Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze
The hill in 2018
Constructor(s)	Heini Klopfer
Location	Oberstdorf Germany
Operator	SC Oberstdorf
Opened	2 February 1950 (test) 28 February 1950 (official)
Renovated	1973 1981 1984 1986 1998 2001 2017
Size
K–point	200 m (660 ft)
Hill size	235 m (771 ft)
Hill record	242.5 m (796 ft) Domen Prevc (20 March 2022)
Spectator capacity	40,000
Top events
Ski Flying World Championships	1973 1981 1988 1998 2008 2018

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze (Heini Klopfer Ski Flying Hill) is a ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was opened in 1950, and was later renamed after its architect, Heini Klopfer. ^[1] A total of 21 world records have been set on the hill. The venue should not be confused with the Schattenberg ski jumping hill, also in Oberstdorf, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north.

History

1949: Plans and realisation

In 1949, they were originally discussing about whether they should just rather enlarge the existing Schattenbergschanze or build a complete new hill with calculation point at K120.

Three ski jumpers Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher together made a final decision to build a complete new hill and they found the perfect location. Inspired by Planica, they wanted to beat legendary Bloudkova velikanka in Slovenia, as the long time world record breaking and leading hill. Starting in July, hill construction was completed as planned in only five months, finished on 10 December. ^{[2] [3]}

1950: Opening with four world records

On 2 February 1950, hill test was reserved for founding trio only. Heini Klopfer jumped as first ever landing at 90 metres, Toni Brutscher at 112 metres and Sepp Weiler at 115 metres.

From 28 February to 5 March 1950, hill was officially opened with ski flying week, which was a just a copy of the competition format from Planica. Between 60,000 and 170,000 people have gathered in total. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

On 28 February, Austrian ski jumper Willi Gantschnigg set the first official world record at 124 metres (408 feet) and two days later broke his leg crashing at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance. ^[7]

On 2 March, Sepp Weiler improved world record at 127 metres (417 feet). And Austrian Hans Eder was disqualiefied at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance. ^[8]

On 3 March, records were beat again by Andreas Däscher at 130 metres (427 feet) and Dan Netzell at 135 metres (443 feet). After both of them Sepp Weiler landed at 133 metres (436 feet). ^{[9] [10] [nb 1]}

1951: Ski Flying Week II with world record

From 28 February to 4 March 1951, the second Ski Flying Week was held, with over 120,000 spectators attending. Tauno Luiro from Finland set the official world record at 139 metres (456 feet) on the third day of competition. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}

1952: Ski Flying Week III

Hill construction timeline.

From 28 February to 2 March 1952, third Ski Flying Week took place, with over 60,000 attendees. Competition was interrupted on all three days due to weather conditions. FIS committee decided to grade distances only. No official results was published.

All jumpers that exceeded 100 metres distances, received a commemorative needle engraved with the distance achieved. Toivo Lauren from set the longest distance of the weekend at 131 metres (430 ft). ^[18]

1955: Ski Flying Week IV

From 26 to 27 February 1955, fourth Ski Flying Week was held. Four jumps in total, two from each day, counted into official results. Hemmo Silvennoinen won the competition with 452.5 points in front of Alfredsen and Brutscher. ^{[19] [20]}

1958: Bolkart fell at WR distance

On 21 March 1958, first day of Ski Flying Week V was held in front of 5,000 people. Trial jumps (reserved competition day) opened by Toni Brutscher at 97 metres were held, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 ski jumpers from ten different countries were on start, jumps were scored and judged by Straumann method. Aarne Valkama made a top score with 239.8 points (136 and 126 metres). ^[21]

On 22 March 1958, first competition day was held in front of 18,000 people. Only one of 35 jumpers didn't beat 100 metres mark. Andreas Däscher made a top score today with 237.8 points (125 and 128 metres). ^[22]

On 23 March 1958, last competition day was held in front of 50,000 people. West German Max Bolkart fell at 139 metres (456 feet) world record distance. Helmut Recknagel (378.8 points) won in front of Däscher (369.6 points) and Vitikainen (351.6 points). ^[23]

1961: Šlibar set new world record at 141 metres

On 23 February 1961, first day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 8,000 people, with first trial jumps in three rounds. Among 36 jumpers, Otto Leodolter, Maatela and Wolfgang Happle set the distance of the day at 136 metres (446 ft). ^[24]

On 24 February 1961, second day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 20,000 people, second trial jumps in two rounds (reserved day), which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. In the second round at 13:41 local time, Yugoslavian (Slovenian) Jože Šlibar set the new WR at 141 metres (463 feet), with 103 km/h at take-off. Heini Klopfer himself was measuring the distance for half an hour, then published it. ^{[25] [26] [27]}

On 25 February 1961, first competition day with two rounds counting into final results, first round was canceled. Wolfgang Happle from West Germany fell at 145 metres (476 feet) world record distance. ^[28]

On 26 February 1961, second and final competition day in front of 50,000 people was held. Three rounds, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Helmut Recknagel from East Germany won the two-day competition. ^[29]

1964: Sjöberg, Motejlek and Zandanel set world records

On 14 February 1964, first day of Ski Flying Week VII was held in front of 3,000 people, an official training (reserved competition day) in two round, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 jumpers from 12 countries performed today. Kjell Sjöberg from Sweden tied Šlibar's world record at 141 metres (463 feet). Points sistem scoring was classic, as Straumann's device didn't work properly. ^{[30] [31]}

On 15 February 1964, first competition day in front of 20,000 people was held, with three rounds, two best into final results. Dalibor Motejlek from Czechoslovakia set the new world record at 142 metres (466 feet). ^[32]

On 16 February 1964, second and final competition day was held. Three rounds today, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Nilo Zandanel from Italy set the new world record at 144 metres (472 feet). ^[33]

Events

   FIS Ski Flying World Championships (in 1998 also the World Cup event.)

Date	Year	Hillsize	Winner	Second	Third
↓ FIS International Ski Flying Week ↓
28 February   —   5 March	1950	K120	Sepp Weiler	Andreas Däscher	Dan Netzell
28 February   —   4 March	1951	K122	Tauno Luiro	Fritz Schneider	Sepp Bradl
28 February   —   2 March	1952	K120	International Ski Federation did not allow organizers to publish official results; jury was allowed to score and publish only distances, not style
26–27 February	1955		Hemmo Silvennoinen	Jack Alfredsen	Toni Brutscher
22–23 March	1958		Helmut Recknagel	Andreas Däscher	Raimo Vitikainen
25–26 February	1961		Helmut Recknagel	Otto Leodolter	Wolfgang Happle
↓ K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week ↓
15–16 February	1964		Kjell Sjöberg	Paavo Lukkariniemi	Nilo Zandanel
11–12 February	1967		Lars Grini	Peter Lesser	Kjell Sjöberg
8–9 March	1970		Josef Matouš	Rudolf Höhnl	Reinhold Bachler
↓ 2nd FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓
10–11 March	1973	K175	Hans-Georg Aschenbach	Walter Steiner	Karel Kodejška
↓ K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week ↓
5–7 March	1976	K175	Toni Innauer	Heinz Wosipiwo	Hans Wallner
2–4 March	1979	K175	Andreas Hille	Josef Samek	Leoš Škoda
↓ 6th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓
28 February   —   1 March	1981	K175	Jari Puikkonen	Armin Kogler	Tom Levorstad
↓ FIS World Cup ↓
17 March	1984	K180	Matti Nykänen	Pavel Ploc	Jens Weißflog
18 March			Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog	Pavel Ploc
↓ 10th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓
13 March	1988	K182	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	Primož Ulaga	Matti Nykänen
↓ FIS World Cup ↓
25 January	1992	K182	Werner Rathmayr	Andreas Felder	Mikael Martinsson
26 January			Werner Rathmayr	Andreas Felder	Andreas Goldberger
25 February	1995	K182	Andreas Goldberger	Roberto Cecon	Jens Weißflog
26 February			cancelled due to heavy snowfall
↓ 15th FIS Ski Flying World Championships = FIS World Cup ↓
24 January	1998	K185	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Kristian Brenden
25 January			Kazuyoshi Funaki	Dieter Thoma	Sven Hannawald
Championships (24–25 January)			Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald	Dieter Thoma
↓ FIS World Cup ↓
3 March	2001	K185	Risto Jussilainen	Veli-Matti Lindström	Matti Hautamäki
4 March			Martin Schmitt	Adam Małysz	Risto Jussilainen
7 February	2004	K185	Roar Ljokelsoy	Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai
8 February			cancelled due to strong wind
27 January	2007	HS213	lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill
28 January
↓ 20th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓
22–23 February	2008	HS213	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Martin Koch	Janne Ahonen
24 February			Austria	Finland	Norway
↓ FIS World Cup ↓
14 February	2009	HS213	Harri Olli	Anders Jacobsen	Johan Remen Evensen
15 February			Finland	Russia	Austria
30 January	2010	HS213	Austria	Norway	Finland
31 January			Anders Jacobsen	Robert Kranjec	Johan Remen Evensen
5 February	2011	HS213	Martin Koch	Tom Hilde	Gregor Schlierenzauer
6 February			Austria	Norway	Germany
18 February	2012	HS213	Martin Koch	Daiki Ito	Simon Ammann
19 February			Slovenia	Austria	Norway
16 February	2013	HS213	Richard Freitag	Andreas Stjernen	Gregor Schlierenzauer
17 February			Norway	Austria	Slovenia
4 February	2017	HS225	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Kamil Stoch
5 February			Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Jurij Tepes
↓ 25th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓
19–20 February	2018	HS235	Daniel-André Tande	Kamil Stoch	Richard Freitag
21 January			Norway	Slovenia	Poland
↓ FIS World Cup ↓
1 February	2019	HS235	Timi Zajc	Dawid Kubacki	Markus Eisenbichler
2 February			Ryōyū Kobayashi	Markus Eisenbichler	Stefan Kraft
3 February			Kamil Stoch	Evgeniy Klimov	Dawid Kubacki
19 March	2022	HS235	Stefan Kraft	Žiga Jelar	Timi Zajc
20 March			Timi Zajc	Piotr Żyła	Stefan Kraft

Hill record

List of all hill and world records set on this hill (both official and invalid record distances with fall or touch).

No. Date Length HT 2 February 1950   Heini Klopfer 90.0 m (295 ft)   HT 2 February 1950   Sepp Weiler 110.0 m (361 ft)   HT 2 February 1950   Sepp Weiler 115.0 m (377 ft)   #47 28 February 1950   Willi Gantschnigg 124.0 m (408 ft)   DQ 2 March 1950   Hans Eder 130.0 m (427 ft)   F 2 March 1950   Willi Gantschnigg 130.0 m (427 ft)   #48 2 March 1950   Sepp Weiler 127.0 m (417 ft)   #49 3 March 1950   Andreas Däscher 130.0 m (427 ft)   #50 3 March 1950   Dan Netzell 135.0 m (443 ft)   #51 2 March 1951   Tauno Luiro 139.0 m (456 ft)   F 23 March 1958   Max Bolkart 139.0 m (456 ft)   #52 24 February 1961   Jože Šlibar 141.0 m (463 ft)   F 25 February 1961   Wolfgang Happle 145.0 m (476 ft)   #54 15 February 1964   Kjell Sjöberg 141.0 m (463 ft)   #55 15 February 1964   Dalibor Motejlek 142.0 m (466 ft)   #56 16 February 1964   Nilo Zandanel 144.0 m (472 ft)   #60 10 February 1967   Lars Grini 147.0 m (482 ft)   #61 10 February 1967   Kjell Sjöberg 148.0 m (486 ft)   #62 11 February 1967   Lars Grini 150.0 m (492 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Walter Schwabl 151.0 m (495 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Rudi Wanner 158.0 m (518 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Heinz Wosipiwo 161.0 m (528 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Walter Schwabl 162.0 m (531 ft)   F 8 March 1973   Jochen Danneberg 166.0 m (545 ft)   F 8 March 1973   Takao Itō 176.0 m (577 ft)   F 9 March 1973   Walter Steiner 175.0 m (574 ft)   #69 9 March 1973   Heinz Wosipiwo 169.0 m (554 ft)   F 11 March 1973   Walter Steiner 179.0 m (587 ft)   #71 4 March 1976   Geir Ove Berg 173.0 m (568 ft)   #72 5 March 1976   Anton Innauer 174.0 m (571 ft)

No. Date Length #73 5 March 1976   Falko Weißpflog 174.0 m (571 ft)   #74 7 March 1976   Anton Innauer 176.0 m (577 ft)   #77 26 February 1981   Armin Kogler 180.0 m (591 ft)   #79 16 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 182.0 m (597 ft)   #80 16 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 182.0 m (597 ft)   #81 17 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 185.0 m (607 ft)   HR 24 January 1992   Andreas Felder 188.0 m (617 ft)   HR 23 February 1995   Nicolas Jean-Prost 193.0 m (633 ft)   FH 25 February 1995   Andreas Goldberger 196.0 m (643 ft)   FH 26 February 1995   Andreas Goldberger 196.0 m (643 ft)   HR 22 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 197.0 m (646 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Lasse Ottesen 200.0 m (656 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Stefan Horngacher 200.5 m (658 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Sven Hannawald 202.0 m (663 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Lasse Ottesen 202.0 m (663 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Sven Hannawald 205.0 m (673 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 207.0 m (679 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 209.0 m (686 ft)   HR 1 March 2001   Andreas Widhölzl 211.0 m (692 ft)   HR 1 March 2001   Andreas Widhölzl 216.0 m (709 ft)   FH 2 March 2001   Veli-Matti Lindström 218.0 m (715 ft)   HR 7 February 2004   Roar Ljøkelsøy 223.0 m (732 ft)   HR 14 February 2009   Harri Olli 225.5 m (740 ft)   FH 30 January 2010   Robert Kranjec 226.0 m (741 ft)   FH 19 February 2012   Peter Prevc 225.5 m (740 ft)   HR 3 February 2017   Stefan Kraft 229.0 m (751 ft)   HR 4 February 2017   Andreas Wellinger 234.5 m (769 ft)   HR 5 February 2017   Andreas Wellinger 238.0 m (781 ft)   HR 19 January 2018   Daniel-André Tande 238.5 m (782 ft)   HR 20 March 2022   Domen Prevc 242.5 m (796 ft)

 Invalid. Fall at hill record distance. 
 Invalid. Fall at world record distance. 
 Disqualified. At world record distance. 

Note

1. 3 March 1950: According to official German radio report cited in Ljudska pravica (slovenian newspaper), jumps were following in that order: first Andreas Däscher (130 m), then Dan Netzell (135 m) and after both of them Sepp Weiler (133 m).

References

1. "Heini Klopfer, Visionär in Sachen Schanzenbau" (in German). Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
2. "Wenn er da runter fliegt" (in German). Der Spiegel. 26 October 1949.
3. "Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze Geschichte" (in German). skiflugschanze-oberstdorf.de. 28 August 2021.
4. "Šved Netzel skočil 128 metrov (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 6 March 1950.
5. "Tekmovanje v Oberstdorfu je končano (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 7 March 1950.
6. "Abschluß in Oberstdorf (page 8)" (in German). Die Weltpresse. 6 March 1950.
7. "V Oberstdorfu je šlo 135 metrov daleč (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 4 March 1950.
8. "Neue Weltrekord Marke: 127 Meter (page 4)" (in German). Die Weltpresse. 3 March 1950.
9. "135 m dolg smučarski skok je dosegel šved Netzl (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 4 March 1950.
10. "Der letzte Schrei: 135 Meter! (page 17, column 4)" (in German). Weltpresse. 4 March 1950.
11. "Rudi Finžgar skače v Oberstdorfu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 1 March 1951.
12. "V Oberstdorfu so začeli s poleti (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 2 March 1951.
13. "132 metrov daleč je poletel s smučmi v Oberstdorfu (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 2 March 1951.
14. "Finec Luiro skočil 139, Finžgar pa 120 m (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 3 March 1951.
15. "Nov rekord v Oberstdorfu (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 3 March 1951.
16. "Jugoslovanski predstavnik zasluži vso pozornost (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Ljudska pravica. 4 March 1951.
17. "Smuški poleti v Oberstdorfu so končani (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 5 March 1951.
18. "Teden poletov v Oberstdorfu (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 3 March 1952.
19. "Prvi dan: Zidar pred Finžgarjem (page 10)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 27 February 1955.
20. "Poleti v Oberstdorfu so končani (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 28 February 1955.
21. "Prvi dan v Oberstdorfu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 22 March 1958.
22. "V Oberstdorfu – manj napeto (page 10)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 23 March 1958.
23. "Pri 139 padel – Bolkart (page 8)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski poročevalec. 24 March 1958.
24. "Šlibar – naš rekorder – 131 m (page 3)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 24 February 1961.
25. "Nov svetovni rekord – 141 metrov – Jožeta Šlibarja! (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 February 1961.
26. "Svetovni rekord – 141 metrov – Šlibarjev! (page 3)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 25 February 1961.
27. "Jože Šlibar is talking about his world record" (in Slovenian). YouTube. 31 August 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
28. "Leodolter vodi pred Recknaglom (page 18)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 26 February 1961.
29. "Recknagel zasluženo pred vsemi, toda... (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 27 February 1961.
30. "42 skakalcev in 43 držav na startu (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 14 February 1964.
31. "Sjöberg izenačil Šlibarjev svetovni rekord (page 6)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 15 February 1964.
32. "Motejlek nasledil Šlibarja (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 16 February 1964.
33. "Zandanelu rekord, Sjöbergu zmago (page 5)" (in Slovenian). Delo. 17 February 1964.

External links

• Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze official
• Oberstdorf.de (in German)
• Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze skisprungschanzen.com

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