Srednja Bloudkova
Hill nameSrednja Bloudkova
Constructor(s)Stanko Bloudek
LocationPlanica, Slovenia
Opened27 March 1949
Renovated1989
Closed2007
Demolished2012
K-spot90 m
Hill size100 m
Hill record110 m (361 ft)
Bine Zupan
(13 Mar 2004)
World cup1980, 1981, 1982,
1983, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1989, 1993,
1994
Universiade2007

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]

History

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

Ski jumping

YearDateEventWinnerSecondThird
194920 March  OPEvert KarlssonJanez PoldaKarl Holmström
27 March  INTJanez PoldaLasse JohanssonRafael Viljamaa
195012 March  INT1Thorleif SchjelderupSverre KronvoldJanez Polda
19 March  INT2Sverre StenersenHakonsenSverre Kronvold
195111 March  INTSepp BradlJanez PoldaAlwin Plank
195223 March  INTKeith WegemanSepp BradlAlois Leodolter
19538 March  INTHerm AnwanderJanez PoldaSepp Schiffner
19657 March  JPM.1Dieter MuellerHelmut WegscheiderDieter Bokeloh
196726 March  JPM.2Reinhold BachlerHorst QueckPeter Lesser
197022 March  JPM.3Vladimir SmirnovAleksandr IvannikovReinhold Bachler
197128 March  JPM.5Hans-Georg AschenbachWalter SteinerPeter Štefančič
198021 March  WCHans MillonigArmin KoglerPrimož Ulaga
198121 March  WCJari PuikkonenHorst BulauAxel Zitzmann
198227 March  WCOle BremsethPer BergerudMassimo Rigoni
198326 March  WCMatti NykänenPrimož UlagaOlav Hansson
198424 March  WCJens WeißflogMike HollandJanusz Malik
198622 March  WCMatti NykänenAndreas FelderFranz Neuländtner
198827 March  WCPrimož UlagaPavel PlocErnst Vettori
198925 March  WCJens WeißflogAndreas FelderAri-Pekka Nikkola
199311 December  WCEspen BredesenTakanobu OkabeAndreas Goldberger
199410 December  WCKazuyoshi FunakiAndreas GoldbergerJanne Ahonen
11 December  WCAndreas GoldbergerMika LaitinenLasse Ottesen

Nordic combined

YearDateEventWinnerSecondThird
198415 December  WC
K92 / 15 km		Geir AndersenHubert SchwarzHallstein Bøgseth

Hill record

Men

DateDistance
14 February 1949  Franc Pribošek60 metres (197 ft)  
14 February 1949  Franc Pribošek67 metres (220 ft)  
14 February 1949  Franc Pribošek68 metres (223 ft)  
14 February 1949  Franc Pribošek71 metres (233 ft)  
14 February 1949  Franc Pribošek75 metres (246 ft)  
17 February 1949  Janez Polda77 metres (253 ft)  
20 February 1949  Janez Polda79 metres (259 ft)  
24 March 1949  Evert Karlsson79 metres (259 ft)  
24 March 1949  Janez Polda80.5 metres (264 ft)  
27 March 1949  Evert Karlsson85.5 metres (281 ft)  
27 March 1949  Janez Polda86 metres (282 ft)  
7 March 1965  Marjan Pečar87 metres (285 ft)  
26 March 1967  Horst Queck91 metres (299 ft)  
23 March 1968  Jiří Raška92 metres (302 ft)  
23 March 1968  Josef Matouš93 metres (305 ft)  
23 March 1968  Gariy Napalkov93.5 metres (305 ft)  
23 March 1968  Jiří Raška96 metres (315 ft)  
24 March 1984  Jens Weißflog97 metres (318 ft)  
11 March 1993  Jens Weißflog101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1993  Takanobu Okabe101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1993  Espen Bredesen101 metres (331 ft)  
11 March 1994  Andreas Goldberger102.5 metres (336 ft)  
4 March 2000  Christian Nagiller103.5 metres (340 ft)  
4 March 2000  Lukas Tschuschnig104 metres (341 ft)  
13 March 2004  Bine Zupan110 metres (361 ft)  

Ladies

DateDistance
2 March 2003  Anette Sagen105.5 metres (346 ft)  

See also

References

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