Liberec

Both ski jumps for WSC 2009: Ještéd HS 134 & HS 100:

Ještéd:

Hill Size: HS 134

K-Point: 120 m

Hill record: 143,0 m (Roman Koudelka CZE, 2008-09-30, CZM)

Official hill record: 139,0 m (Janne Ahonen FIN, 2004-01-11, WC)

Inrun length: 100 m

Angle of takeoff: 10,5°

Height of tower: 43 m

Speed: approx. 93 km/h

Landing angle: 35,0°

Hill Size: HS 100

K-Point: 90 m

Hill record: 98,0 m (Roman Koudelka CZE, 2007-03-18, CZM)

Women’s hill record: 103,5 m (Ulrike Grässler GER & Nata de Leeuw CAN,

2008-10-04, COC)

Angle of takeoff: 10,5°

Landing angle: 35,0°

Year of construction: 1966

Spectator capacity: approx. 10,000

Further jumps: K50, K14

Plastic matting: no

Ski club: TJ Dukla Liberec

www.liberec2009.com

History:

Liberec was already a centre of cross-country skiing and ski jumping in the middle 20’s and there were ski jumps in the parts of the town Plané, Harcov and Pilinkov.

At the 1012 m high mountain Ještéd the first jumps were built in the years 1966 to 1968 and older jumps (K90 and K70) already had a common landing hill, as it is still today. Because of the juniors European championships 1976 the profile of both jump was changed completely and a modern inrun tower was constructed.

In the 1980’s another K50 was added which was covered with mattings for a while. At this time many international competitions took place there, like the famous Bohemia Tournament of ski jumpers, but also competitions of Nordic combined were held in front of a great amount of spectators.

In 1992 the jumping facility was reconstructed and later a lift up to the inrun tower was established. A disadvantage is that the jumps cannot be used for practicing at the same time, because they all lead into the same landing area. But nevertheless this modern ski jumping facility is one of the most important ski jumping centers of the Czech Republic. Liberec is regularly part of the yearly FIS World Cup schedule.

In 2009 the Nordic Ski World Championships will be hosted there and for this occasion the jumps were again modernized in 2007/2008. Thereby the hill profiles of K120 and K90 were not changed, but mainly infrastructure was improved with new facilities and spectator stands. > Closer Look

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Hill record develpoment K120:

1984-01-15: 117,0 m Klaus Ostwald DDR WC

1994-01-15: 121,5 m Espen Bredesen NOR WC

1994-01-15: 123,0 m Jaroslav Sakala CZE WC

1994-01-15: 125,5 m Espen Bredesen NOR WC

2000-01-22: 135,0 m Bjarte Engen Vik NOR NK "B"

2002-12-21: 139,0 m Thomas Morgenstern AUT COC

2004-01-11: 139,0 m Janne Ahonen FIN WC

2008-02-15: 139,0 m Anssi Koivuranta FIN NC

2008-02-17: 140,5 m Eric Frenzel GER NC

2008-09-30: 143,0 m Roman Koudelka CZE CZM

Contact:

TJ Dukla Liberec
Jeronymova 522
CZ-460 07 Liberec 7
Phone: 00420 48 277 09 89
Fax: 00420 48 277 09 98
duli.hex@seznam.cz

www.duli.hex.cz

Liberec:

Liberec was founded in 13th century by German colonialists. The historic city center is very interesting, just as the castle in renaissance-style and the town hall in flamish style. Liberec is in the north of Czechia, only 20 km away of the German border, with 100,000 inhabitants it is one of the biggest cities of the country.

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