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Maribor
Betnava
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Razvanje:
| K-Point: | 40 m |
  Hill record: |
38.0 m (Franc Pribošek  , 1934) |
| Further jumps: | no |
| Plastic matting: | no |
| Year of construction: | 1930's |
| Operating until: | ca. 1949 |
| Status: | destroyed |
| Ski club: | SK Železničar, SSK Maribor |
| Coordinates: | 46.526403, 15.632710 ✔ 
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History:
The Betnava ski jump was the first ski jumping facility in Maribor. It was built in the early 1930s at the foot of the Pohorje Mountains, in the Betnava district on the southern edge of the city. With a size of approximately K-40, it served primarily as a local training site for athletes of the clubs SK Železničar and the first SSK Maribor, who began their ski jumping careers here. Due to its location in the lower part of the city, where snow conditions were often unstable, planned competitions were repeatedly cancelled or postponed because of a lack of snow, which significantly limited the facility’s regular use.
The most important documented sporting event connected with the hill was the establishment of its record. In 1934, Franc Pribošek reached a distance of 38 metres. Pribošek (1917–1981) was one of the leading Slovenian ski jumpers of the interwar and post-war periods. He was a two-time Olympian representing Yugoslavia: he competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (39th place) and at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz (32nd place). Besides his ski jumping career, he was also involved in athletics – both as an athlete and later as a sports official. In recognition of his sporting and organisational contributions, he received the Bloudek Award, Slovenia’s highest sporting distinction. During his career he represented major Slovenian clubs, including SK Ilirija Ljubljana and later SK Enotnost Ljubljana. His jump on the Betnava hill is the only known and reliably documented record of this facility.
During World War II the ski jump was destroyed, but after 1945 it was rebuilt and used sporadically for training for several more years. Its importance, however, quickly diminished. In 1949 a new 25-metre ski jump was built near Uranova koča on Pohorje, and in the following years larger facilities were constructed, such as the well-known Pekrska gorca hill, which became the main ski jumping centre in Maribor. With the development of these new venues, Betnava was eventually abandoned and ceased to operate at the end of the 1940s. Today, no physical traces of it remain.
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