Matti Ensio Nykänen was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. Widely considered to be the greatest male ski jumper of all time, he won five Winter Olympic medals, nine World Championship medals, and 22 Finnish Championship medals. Most notably, he won three gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Yvonne van Gennip of the Netherlands, the most medaled athlete that winter.
Andreas Felder is an Austrian former ski jumper. During this period he dominated the sport, together with contemporaries Jens Weißflog and Matti Nykänen. He finished in the top three overall six times in the World Cup and won the 1990/91 overall. He won his first international championship medal at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo with a silver medal in the team large hill event.
Michael Harry Holland is an American former ski jumper. He was world distance record holder for 27 minutes, surpassed shortly after by Matti Nykänen in 1985.
Letalnica bratov Gorišek is one of the two largest ski flying hills in the world and the biggest of eight hills located at the Planica Nordic Centre in Planica, Slovenia.
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1972, the first ever ski flying world championships took place on 25 March 1972 in Planica, Yugoslavia. A total of 110,000 people has gathered in three days.
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1979 was held between 17–18 March in Planica, Yugoslavia for the second time in front of total 115,000 people in four days.
The FIS Ski Flying World Ski Championships 1994 took place on 20 March 1994 in Planica, Slovenia for the record fourth time. It also counted for World Cup. They previously hosted the championships as being part of Yugoslavia in 1972, 1979 and 1985. This was the first large international sporting event in Slovenia after they declared its independence in 1991 following the Ten-Day War.
Bogdan Norčič was a Yugoslavian ski jumper of Slovene ethnicity. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Winter Olympics.
Planica 1991 was a two day ski flying competition part of 1990/91 World Cup season, held from 23–24 March 1991 in Planica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Total of 80,000 people have gathered in three days.
Planica 1987 was a two day ski flying competition part of 1986/87 World Cup season, held from 14 to 15 March 1987 in Planica, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Circa 100,000 people in total has gathered in three days.
Planica 1941 was a ski flying study week, allowed only in study purposes, with main competition held on 2 March 1941 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Around 15,000 people gathered for the competition, which was used as a propaganda tool by the Nazi regime. Two world records were set, including a 118-metre (387 ft) jump which stood until 1948.
Planica 1936 was a ski jumping event, considered as the birth of ski flying, held on 15 March 1936 in Planica, Drava Banovina, Yugoslavia. Total of 16,000 people gathered to watch the competition.
Planica 1969 was a first competition on a new ski flying hill at Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 21 to 23 March 1969 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With 95,000 people in three days.
Planica 1974 was a Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 15–17 March 1974 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With total 115,000 people in three days.
Planica 1977 was a Smuški poleti Ski Flying Week competition, held from 18 to 20 March 1977 in Planica, Yugoslavia. With total 50,000 people in three days.
Planica 1948 was an International ski flying week competition held from 14—17 March 1948 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people has gathered in total. The best jump counted as final result.
Planica 1950 was an International ski flying week with four competitions held from 12—19 March 1950 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. A total over 50,000 people has gathered in the whole week.
Planica 1949 was an International ski jumping week with two competitions on a new K80 hill, held on 20 and 27 March 1949 in Planica, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia. Over 20,000 people were gathered.
Planica 1963 was international K.O.P. ski flying week competition, held from 22 to 24 March 1963 in Planica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. A total crowd of 65,000 spectators gathered over three days.
