| Vladimir Zografski | ||||||||||
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| Full name | Vladimir Zografski | |||||||||
| Born | July 14, 1993 Samokov, Bulgaria |
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| Height | 174 | |||||||||
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| Club | SC Samokov | |||||||||
| Skis | Fischer | |||||||||
| Personal best | 130,5 m (Bischofshofen) | |||||||||
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| Seasons | 2008-present | |||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||
| Additional podiums | 0 | |||||||||
| Total podiums | 0 | |||||||||
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Vladimir Zografski, born 14 July 1993 in Samokov, Bulgaria is an Bulgarian ski jumper. He took a 43rd place in the K-90 Normal hill competition in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic.[1] Zografski is the son of former Olympic ski jumper Emil Zografski.
Zografski's instructors are Joachim Winterlich, the trainer of the successful German ski jumper Jens Weißflog, and his father Emil Zografski.[2] Vladimir has a little brother, Martin Zografski who is also a ski jumper and part of the Bulgarian youth team.
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Zografski's started jumping at a early age, in the plastic covered hills at Chernia kos, Samokov.
Zografski's debut in the Ski jumping Continental Cup occurred in 2005 when he was 12.
His best placement in the Ski Jumping Fis-Cup was a fourth place in Oberwiesenthal 2008. This season in Continental Cup, his best placement was a 23rd in Villach 2008.[1]
He made his World Cup debut in December 2008, with a 43rd place in Pragelato.[3] He took a 43rd place in the Normal Hill competition in the World Championships 2009 in Liberec. He was on the 26th place in the qualification. In a Summer Grand-Prix competition in Klingenthal he received a 36th place. Back then his best placement ever at WC-level.
In Bischofshofen 2010 he received a ninth place in the Ski jumping Continental Cup, at this time his best placement in Continental Cup (CoC) The same season he also competed in the Junior World Championships which took place in Hinterzarten, Germany. Zografski finished 7th with jumps on 104 and 99 metres.
Zografski began the summer season very good with a 4th place in a CoC competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A week later he competed in the Summer Grand Prix (SGP) which is a World Cup level competition and made it into the second round. In the second round he jumped 100 m and took the 1st place at that point. At the end Zografski finished 17th, reaching his first points on the highest level of ski jumping competition. On 13 August 2010 he reached a new career high by jumping to 5th place in SGP at Courchevel. In the end of September he took 2 second places in Continental Cup at Almaty.
The Winter 2010/11 did not start well in Kuusamo and Kuopio but in Engelberg, Zografski got his first World Cup points ever by a 28th and a 23rd place. He then continued with a 16th and 19th place in Oberstdorf and Garmisch during the Four Hills Tournament. Although in Innsbruck he was disqualified due to he had to long skis which later started a major conflict in ski jumping. In the last 4HT competition in Bischofshofen he failed to reach the final and finished 35th. In the Four Hills Tournament he finished 37th with 450.6 points.
In 2011 he won the JWC in Otepää.