Gabor Geller (born 13 September 1958 in Budakeszi) is a Hungarian former ski jumper. He holds the Hungarian national record with 139 metres. His best World Cup placement is a 57th place from Innsbruck 1981. He first competed in World Cup 1979.
Geller also took part in the World Championships 1985 in Seefeld where he was 37th in the normal hill (K70) and 53rd in the large hill (k90). Nowadays the normal hill is K90 and large hills is K120. Geller retired in 1989. [1]
Jan Mauritz Boklöv is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the now-ubiquitous V-style in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Ski jumping has been included in the program of every Winter Olympic Games. From 1924 through to 1956, the competition involved jumping from one hill whose length varied from each edition of the games to the next.
Bloudkova velikanka, also Bloudek-Rožmanova velikanka, is a large ski jumping hill in Planica, Slovenia, originally opened in 1934. In 2001, the hill collapsed and was completely rebuilt in 2012. A new normal hill (HS102) was also built next to Bloudkova velikanka in 2012, replacing the old K90 hill. A total of ten world records were set at the venue in the 1930s and 1940s.
Shchuchinsk is a city in northern-central Kazakhstan, located 75 kilometres south-east of Kokshetau on Lake Shchuchye. It is the seat of Burabay District in Akmola Region and is the centre of a large agricultural area.
The Tremplin du Praz is a ski jumping hill at Le Praz in Courchevel, France. The complex consists of four hills: a large hill with construction point of K125 (HS132), a normal hill at K90 (HS96), and two training hills at K60 and K25. The complex also has a cross-country skiing stadium used for Nordic combined. Jörg Ritzerfeld holds the large hill winter record of 134.0 metres and Nicolas Mayer the normal hill record of 100.5 metres.
The 1985–86 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the seventh World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 7 December 1985 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 23 March 1986. The individual World Cup was won by Matti Nykänen and Nations Cup by Austria.
The 1987–88 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 9th World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 5 December 1987 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 27 March 1988. The individual World Cup was won by Matti Nykänen and Nations Cup by Finland.
The 1988–89 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 10th World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 3 December 1988 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 26 March 1989. The individual World Cup was won by Jan Boklöv and Nations Cup by Norway.
The 1989–90 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 11th World Cup season in ski jumping. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 3 December 1989 and finished in Planica, Yugoslavia on 25 March 1990. The individual World Cup was won by Ari-Pekka Nikkola and Nations Cup by Austria.
The 1990–91 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 12th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 1st official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lake Placid, United States on 1 December 1990 and finished in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia on 21 March 1991. The individual World Cup was won by Andreas Felder and Nations Cup by Austria.
The 1991–92 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 13th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 2nd official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Thunder Bay, Canada on 1 December 1991 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 29 March 1992. The individual World Cup was won by Toni Nieminen and Nations Cup by Austria.
The 1993–94 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 15th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 4th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Planica, Slovenia on 11 December 1993 and finished in Thunder Bay, Canada on 27 March 1994. The individual World Cup was won by Espen Bredesen and Nations Cup by Norway.
The 1994–95 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 16th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 5th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Planica, Slovenia on 10 December 1994 and finished in Oberstdorf, Germany on 25 February 1995. The individual World Cup was won by Andreas Goldberger and Nations Cup by Finland.
The 1995–96 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 17th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 6th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 2 December 1995 and finished in Oslo, Norway on 16 March 1996. The individual World Cup was won by Andreas Goldberger and Nations Cup by Finland.
The 1997–98 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 19th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 8th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 29 November 1997 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 22 March 1998. The individual World Cup was won by Primož Peterka and Nations Cup by Japan.
The 1998–99 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup was the 20th World Cup season in ski jumping and the 9th official World Cup season in ski flying. It began in Lillehammer, Norway on 28 November 1998 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 21 March 1999 The individual World Cup was won by Martin Schmitt and Nations Cup by Japan.
Pekka Salminen is a Finnish former ski jumper who competed from 1998 to 2007. His best individual World Cup finish was eighth on the normal hill in Lahti on 3 March 1999, and his best team finish was third in Sapporo on 27 January 2002.
Virág Vörös is a Hungarian ski jumper. She is the first ski jumper representing Hungary in the World Cup, since Gábor Gellér's last start in Garmisch-Partenkirchen '89.
Mihály Gellér is a Hungarian ski jumper. He competed in the normal hill and large hill events at the 1968 Winter Olympics.