Trampolino Italia

Italia
Italia ski jump
Location
city	Cortina d'Ampezzo
country	Italy
society	SC Cortina
Spectator seats	43,000
Construction year	1923
Rebuilt	1926, 1950, 1955
Shut down	1990
Hill record	92.0 m Roger Ruud (1981)
Data Landing Construction point 90 m

Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 37 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 45 ″  E

The Trampolino Italia is a ski jumping hill in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo in the province of Belluno / Veneto .

history

Olympic ski jumping hill, built in 1955 for the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo

The first ski jumping hill existed in Cortina as early as the 20s of the last century. It was a 40-meter hill in the suburb of Zuel, which was later expanded to a 50-meter hill. It was named Franchetti-Schanze after a local hotel owner who financed the construction of the ski jumping hill. The special jumping and jumping of the Nordic combined athletes at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1927 were held on this hill .

The first Italia , the predecessor of today's ski jump, was built in 1939 and used at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1941 , which was later canceled . Sepp Weiler , then 20 years old from Oberstdorf , jumped a hill record of 76 meters at this World Championships. Due to irregularities in the evaluation due to the war, the victory was not awarded to him. The entire world championships were canceled by the FIS in 1946.

In preparation for the 1956 Winter Games , the ski jumping hill was demolished again in 1955 and rebuilt. On December 8th, 1955 the inauguration of the most modern ski jumping hill in the world took place.

In the years and decades that followed, numerous national and international competitions took place on the Italia , including the birth of the Ski Jumping World Cup in 1979 .

The ski jumping hill is also known from the film James Bond 007 - In a deadly mission , for which some scenes were filmed on the hill.

In 1990 the ski jump's FIS certificate expired. Since then, there has been no jumping on the Italia . Since the Italian Winter Sports Federation not the richest member associations FIS counts and at the moment next to the hills in Predazzo since 2006 also the Olympic ski jumps of Pragelato get is must not be assumed that these really beautiful, an ancient amphitheater modeled after jumping facility is again reactivated .

International competitions

All jumping competitions organized by the FIS are named

date	category	Jump	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
February 2, 1927	World Championship	K50	Gates Edman	Wilen Dick	Bertil Carlsson
February 9, 1927	World Championship 1	K70	Paavo Vierto	Leo Laakso	Sven Erikson
January 26, 1956	Olympia	K92	Antti Hyvärinen	Aulis Kallakorpi	Harry Glass
December 27, 1979	World cup	K92	Anton Innauer	Hubert Neuper	Alfred Groyer
December 21, 1980	World cup	K92	Competition canceled
December 20, 1981	World cup	K92	Roger Ruud	Johan Sætre	Masahiro Akimoto
18th December 1982	World cup	K92	Matti Nykänen	Olav Hansson	Per Bergerud
January 11, 1984	World cup	K92	Jens Weißflog	Horst Bulau	Klaus Ostwald
January 8, 1985	World cup	K92	Roger Ruud	Halvor Persson	Andreas Bauer
1The 1941 World Championship was canceled by the FIS 1946.

Jump

The hill no longer meets the requirements of modern ski jumping. It probably had its finest hour in 1956 when the ski jumping competition was held here on the large hill. The Olympic champion was Antti Hyvärinen from Finland .

World champions were also determined here, an official one ( Tore Edman from Sweden , 1927 ) and an unofficial one ( Paavo Vierto from Finland, 1941 ).

Another memorable date is December 27, 1979. On this day, the Ski Jumping World Cup was launched on the Italia . The first winner was Anton Innauer followed by two other Austrians . The last World Cup competition took place in 1985.

Technical specifications

Olympic hill
Start-up
Tower height	54 m
Inrun length	86.5 m
Take-off table
Inclination of the take-off table (α)	11.0 °
Landing
Construction point	90 m
K-point inclination angle (β)	38.0 °

Hill record

• 92.0 m - Roger Ruud , December 20, 1981 (WCS) 

More jumps

Besides the Italia there are the following jumps in Cortina: K55, K32, K20; Only the K55 is covered with mats.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Italia at www.skisprungschanzen-archiv.de
2. ^ GIS management company for the Cortina sports facilities
3. ^ FIS Results Cortina. Retrieved March 19, 2013 . 
4. ^ Official result list of the FIS - OWG 1956 single LH
5. ^ Official result list of the FIS - WSC 1927 single LH
6. ^ Official result list of the FIS - WC 1979 single LH

Web links

• Trampolino Italia on Skisprungschanzen.com
• Cortina d'Ampezzo