Matti Nykanen of Finland competes in the 90 Meter Ski Jumping event... News Photo Getty Images


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Ruka's large ski jump is the largest in Finland and it is also one of the largest in the world. It is also the largest plastic-coated ski jump in the world. It was built in 1964 and renovated in 1996.


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The Ski Jumping Hill Archive is the world's largest and unique online collection of information, data, photos, history and news on more than 5000 ski jumping hills at over 2300 locations worldwide. The archive is expanded on a daily basis and enhanced with latest news, competition results, background information, explanations and stories on the topic of ski jumping hills.


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The FIS Ski Jumping World Cup is the world's highest level of ski jumping and the FIS Ski Flying World Cup as the subdivisional part of the competition. It was founded by Torbjørn Yggeseth for the 1979/80 season and organized by the International Ski Federation. Women began competing during the 2011/12 season.. Finland 1982/83 Norway


Travels again! The amazing ski jumps of Lahti Finland in late spring. No sign of snow and I

Ski jumping has now for past 5 years been a fringe sport in Finland, with no audience from young generation or anybody else really. Compared to it gathering million audience on TV when I was a teenager. I think ski jumping's got the same coverage as before but not as much interest, obviously, because of the lack of success.


Andreas Alamommo of Finland makes a jump during the Ski Jumping News Photo Getty Images

The Finnish Ski Association published it's Ski Jumping teams for the 2019/20 season on Friday. With Antti Aalto, who gained attention with various very good results this past winter and was the best Finn in the overall World Cup in 25th place, Andreas Alamommo, Jarkko Maatta and Eetu Nousiainen, four athletes were named to the national team of head coach Lauri Hakola, who will be supported by.


Matti Nykanen of Finland competes in the 70 Meter Ski Jumping event... News Photo Getty Images

Ski Jumping 03 Apr 2022 Eetu Nousiainen, Niko Kytosaho, Ilka Herola - © facebook/Niko Kytosaho For some ski jumpers, the season didn't end with the World Cup finals, as national championships were held this weekend in Finland and France. At the Finnish championships on the normal hill in Rovaniemi, the title went to Niko Kytosaho.


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Lahti in Finland is a traditional ski jumping and winter sports venue and an experienced host in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Lahti premiered in the ski jumping world cup circuit in the first season in 1980. Since then Lahti has been a regular host in the ski jumping World Cup.


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Ruka in Finland hosts the first FIS Ski Jumping World Cup weekend of the season 2023/24 in late November 2023. Take a look at event schedule, teams and results. Ruka in Kuusamo, Finland, is a traditional ski jumping venue and an experienced host in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. Ruka premiered as a world cup host in 1996.


Ounasvaara ski jump, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland Stock Photo Alamy

Ruka, Finland (November 21, 2023) - Men's Nordic Combined and Men's Ski Jumping will kick-off the 2023/2024 FIS World Cup cup circuit this weekend in Ruka, Finland.Both teams will be sending four athletes, with the competition schedule for Nordic Combined (Nov. 23-26) being found here, and the competition schedule for Ski Jumping (Nov. 24-26) being found here.


Harri Olli of Finland competes during the Ski Jumping Normal Hill... News Photo Getty Images

Matti Ensio Nykänen ( pronounced [ˈmɑtːi ˈnykænen] ⓘ; 17 July 1963 - 4 February 2019) [1] was a Finnish ski jumper who competed from 1981 to 1991. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, [3] having won five Winter Olympic medals (four gold), nine World Championship medals (five gold), and 22 Finnish Championship.


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RUKA, Finland - Austrian jumper Stefan Kraft won the 2023-24 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup season opener in Ruka, Finland. Kraft's impressive jumps of 144 and 143 meters gave him a total of 326.2.


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Help Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ski jumpers from Finland. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. + Finnish female ski jumpers ‎ (2 P) Finnish male ski jumpers ‎ (87 P) O Olympic ski jumpers for Finland ‎ (52 P) Σ Finnish ski jumping biography stubs ‎ (105 P)


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Known to the locals as Suurmäki, "high or great hill", the ski jumping tower is a must visit site for anyone who comes to Lahti. At High Hill Adventure you can purchase tickets for the tower's observation deck and rent mountain bikes or cross-country skis for a fun day outdoors. Find High Hill Adventure at the foot of the tower - the.


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20 Nov 2023 Halvor Egner Granerud from Norway The favorites for the overall ski jumping World Cup are known, but, as always in ski jumping, things can go very differently than expected. Small details that don't work in the jumping system and a favorite is out of the top spots for a while.


Matti Nykanen of Finland competes in the 90 Meter Ski Jumping event... News Photo Getty Images

Welcome to Finland's most popular snow park in Ruka. Come and ride with us more than 200 days in a season at Ruka Park. Ruka Park is expected to open among the first ones in the beginning of October and it is open until the end of the season. Ruka Park includes several jumping lines in different sizes, as well as plenty of rails, presses and.


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Ski jumping was a newcomer in the early 20 th century. The paramilitary Home Guards built ski jumping towers in every village and city which could also be used for air surveillance. The huge amount of small ski jumping hills made the sport extremely popular. Success in international competitions was bound to follow.