Letalnica bratov Gorišek | |
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Constructor(s) |
Janez Gorišek (planning) Vlado Gorišek (realization) |
Location | Planica, Slovenia |
Operator | ZŠRS Planica |
Opened | 6 March 1969 (test) March 21, 1969 (official) |
Renovated | 1979, 1985, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013–15 |
Size | |
K–point | 200 metres (660 ft) |
Hill size | 225 metres (738 ft) |
Longest jump (unofficial / fall) |
252 metres (827 ft)* Tilen Bartol (16 March 2016) |
Hill record | 251.5 metres (825 ft) (25 March 2017) |
Top events | |
Ski Flying World Championships | 1972, 1979, 1985, 1994, 2004, 2010, 2020 |
World Cup |
1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
Letalnica bratov Gorišek (English: Flying hill of Gorišek brothers) is a ski flying hill and the biggest of eight hills located at the Planica Nordic Centre in Planica, Slovenia. It was built in 1969 and is named after the original constructors and brothers Vlado (also known as Lado) and Janez Gorišek. With a total of 28 world records set it is the world leading ski jump hill in this statistic. The world's steepest zip-line with average incline of 38.33% (20.9°) and maximum incline of 58.7% (30.5°) incline opened at the hill on 19 September 2015.
Yugoslavian ski jumper Miro Oman made the premiere test jump of 135 metres (443 ft) on 6 March 1969. The first ever FIS Ski Flying World Championships were organized on this hill in 1972. After Matti Nykänen set a world record jump of 191 metres (627 ft) at the SFWC 1985, a new rule was instituted by the FIS that no points for jumps over this distance would be awarded in order to prevent world record hunting. On 17 March 1994 Andreas Goldberger touched the snow with his hand at 202 metres (663 ft) for the first ever albeit disqualified over two hundred metre jump. Just a few minutes later Toni Nieminen landed on his feet at 203 metres (666 ft) and officially became the first man in history to jump over two hundred metres. In addition, the first ever jumps over 160 m, 170 m, 180 m, 190 m, 200 m, 210 m, 220 m and 230 m were recorded at the hill. The hill will host the FIS Ski Flying World Championships in 2020.