Srednja Bloudkova () was a ski jumping K90 hill located in Planica, Slovenia, that existed between 1949 and 2012.
History The hill was opened in 1949 and constructed by Slovenian engineer Stanko Bloudek. The hill has a perfect location and the first original inrun was made of thin steel stick construction. His main assistant at the construction of this hill was Stano Pelan, Slovenian pilot, constructor, bank officer, working supervisor, credited as Planica expert, FIS judge of ski jumping and technical judge delegate. This hill is also known under his name.
The winner of a first international opening competition on this hill on 27 March 1949 was Janez Polda. The winner of the last international competition on March 28, 1971, was East German Hans-Georg Aschenbach.
The winner of the first World Cup competition on 21 March 1980 was Austrian Hans Millonig.
Constructors of the present hill are brothers Vlado and Janez Gorišek. They reconstructed the hill in 1989. In hill axis there was a wooden sculpture of a ski jumper.
The last World Cup event was on 11 December 1994 with Austrian winner Andreas Goldberger. In total there were 11 individual World Cup competitions. The last official ski jumping event on this hill was held on the 2007 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships replacing Tarvisio, a venue dealing with a lack of snow. Those were also the last ski jumps ever at this hill.
As a part of Planica Nordic Centre renovation, the hill was completely demolished in late 2012. It stands just a few meters away from Stano Pelan Hill and right next to the Bloudkova velikanka. After they demolished Stano Pelan Hill, they built two completely new medium ski jumping hills at the same place, which are used for training. They are HS 62 and HS 80 size. Those two smaller hills opened in December 2013.
Competitions
Ski jumping YearDateEventWinnerSecondThird1949 20 March Evert Karlsson Janez Polda Karl Holmström27 March Janez Polda Lasse Johansson Rafael Viljamaa1950 12 March INT1 Thorleif Schjelderup Sverre Kronvold Janez Polda19 March INT2 Sverre Stenersen Hakonsen Sverre Kronvold1951 11 March INT Sepp Bradl Janez Polda Alwin Plank1952 23 March INT Keith Wegeman Sepp Bradl Alois Leodolter1953 8 March INT Herm Anwander Janez Polda Sepp Schiffner1965 7 March Dieter Mueller Helmut Wegscheider Dieter Bokeloh1967 26 March JPM.2 Reinhold Bachler Horst Queck Peter Lesser1970 22 March JPM.3 Vladimir Smirnov Aleksandr Ivannikov Reinhold Bachler1971 28 March JPM.5 Hans-Georg Aschenbach Walter Steiner Peter Štefančič1980 21 March Hans Millonig Armin Kogler Primož Ulaga1981 21 March WC Jari Puikkonen Horst Bulau Axel Zitzmann1982 27 March WC Ole Bremseth Per Bergerud Massimo Rigoni1983 26 March WC Matti Nykänen Primož Ulaga Olav Hansson1984 24 March WC Jens Weißflog Mike Holland Janusz Malik1986 22 March WC Matti Nykänen Andreas Felder Franz Neuländtner1988 27 March WC Primož Ulaga Pavel Ploc Ernst Vettori1989 25 March WC Jens Weißflog Andreas Felder Ari-Pekka Nikkola1993 11 December WC Espen Bredesen Takanobu Okabe Andreas Goldberger1994 10 December WC Kazuyoshi Funaki Andreas Goldberger Janne Ahonen11 December WC Andreas Goldberger Mika Laitinen Lasse Ottesen
Nordic combined YearDateEventWinnerSecondThird1984 15 December K92 / 15 km Geir Andersen Hubert Schwarz Hallstein Bøgseth
Hill record
Men DateDistance14 February 1949 Franc Pribošek60 metres (197 ft) 14 February 1949 Franc Pribošek67 metres (220 ft) 14 February 1949 Franc Pribošek68 metres (223 ft) 14 February 1949 Franc Pribošek71 metres (233 ft) 14 February 1949 Franc Pribošek75 metres (246 ft) 17 February 1949 Janez Polda77 metres (253 ft) 20 February 1949 Janez Polda79 metres (259 ft) 24 March 1949 Evert Karlsson79 metres (259 ft) 24 March 1949 Janez Polda80.5 metres (264 ft) 27 March 1949 Evert Karlsson85.5 metres (281 ft) 27 March 1949 Janez Polda86 metres (282 ft) 7 March 1965 Marjan Pečar87 metres (285 ft) 26 March 1967 Horst Queck91 metres (299 ft) 23 March 1968 Jiří Raška92 metres (302 ft) 23 March 1968 Josef Matouš93 metres (305 ft) 23 March 1968 Gariy Napalkov93.5 metres (305 ft) 23 March 1968 Jiří Raška96 metres (315 ft) 24 March 1984 Jens Weißflog97 metres (318 ft) 11 March 1993 Jens Weißflog101 metres (331 ft) 11 March 1993 Takanobu Okabe101 metres (331 ft) 11 March 1993 Espen Bredesen101 metres (331 ft) 11 March 1994 Andreas Goldberger102.5 metres (336 ft) 4 March 2000 Christian Nagiller103.5 metres (340 ft) 4 March 2000 Lukas Tschuschnig104 metres (341 ft) 13 March 2004 Bine Zupan110 metres (361 ft)
Ladies DateDistance2 March 2003 Anette Sagen105.5 metres (346 ft)
See also Letalnica bratov Gorišek Bloudkova velikanka Planica Nordic Centre
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