Srednja Bloudkova (English: Bloudek's normal hill) was a ski jumping K90 hill located in Planica, Slovenia, that existed between 1949 and 2012.[1][failed verification]

Srednja Bloudkova
on right; replaced with HS 62, 80
Constructor(s)Stanko Bloudek
LocationPlanica, Slovenia
Opened27 March 1949
Renovated1989
Closed2007
Demolished2012
Size
K–point90 m
Hill size100 m
Hill record110 m (361 ft)
Slovenia Bine Zupan
(13 Mar 2004)

History

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The hill was opened in 1949 and constructed by Slovenian engineer Stanko Bloudek. The hill has a perfect location and the first original inrun was made of thin steel stick construction. His main assistant at the construction of this hill was Stano Pelan, Slovenian pilot, constructor, bank officer, working supervisor, credited as Planica expert, FIS judge of ski jumping and technical judge delegate. This hill is also known under his name.

The winner of a first international opening competition on this hill on 27 March 1949 was Janez Polda. The winner of the last international competition on March 28, 1971, was East German Hans-Georg Aschenbach.

The winner of the first World Cup competition on 21 March 1980 was Austrian Hans Millonig.

Constructors of the present hill are brothers Vlado and Janez Gorišek. They reconstructed the hill in 1989. In hill axis there was a wooden sculpture of a ski jumper.[2]

The last World Cup event was on 11 December 1994 with Austrian winner Andreas Goldberger. In total there were 11 individual World Cup competitions. The last official ski jumping event on this hill was held on the 2007 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships replacing Tarvisio, a venue dealing with a lack of snow. Those were also the last ski jumps ever at this hill.

As a part of Planica Nordic Centre renovation, the hill was completely demolished in late 2012. It stands just a few meters away from Stano Pelan Hill and right next to the Bloudkova velikanka. After they demolished Stano Pelan Hill, they built two completely new medium ski jumping hills at the same place, which are used for training. They are HS 62 and HS 80 size. Those two smaller hills opened in December 2013.

Competitions

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Ski jumping

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Year Date Event Winner Second Third
1949 20 March   OP   Evert Karlsson   Janez Polda   Karl Holmström
27 March   INT   Janez Polda   Lasse Johansson   Rafael Viljamaa
1950 12 March   INT1   Thorleif Schjelderup   Sverre Kronvold   Janez Polda
19 March   INT2   Sverre Stenersen   Hakonsen   Sverre Kronvold
1951 11 March   INT   Sepp Bradl   Janez Polda   Alwin Plank
1952 23 March   INT   Keith Wegeman   Sepp Bradl   Alois Leodolter
1953 8 March   INT   Herm Anwander   Janez Polda   Sepp Schiffner
1965 7 March   JPM.1   Dieter Mueller   Helmut Wegscheider   Dieter Bokeloh
1967 26 March   JPM.2   Reinhold Bachler   Horst Queck   Peter Lesser
1970 22 March   JPM.3   Vladimir Smirnov   Aleksandr Ivannikov   Reinhold Bachler
1971 28 March   JPM.5   Hans-Georg Aschenbach   Walter Steiner   Peter Štefančič
1980 21 March   WC   Hans Millonig   Armin Kogler   Primož Ulaga
1981 21 March   WC   Jari Puikkonen   Horst Bulau   Axel Zitzmann
1982 27 March   WC   Ole Bremseth   Per Bergerud   Massimo Rigoni
1983 26 March   WC   Matti Nykänen   Primož Ulaga   Olav Hansson
1984 24 March   WC   Jens Weißflog   Mike Holland   Janusz Malik
1986 22 March   WC   Matti Nykänen   Andreas Felder   Franz Neuländtner
1988 27 March   WC   Primož Ulaga   Pavel Ploc   Ernst Vettori
1989 25 March   WC   Jens Weißflog   Andreas Felder   Ari-Pekka Nikkola
1993 11 December   WC   Espen Bredesen   Takanobu Okabe   Andreas Goldberger
1994 10 December   WC   Kazuyoshi Funaki   Andreas Goldberger   Janne Ahonen
11 December   WC   Andreas Goldberger   Mika Laitinen   Lasse Ottesen

Nordic combined

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Year Date Event Winner Second Third
1984 15 December   WC
K92 / 15 km
  Geir Andersen   Hubert Schwarz   Hallstein Bøgseth

Hill record

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Date Distance
14 February 1949     Franc Pribošek 60 metres (197 ft)  
14 February 1949     Franc Pribošek 67 metres (220 ft)  
14 February 1949     Franc Pribošek 68 metres (223 ft)  
14 February 1949     Franc Pribošek 71 metres (233 ft)  
14 February 1949     Franc Pribošek 75 metres (246 ft)  
17 February 1949     Janez Polda 77 metres (253 ft)  
20 February 1949     Janez Polda 79 metres (259 ft)  
24 March 1949     Evert Karlsson 79 metres (259 ft)  
24 March 1949     Janez Polda 80.5 metres (264 ft)  
27 March 1949     Evert Karlsson 85.5 metres (281 ft)  
27 March 1949     Janez Polda 86 metres (282 ft)  
7 March 1965     Marjan Pečar 87 metres (285 ft)  
26 March 1967     Horst Queck 91 metres (299 ft)  
23 March 1968     Jiří Raška 92 metres (302 ft)  
23 March 1968     Josef Matouš 93 metres (305 ft)  
23 March 1968     Gariy Napalkov 93.5 metres (305 ft)  
23 March 1968     Jiří Raška 96 metres (315 ft)  
24 March 1984     Jens Weißflog 97 metres (318 ft)  
11 March 1993     Jens Weißflog 101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1993     Takanobu Okabe 101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1993     Espen Bredesen 101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1994     Andreas Goldberger 102.5 metres (336 ft)  
4 March 2000     Christian Nagiller 103.5 metres (340 ft)  
4 March 2000     Lukas Tschuschnig 104 metres (341 ft)  
13 March 2004     Bine Zupan 110 metres (361 ft)  

  Invalid hill record with Fall.

Ladies

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Date Distance
2 March 2003     Anette Sagen 105.5 metres (346 ft)  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All comeptitititons and winners in Planica since 1934" (PDF). osc-planica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Complete environment report for Planica Nordic Centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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