Villach

The four plastic covered jumps of Villacher Alpenarena:

Villacher Alpenarena:

Hill Size: HS 98

K-Point: 90 m

Hill record: 103,5 m (David Unterberger AUT, 2008-02-01, JÖM)

Official hill record: 99,5 m (Adam Małysz POL, 2001-12-08, WC)

Summer hill record: 102,0 m (Robert Kranjec SLO, 2001-07-14, COC &

Thomas Morgenstern AUT, 2004-10-16)

Length of inrun: 80 m

Angle of inrun: 35°

Length of takeoff: 5,9 m

Angle of takeoff: 10,5°

Height of takeoff: 2,87 m

Speed: approx. 84,6 km/h

Landing angle: 36°

Hill Size: HS 65

K-Point: 60 m

Hill record: 68,0 m (Lukas Tschuschnig)

Angle of takeoff: 10,5°

Landing angle: 36°

Hill Size: HS 32

K-Point: 30 m

Hill record: 32,0 m (Siegfried Mörtl)

Year of construction: 1937, Conversion 1995

Spectator capacity: 18.000

Further jumps: K15

Plastic matting: all

Ski club: SV Villach

www.skisprungweltcup-villach.at

History:

In 1909 the first documented ski jumping competition took place at Villach-Möltschach. At that time winner was someone named Lutter from Graz with a respectable distance of 12 meters on a primitive ski hill on the Genottehöhe at guesthouse Tscheltschnig.

In 1838/39 the ski jumping facilities of Villach were completely converted. Due to the skiers association (SV) of Villach and their chairman Josef Hardwiger, after World War II the hills were again made ready for jumping very quickly. In 1968 the ski jumping tournament of Carinthia and Slovenia was founded with competitions at Villach, Feldkirchen and Maribor. In 1971 the hosts of the tournament changed and competitions at Villach, Tarvisio and Maribor (from 1983 on Planica) were announced the three countries tournament, which took place until 1988.

From 1933 to 1995 the ski jumps of Alpenarena at Möltschach were completely converted and all together covered with plastic mattings.

The ski jumping facility in 1939:

Photos: © Villacher Alpenarena

Beside K90, K60, K30 and K15 with snowing and jump imitation facilities additionally a multi-propose court and a cross-country trail were installed. On 1995-12-08 the inauguration of the jump was celebrated with a World Cup competition on K90 which was won by Masahiko Harada. Further World Cup events were held in 1997, 1999 and 2001. In the past years the jumping facility was internationally used only with COC competitions.

Hill record development in winter:

1995-12-08: 94,5 m Mika Laitinen FIN WC

1995-12-08: 99,0 m Masahiko Harada JPN WC

2001-12-08: 99,5 m Adam Małysz AUT WC

2006-02-05: 100,0 m Daniel Lackner AUT COC

2006-02-05: 101,0 m Marcin Bachleda POL COC

2008-02-01: 103,5 m David Unterberger AUT JÖM

Hill record development in summer:

2000-08-12: 99,5 m Matti Hautamäki FIN SGP

2001-07-14: 102,0 m Robert Kranjec SLO COC

2004-10-16: 102,0 m Thomas Morgenstern AUT

Villach:

Villach on Drau is a very popular tourist place. Additionally the production of wooden gods, machines, chemical products, food & beverage and textiles is economically important. The place of today’s city has already been settled on since the Neolithic age. In Roman times the settlements of Bilachinium and Santicum were located there. On of the most interesting tourist attractions is the late gothic main city church Saint Jacob, the late baroque church of pilgrimage “Zum Heiligen Kreuz” and castle Mörtenegg.

Contact:

	Skiläufer Vereinigung Villach z. Hd. Oskar Passering Burgplatz 2 A-9500 Villach Phone: +43 (4242) 595 54 Fax: +43 (4242) 595 54 info@sv-villach.at, sv-villach@aon.at www.sv-villach.at
	Nordisches Schisportzentrum Süd - Villacher Alpenarena Villacher Alpenstraße 2 9500 Villach Phone: +43 (0) 4242 - 544 88 - 0 Fax: +43 (0) 4242 - 544 88 - 21 office@villacheralpenarena.at www.villacheralpenarena.at

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