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Ponte di Legno
Corno d’Aola
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Trampolino del Littorio (Gigante Corno d’Aola):
| K-Point: | 108 m |
 Longest jump: |
114.0 m (Giacomo Aimoni , 1965-03-03) |
 Hill record: |
110.0 m (Henrik Ohlmeyer  , 1966-02-14) |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1928 |
| Operating until: | 1966 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | SC Ponte di Legno |
| Coordinates: | 46.252326, 10.519774 ✔ 
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History:
The giant ski jump on the slopes of Corno d’Aola in Ponte di Legno was built in 1928 to a design by the Swiss Adolf Badrutt as the Trampolino del Littorio. Situated at an altitude of approximately 1,250–1,300 metres, it quickly became one of the main tourist attractions of the mountain resort in the upper Val Camonica. The official inauguration took place on 24 February 1929 in the presence of Edda Mussolini and an audience of 20,000 spectators, during an international ski jumping competition.
In the 1930s the hill ranked among the most important ski jumping venues in the world. It was here that in 1930 Ernesto Zardini and a year later Bronisław Czech made crash landings at distances corresponding to the then world records, and on 17 March 1935 the Austrian Fritz Kainersdörfer, competing under a Swiss licence, set an official world record with a 99.5-metre jump. On the same day the Norwegian Olav Ulland flew as far as 103.5 metres, becoming the first person in history to pass the 100-metre barrier, although the jump was not recognised as a record due to a fall.
After World War II the venue, now named Trampolino Gigante del Corno d’Aola, was expanded with two smaller training hills (K60 and K15). In the following years further records were set here: Josef Bradl reached 106 metres, Bruno Da Col first became the first Italian to exceed 100 metres (100.5 m in 1936) and later achieved 110.5 metres in 1949. During the 1960s, record-breaking distances were also achieved by Sepp Hohenleitner, Willi Egger, Giacomo Aimoni and Wolfgang Happle. The longest recorded jump is Aimoni’s 114 metres from 1965, while the last official hill record is considered to be between 110 and 110.5 metres, achieved by Bruno Da Col and Henrik Ohlmeyer.
The highlight of the post-war history of the venue was the 1966 edition of Coppa Kongsberg, a prestigious series held on selected ski jumps in the Alps and Central Europe. The competition in Ponte di Legno was won by Henrik Ohlmeyer of West Germany, and shortly after this event the hill was taken out of use.
Despite the end of its activity in 1966, the Trampolino Gigante was never demolished – its natural landing slope, now overgrown with forest, is still visible just next to the walking and cycling path along the Narcanello stream. The site is owned by the Sci Club Ponte di Legno, which carried out maintenance and cleaning work in 2011, on the occasion of the club’s centenary, and again in 2020, restoring the hill’s status as an important element of the local sporting heritage.
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Pierwszy skok powyżej 100 metrów
Olav Ulland z Norwegi miał nawet 103.5 m...
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Die 99,5 m von 1935 sind richtig, der Springer hiess allerdings Fritz Kainersdorfer und war Oesterreicher.
Er hatte nur eine Schweizer Lizenz, weil er in Einsiedeln/Schweiz wohnhaft war