Koroška Bela

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Skakalnica:

K-Point:	ca. 25 m
Hill record:	30.5 m (Ludvik Zajc )

Further jumps:	no
Plastic matting:	no
Status:	destroyed
Coordinates:	46.430216, 14.097984 ✔

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History:

In Koroška Bela, a small settlement located at the foot of the Karawanks near Jesenice, a local ski jumping hill existed in the past. The village was closely connected with the steel industry as well as with an active social and sporting movement that developed particularly after the Second World War. During this period, many similar communities in the Gorenjska region built small winter sports facilities through voluntary work by local organizations and residents. The site became known in local topography under the name “Skakalnica,” and it was located in an area used for recreation by residents, near the present-day Kres area, where skiing infrastructure once existed, including a lift and training slopes.
According to local sources, the hill record measured 30.5 m and was set by Ludvik Zajc, who came from Koroška Bela. Zajc (born 1943) was among the leading Yugoslav ski jumpers of the 1960s. He represented Yugoslavia at the Winter Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 1964 and in Grenoble in 1968. He also competed in the Four Hills Tournament and in various international competitions, frequently placing among the top Yugoslav jumpers. His sporting development was connected with the local skiing community of the Jesenice and Javornik area, where an active training environment existed.
The ski jumping hill in Koroška Bela was one of the small club facilities typical of the region and probably fell out of use in the second half of the 20th century, together with the decline of the local skiing infrastructure. Only terrain traces of the hill remain today.

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