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Tremplin de la Doye:

K-Point:	ca. 70 m
Hill record:	79.0 m (Jacky Rochat , 1978)

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Year of construction:	1900's
Operating until:	1970's
Status:	destroyed
Ski club:	Skieurs Rousselands, Ski Club des Douanes de Morez
Coordinates:	46.490963, 6.024739 ✔

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History:

The Tremplin de la Doye in Morez was for more than sixty years one of the most important winter-sports facilities in the Jura and one of the most significant French ski jumps of its era. Situated on the steep slope of the Bienne valley, in the La Doye district on the outskirts of the town, it made use of the natural terrain to form a classic jump that allowed distances exceeding 70 metres. Skiing traditions in Morez date back to 1904, when one of the first ski clubs in the Jura department was founded there. The earliest verified traces of the jump itself are postcards and photographs from the winter of 1908/1909, documenting a multi-day competition held from 31 January to 3 February 1909. Teams from countries including Sweden and Italy took part, and one photograph shows a jump by the Swede Rehnberg reaching 27.5 metres – the earliest confirmed distance achieved in Morez and one of the first proofs of the international character of the competitions held there.
During the interwar period and in the first decades after World War II, the jump steadily gained prestige, becoming the venue for major events attracting both the national elite and foreign competitors. The French press often referred to it as the “grand tremplin de Morez”, a description that reflects its status well. Of particular importance were competitions associated with the popular Coupe Montefiore, reported on by newspapers such as Le Monde, which emphasised their international field. A poster from 1953 advertising the Challenge Roptix tournament—another event held at La Doye—confirms Morez’s continued presence on the calendar of major ski-jumping competitions in France.
The 1960s marked the period of the jump’s greatest sporting activity. In 1957, a ski-jumping event of the French Championships was planned to be held there, although it was ultimately cancelled due to weather conditions. The most important event, however, remained the FIS Junior European Championships held on 4 February 1968. The competition gathered the best young ski jumpers in Europe, including athletes from Poland, and jump lengths reached 66–66.5 metres. In the 1970s, La Doye continued to host competitions with strong international participation. In one of the competitions, the Italian jumper Lido Tomasi won with distances of 77 and 74 metres, but the longest confirmed jump of the event was made by Jacky Rochat, who reached as much as 79 metres – one of the longest known distances in the hill’s history. Several local ski clubs were connected to the venue, including Skieurs Rousselands from nearby Les Rousses and the Ski Club des Douanes de Morez. It was within this sporting environment that many successful national and international athletes grew up, such as Louis Romand, participant in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. La Doye also served as a site for numerous school and youth competitions and lives on in local memory as a centre of sporting life in Morez during the mid-20th century. With the development of modern ski-jumping facilities in the Haut-Jura region, such as the Tuffes complex in Prémanon and the venues in Chaux-Neuve, the role of La Doye gradually declined.
The jump ceased to be used at the end of the 1970s, and the facility was abandoned. Today, only remnants of its profile remain: fragments of the former inrun, traces of the take-off and landing slope, now partly absorbed into the overgrown hillside.

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