF image, 83 kB. 
6. ^ FIS Results Planica. Retrieved March 26, 2018 .  Attention: The link also contains results of jumps on other hills in Planica.

Web links

Commons : Letalnica bratov Gorišek  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Letalnica bratov Gorišek on Skisprungschanzen.com
• Official website