Letalnica Bratov Gorišek

Letalnica Bratov Gorišek
Letalnica
Location
City or town	Planica
Country	Slovenia
Opened	1969
Renovated	many times
Size
K-spot	K-185
Hill size	HS215
Hill record	Bjørn Einar Romøren (239.0 m in 2005)
Championships
World championships	*1972 Championships *1979 Championships *1985 Championships *1994 Championships *2004 Championships *2010 Championships

Letalnica (landing zone)

Letalnica (inrun)

Letalnica in 2009 during World cup finals event

Letalnica Bratov Gorišek (literally, the "Gorišek brothers ski-flying hill") is a ski flying hill located in Planica, Slovenia. It is the second-largest jumping hill in the world, sometimes also called "the mother of all jumping hills."

TV Directors

All international and World Cup Live events on "Normal", "Large" and "Flying hill" are included:

• (1960) - Fran Žižek (first international/worldwide ski jumping live broadcasting event ever)
• (1961-1968) - Beno Hvala
• (1969-2006) - Stane Škodlar
• (2007-active) - Dejan Čretnik

Records

• "1972 Planica": first FIS Ski-Flying World Championships ever.
• "1994 Planica": first jump over 200m ever on this hill. Andreas Goldberger jumped 202 m with fall, but Toni Nieminen jumped official 203 m.
• "1997 Planica": on this hill at the Saturday competition when Primož Peterka won 1st World Cup Overall for Slovenia, has gathered there a world record crowd of 70.000 euphoric people (olympic games, world championships... are not included) at the one day World Cup competitions ever.
• "2000 Planica": first World Cup "Team" Ski flying and first Team Ski flying competition ever was held on this hill.
• Hill with most world records ever. 29 official or equaled world records, and 8 invalid world records with fall or touching the snow.
• the most ever, 6 FIS Ski-Flying World Championships was held on this hill.
• the most World Cup Ski-Flying "Individual" (26) and "Team" (7) events ever was held on this hill.

Construction history

The first ski jumping hill at Planica was constructed before 1930 at the slope of Ponca Mountain. In 1934 Stanko Bloudek constructed a larger hill Bliudkova velikanka, sometimes also called the mammoth hill. The first ski jump over 100 meters was achieved here in 1936 by the Austrian Sepp Bradl.

In 1969 a new K-185 hill was constructed by Lado and Janez Gorišek. Since 1985, when Matti Nykänen flew 191 meters, new world records have always been set at Planica rather than any other ski jumping hill (e.g. Kulm in Austria, Harrachov in the Czech Republic, Oberstdorf in Germany or Vikersundbakken in Norway).

Renovation plan

The Slovenian government has recently come up with a plan to renovate the ski jumping infrastructure in Planica and establish a new modern Nordic Center there. The project is expected to cost at least €100 million and is expected to be completed by 2013. The Nordic Center will include renovated ski jumps, a new multi-use stadium and a ski jumping museum.

Music

• "Planica, Planica" (1980): Slovenians Slavko Avsenik and his brother Vilko Avsenik wrote this song, performed by Ansambel bratov Avsenik/Oberkrainer. Chorus ``Planica, Planica, snežena kraljica´´ is played every time someone jumps over 215 m.
• "Slow Motion Theme" (1997): Slovenian composer Jani Golob wrote an instrumental song which doesn't have an official name. This music is played in slow motion replays. It was written for Planica's world records.
• "Oj, Triglav, moj dom (Oh, Triglav, my home)": Slovenian composer Bojan Adamič arranged instrumental version of Slovenian poem somewhere in the 1970s or 1980s. Music is every year played in intro and ending on "TV Slovenia" live coverage from Planica.

*This poem was originally written by Slovenian priest Matija Zemljič in 1894. Slovenian composer and priest Jakob Aljaž wrote music on Zemljic's lyrics in 1896.

Letalnica winners

The list below shows all past winners of the ski flying competitions since 1969 opening, on "Letalnica bratov Gorišek" in Planica. [1] & [2]

Ski-Flying World Championships

Year	Winner	Country
1972	Walter Steiner	Switzerland
1979	Armin Kogler	Austria
1985	Matti Nykänen	Finland
1994*	Jaroslav Sakala	Czech Republic
2004	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Norway
	Norwegian Team	Norway
2010	Simon Ammann	Switzerland
	Austrian Team	Austria

* In 1994 competition counted for World Cup & Ski-Flying World Championships at the same time. There were only to 2 out of 4 jumps due to a very windy conditions on first day.

Planica's ski-flying week

Year	Winner	Nationality
1969	Jiří Raška	TCH
1974	Walter Steiner	SUI
1977	Reinhold Bachler	AUT

World Cup

Year	Winner	Nationality
1987	Andreas Felder	AUT
	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	NOR
1991	Staffan Tällberg	SWE
	Ralf Gebstedt	GER
1994*	Jaroslav Sakala	CZE
1997	Takanobu Okabe	JPN
	Akira Higashi	JPN
1999	Noriaki Kasai	JPN
	Hideharu Miyahira	JPN
	Martin Schmitt	GER
2000	German Team	GER
	Sven Hannawald	GER
2001	Finnish Team	FIN
	Martin Schmitt	GER
2002	Finnish Team	FIN
2003	Finnish Team	FIN
	Matti Hautamäki	FIN
	Matti Hautamäki	FIN
2005	Matti Hautamäki	FIN
	Bjørn Einar Romøren	NOR
2006	Bjørn Einar Romøren	NOR
	Janne Happonen	FIN
2007	Adam Małysz	POL
	Adam Małysz	POL
	Adam Małysz	POL
2008	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT
	Norwegian team	NOR
	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT
2009	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT
	Norwegian Team	NOR
	Harri Olli	FIN
2011	Gregor Schlierenzauer	AUT
	Austrian Team	AUT
	Kamil Stoch	POL

* In 2002 individual competition was cancelled due to bad weather.

Letalnica World Records

Valid

Year	Name	Country	Length
1969	Bjørn Wirkola	Norway	156 m
	Jiří Raška	Czechoslovakia	156 m*
	Bjørn Wirkola	Norway	160 m
	Jiří Raška	Czechoslovakia	164 m
	Manfred Wolf	East Germany	165 m
1974	Walter Steiner	Switzerland	169 m*
1979	Klaus Ostwald	East Germany	176 m*
1985	Mike Holland	United States	186 m
	Matti Nykänen	Finland	187 m
	Matti Nykänen	Finland	191 m
1987	Vegard Opaas	Norway	193 m
	Piotr Fijas	Poland	194 m
1994	Martin Höllwarth	Austria	196 m
	Toni Nieminen	Finland	203 m
	Espen Bredesen	Norway	209 m
1997	Espen Bredesen	Norway	210 m
	Lasse Ottesen	Norway	212 m
1999	Martin Schmitt	Germany	214.5 m
	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	Norway	219.5 m
2000	Thomas Hörl	Austria	224.5 m
	Andreas Goldberger	Austria	225 m
2003	Adam Małysz	Poland	225 m*
	Matti Hautamäki	Finland	227.5 m
	Matti Hautamäki	Finland	228.5 m
	Matti Hautamäki	Finland	231 m
2005	Tommy Ingebrigtsen	Norway	231 m*
	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Norway	234.5 m
	Matti Hautamäki	Finland	235.5 m
	Bjørn Einar Romøren	Norway	239 m

* Equal of world records (In 1974 & 1979 records were equaled with other flying hills)

Invalid

Year	Name	Country	Length
1974	Walter Steiner	Switzerland	177 m
1977	Bogdan Norčič	Yugoslavia	181 m
1994	Andreas Goldberger	Austria	202 m
1997	Dieter Thoma	Germany	213 m
1999	Martin Schmitt	Germany	219 m
2003	Veli-Matti Lindström	Finland	232.5 m
2005	Andreas Widhölzl	Austria	234.5 m
	Janne Ahonen	Finland	240 m

FIS broadcasting rights

TV broadcasters for Planica Ski Flying World Cup competition

Country	Broadcaster
Austria	ORF 1
Czech Republic	ČT4
European Union	Eurosport
Finland	MTV3
Germany	ARD ZDF
Japan	NHK
Norway	NRK1
Poland	TVP 1
Slovenia	RTVSLO 2
Switzerland	SF
United States	Universal Sports

See also

• Bloudkova velikanka (K-130)
• Stano Pelan Hill (K-90)

External links

• Official website
• http://www.osc-planica.si/uploads/file/0EngPlanica10.pdf