Miran Tepeš

Miran Tepeš
nation	Yugoslavia
birthday	April 25, 1961
place of birth	Ljubljana ,  Yugoslavia
Career
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics silver Calgary 1988 team
Ski jumping world cup / A class jumping
Overall World Cup	4. ( 1986/87 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Single jump 0 5 2  Ski flying 0 1 0

Miran Tepeš (born April 25, 1961 in Ljubljana ) is a former ski jumper of the former Yugoslavia and today's ski jumping official. Tepeš celebrated the greatest success of his career in 1988 when he won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Calgary with the Yugoslav team .

By the end of the season 2015/16 was Miran Tepeš assistant to the FIS -Renndirektors for the sport of ski jumping , Walter Hofer . In this role, one of his main tasks was to operate the start lights. He has held this position in the Women's World Cup since summer 2016 .

Active career

Miran Tepeš participated actively as a ski jumper in twelve seasons from 1979 to 1992 . Only in the 1981 season he did not complete any competitions. During his playing days, Tepeš competed for his country at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary , played the Ski Flying World Championships in 1985 in Planica and 1990 in Vikersund and was a participant in the 1991 Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme .

1979-1984

Miran Tepeš began his active career as a ski jumper in the FIS on December 28, 1978 with a 45th place in the opening competition of the 27th Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf . In this season, that of 1979, Tepeš was used by the Yugoslav Association exclusively in the jumping of the Four Hills Tournament. During the four competitions he achieved his best result with a 39th place in the final competition in Bischofshofen .

The 1980 season, in which the Ski Jumping World Cup was newly introduced, began for Tepeš similar to the previous season. Again he came to four missions during the Four Hills Tournament, but again he failed to set decisive accents with his results. Although he achieved his first place in the top 30 with a 29th place at the New Year's competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , this was not enough to be appointed to the World Cup team by the Yugoslav Association in the following period. However, Tepeš got another chance when jumping in Engelberg on March 2, 1980 to substantiate his claim to a place in the team. With a surprising eighth place, he used this opportunity optimally to draw attention to himself in the long term. Then Tepeš was used in three of the last seven competitions of the season and each time achieved placements in the top 15. With a sixth place in the jumping in Planica on March 22, 1980, his best result until then, the 1980 season ended for Tepeš.

In the following year, Miran Tepeš did not start at any World Cup.

It was not until the 1982 season that he appeared again in the World Cup. He received his first missions again in the context of the Four Hills Tournament, where he was unable to build on the form that distinguished him at the end of the 1980 season. With only two results in the top 30, but no placement in the top 15, his results remained below the expectations of the Yugoslav Association. Because of this, Tepeš was not nominated for the Nordic World Ski Championships, which took place from February 19 to February 28, 1982 in Oslo . However, there was a chance for him to rehabilitate himself at the World Cup in Thunder Bay . In the absence of some favorites preparing for the World Cup, Tepeš delivered good results with places nine and eleven. These results helped him to three more starts in the World Cup in the late phase of the season, which he also finished in the top 15.

The following year began again with a step backwards. The facilities of the Four Hills Tournament proved to be a tough test again, and Tepeš failed to shine there with good results. A top 30 placement, 28th place in the final competition in Bischofshofen, was not enough for his association to make him a permanent member of the World Cup team. Three more missions this season followed and, as in previous years, Tepeš achieved significantly better results in these competitions. With position four on March 26, 1983 in front of his home crowd in Planica, Tepeš almost landed on the podium for the first time in his career.

For Tepeš, as for most athletes, the 1984 season was dominated by the Olympic Games in Sarajevo . The primary goal was of course to join the Yugoslav squad for games in their own country and Tepeš started well. At his season opener in Lake Placid , he finished seventh and eighth, which made him a permanent fixture in the team. However, these jumping competitions were followed by the Four Hills Tournament, which should be decisive for the later nomination of the Olympic team. And Tepeš once again disappointed the association's expectations during the tour. With 34th, 28th, 29th and 46th place, he had no chance to outshine internal team competitors such as Vasja Bajc or Primož Ulaga . At the Olympic Games in their own country, Tepeš was ultimately not used.

1985-1988

Ultimately, Miran Tepeš was able to establish himself as one of the best jumpers in the World Cup in the 1985 season, at the end of which he should end up in tenth place in the overall World Cup ranking. With two exceptions, Tepeš managed to place in the top 15 of every competition in which he competed. The two competitions in which he did not succeed were the two competitions of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf (73rd) and Bischofshofen (32nd), which he competed this year. But the failure in Oberstdorf also had a positive side for Tepeš. He was then withdrawn from the Four Hills Tournament by his association and instead started at the ski flying world championship in Planica, which was taking place parallel to the New Year's event. There Tepeš did not reach a podium, but still secured a respectable sixth place. With a second place in Harrachov on February 23, 1985 Tepeš also managed the first jump on the podium that season. He should confirm this result on March 5th with another second place in the jumping in Örnsköldsvik , Sweden .

The 1986 season was without many ups and downs worth mentioning for Tepeš. His results were mostly in the range between 15th and 5th place and his worst result of the season he achieved again when jumping on the Four Hills Tournament. This time he did not get past a 49th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Nevertheless, he completed all the jumping competitions on the tour and ended up on a surprisingly good tenth place in the overall standings. This time he did not take part in the ski-flying world championships in Bad Mitterndorf, which were again taking place in parallel. However, Tepeš was able to celebrate a third place on the podium with a third place in St. Moritz . He finished the World Cup season in eleventh place overall.

Miran Tepeš had his best season in the World Cup in 1987. In the overall standings, he should just as narrowly fail on a podium as fourth in the overall standings, as he did in the 36th Four Hills Tournament. But with two second places in Sapporo, Japan and a third place on the traditional hill in Oslo, this season he underscored his affiliation with the world's best. At the Nordic World Ski Championships, which took place from February 11 to February 21, 1987 in Oberstdorf, he did not take part.

Tepeš celebrated the greatest success of his career in 1988 at the Olympic Games in Calgary . After a very good season up to then, in which he consistently placed in the best 16, mostly even in the top 10, and was seventh in the Four Hills Tournament, he won the silver medal in team competition on February 13, 1988 . Together with Primož Ulaga, Matjaž Zupan and Matjaž Debelak , who two days later won bronze in the individual competition on the large hill, he only had to admit defeat to the Finnish team around Matti Nykänen , the most successful athlete of the games and winner of all ski jumping competitions . From the small hill, Tepeš just missed an individual medal as fourth. He finished eighth in the 1988 World Cup.

1989-1992

In the 1989 season, Miran Tepeš only took part in a total of five competitions, including all four jumping competitions of the Four Hills Tournament. His best result was a 10th place in Innsbruck , but Tepeš did not play a role either in the overall tour standings or in the World Cup.

The 1990 season was the last complete and at least partially successful season for Miran Tepeš. In the World Cup he showed extremely fluctuating performances, from a 66th place in Oernskoeldsvik to 15th place at the Ski Flying World Championship in Vikersund to the last podium of his career, a second place in Gstaad , Switzerland , everything was represented. Nevertheless, Tepeš was able to achieve 13th place in the overall ranking of the World Cup.

In 1991, the end of Miran Tepeš's career was slowly becoming apparent. Except for a tenth place in Thunder Bay, he was no longer able to place in the top 10 of the results list. Although he was used by his association at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, he could not justify the trust placed in him with a 33rd place on the large hill and a 43rd place on the normal hill with good performances.

In the 1992 season, Miran Tepeš ended his jumping career after 13 years in the World Cup circuit. Overall, he only took part in three competitions this season and was only able to place in the top 30 in the first competition in Sapporo. At his last competition on March 29, 1992 in Planica, Miran Tepeš finished 43rd.

statistics

Career statistics

		Competitions	Top 30 of them	Top 10 of them	Top 3	Thereof wins
Career	Absolutely	142	106	63	9	0
	In percent	100.00%	74.65%	44.37%	6.34%	0.00%
World cup	Absolutely	132	102	62	8th	0
	In percent	100.00%	77.27%	45.45%	6.06%	0.00%
Four Hills Tournament	Absolutely	45	23	6th	0	0
	In percent	100.00%	51.11%	13.33%	0.00%	0.00%
World Championships and Olympic Games	Absolutely	6th	4th	3	1	0
	In percent	100.00%	66.67%	50.00%	16.67%	0.00%

Podium placements

Competition date	venue	country	Competition category	Competition type	placement
February 23, 1985	Harrachov	Czechoslovakia	World cup	Single (ski flying)	2
March 5th 1985	Oernskoeldsvik	Sweden	World cup	Single (normal hill)	2
February 19, 1986	St. Moritz	Switzerland	World cup	Single (normal hill)	3
January 24, 1987	Sapporo	Japan	World cup	Single (normal hill)	2
January 25, 1987	Sapporo	Japan	World cup	Single (large hill)	2
March 21, 1987	Oslo	Norway	World cup	Single (large hill)	3
January 22, 1987	Gstaad	Switzerland	World cup	Single (normal hill)	2
February 13, 1988	Calgary	Canada	Olympic games	Team (large hill)	2
February 9, 1990	Gstaad	Switzerland	World cup	Single (normal hill)	2

present

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For several years, Miran Tepeš has been the assistant at the side of the FIS race director for ski jumping, Walter Hofer . In the public he became known primarily as a man at the start light. Tepeš decides when the traffic light, which signals the ski jumper to start his attempt, is switched to green. He has been exposed to severe criticism several times in the past, including from the Finn Janne Ahonen , one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time. But Tepeš has also received praise for his decisions and his fairness several times. Tepeš is now Race Director Assistant in women's ski jumping. His successor for the gentlemen is Borek Sedlák .

His children

Miran Tepeš has two children who, like him, are active in ski jumping. His son Jurij Tepeš is considered to be one of the great hopes for the future of Slovenian ski jumping. But also in his daughter Anja Tepeš great expectations are placed in the still young discipline of women’s ski jumping .

successes

World Cup placements

season	space	Points
1979/80	38.	023
1981/82	29	029
1982/83	28.	029
1983/84	35.	027
1984/85	10.	086
1985/86	11.	099
1986/87	04th	166
1987/88	08th.	096
1988/89	42.	012
1989/90	13.	083
1990/91	44.	009

Web links

• Miran Tepeš in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Miran Tepeš in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• IOC website for the 1988 Winter Olympics

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New man at the traffic light: Miran Tepes stops. In: www.skispringen.com. Retrieved July 31, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Critique of Miran Tepeš by Janne Ahonen ( Memento from March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Miran Tepes - who dances with the wind ( Memento from November 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )