Kulm (flying hill)

Kulm
Location	Tauplitz, Styria Austria
Opened	18 Feb 1950 (test) 8 Mar 1950 (official)
Renovated	1953, 1986, 2015
Size
K-spot	K-200
Hill size	HS 225
Hill record	237.5 m (779 ft) Severin Freund (9 January 2015)
Championships
World Championships	1975, 1986, 1996, 2006

Kulm is a ski flying hill located in Tauplitz, Styria, Austria. Opened on 8 March 1950, the hill is one of only five of its type in the world, allowing for jumps of more than 200 metres. The current distance record of 237.5 m was set by Severin Freund during a training round on 9 January 2015.^[1] Daniela Iraschko-Stolz set the women's world record of 200 m in 2003, and is the only woman in history to have jumped to 200 m. Furthermore, the men's world record has been set three times at Kulm.

The venue has hosted four FIS Ski Flying World Championships (1975, 1986, 1996 and 2006) and will be hosting it in 2016. In 2014–15 the hill was completely renovated to K-200 and HS 225, making much longer jumps possible.

Events

Date	Hillsize	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
8-12 Mar 1950		SFW	Rudi Dietrich
1951		SFW	Sepp Bradl
22 Feb - 1 Mar 1953		ISFW	Sepp Bradl
Mar 1956		ISFW	Werner Lesser
Mar 1959		ISFW	Torbjørn Yggeseth
1-4 Mar 1962		ISFW	Helmut Recknagel		Piotr Wala
Mar 1965		KOP	Henrik Ohlmeyer
1968		KOP	Zbyněk Hubač
1971		KOP	cancelled; strong wind
14-16 Mar 1975		SFWC	Karel Kodejška	Rainer Schmidt	Karl Schnabl
1978		KOP	Peter Leitner
12 Mar 1982	K-165	WC	Matti Nykänen	Hubert Neuper	Andreas Felder
13 Mar 1982	K-165	WC	Hubert Neuper	Matti Nykänen	Ole Bremseth
14 Mar 1982	K-165	WC	Hubert Neuper	Ole Bremseth	Armin Kogler
8-9 Mar 1986	K-185	SFWC	Andreas Felder	Franz Neuländtner	Matti Nykänen
23 Feb 1991	K-185	WC	Stephan Zuend	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Per-Inge Tällberg
24 Feb 1991	K-185	WC	Stefan Horngacher	Ralph Gebstedt	Heinz Kuttin
30 Jan 1993	K-185	WC	Jaroslav Sakala	Werner Haim	Andreas Goldberger
31 Jan 1993	K-185	WC	Jaroslav Sakala	Didier Mollard	Andreas Goldberger
10 Feb 1996	K-185	SFWC(D1) / WC	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Goldberger	Ari-Pekka Nikkola
11 Feb 1996	K-185	SFWC(D2) / WC	Andreas Goldberger	Christof Duffner	Janne Ahonen
World Champion at SFWC (10-11 Feb)			Andreas Goldberger	Janne Ahonen	Urban Franc
8 Feb 1997	K-185	WC	Takanobu Okabe	Andreas Goldberger	Primož Peterka
9 Feb 1997	K-185	WC	Primož Peterka	Andreas Goldberger	Takanobu Okabe
19 Feb 2000	K-185	WC	Sven Hannawald	Andreas Widhölzl	Tommy Ingebrigtsen
20 Feb 2000	K-185	WC	cancelled; strong wind
1 Feb 2003	K-185	WC	Florian Liegl	Sven Hannawald	Adam Małysz
2 Feb 2003	K-185	WC	Sven Hannawald	Florian Liegl	Matti Hautamäki
15 Jan 2005	HS 200	WC	Andreas Widhoelzl	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Adam Małysz
16 jan 2005	HS 200	WC	Adam Małysz	Andreas Widhoelzl	Risto Jussilainen
13-14 Jan 2006	HS 200	SFWC-I	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Andreas Widhölzl	Thomas Morgenstern
15 Jan 2006	HS 200	SFWC-T	Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren Lars Bystøl Tommy Ingebrigtsen Roar Ljøkelsøy	Finland Janne Happonen Tami Kiuru Matti Hautamäki Janne Ahonen	Germany Michael Neumayer Georg Späth Alexander Herr Michael Uhrmann
10 Jan 2009	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
11 Jan 2009	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Harri Olli	Simon Ammann
9 Jan 2010	HS 200	WC	Robert Kranjec	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
10 Jan 2010	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Robert Kranjec	Harri Olli
14 Jan 2012	HS 200	WC	cancelled; strong wind, postponed on next day
15 Jan 2012	HS 200	WC	Robert Kranjec	Thomas Morgenstern	Anders Bardal
15 Jan 2012	HS 200	WC	Anders Bardal	Daiki Ito	Kamil Stoch
11 Jan 2014	HS 200	WC	Noriaki Kasai	Peter Prevc	Gregor Schlierenzauer
12 Jan 2014	HS 200	WC	Peter Prevc	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Noriaki Kasai
10 Jan 2015	HS 225	WC	Severin Freund	Stefan Kraft	Jurij Tepeš
11 Jan 2015	HS 225	WC	cancelled; strong wind

*SFW - Ski Flying Week; ISFW/KOP - International Ski Flying Week; SFWC - Ski Flying World Championships; D - Day; WC - World Cup; T - Team; I - Individual

Hill record

Official Date Ski Jumper Length 18 Feb 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 75.0 m (246 ft) 18 Feb 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 93.0 m (305 ft) 18 Feb 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 96.0 m (315 ft) 8 Mar 1950 Alois Leodolter 100.0 m (328 ft) Mar 1950 Rudi Dietrich 103.0 m (338 ft) 1951 Sepp Bradl 115.0 m (377 ft) 1953 Sepp Bradl 122.0 m (400 ft) 9 Mar 1956 Werner Lesser 125.0 m (410 ft) 20 Mar 1959 Torbjørn Yggeseth 127.0 m (467 ft) 1 Mar 1962 Peter Lesser 141.0 m (463 ft) 21 Mar 1965 Peter Lesser 145.0 m (476 ft) 15 Mar 1975 Karl Schnabl 151.0 m (495 ft) Date Ski Jumper Length 5 Mar 1978 Edi Federer 164.0 m (538 ft) 13 Mar 1982 Hubert Neuper 167.0 m (548 ft) 9 Mar 1986 Andreas Felder 191.0 m (627 ft) 8 Feb 1996 Janne Ahonen 200.0 m (656 ft) 11 Feb 1996 Jens Weißflog 201.0 m (659 ft) 8 Feb 1997 Takanobu Okabe 205.0 m (673 ft) 31 Jan 2003 Sven Hannawald 214.5 m (704 ft) 10 Jan 2009 Gregor Schlierenzauer 215.5 m (707 ft) 9 Jan 2015 Jurij Tepeš 220.0 m (722 ft) 9 Jan 2015 Robert Kranjec 221.0 m (725 ft) 9 Jan 2015 Severin Freund 237.5 m (779 ft) Invalid Date Ski Jumper Length 19 Feb 2000 Andreas Goldberger 209.5 m (687 ft) 31 Jan 2003 Christian Nagiller 220.0 m (722 ft) *hill records with fall.

Ladies Date Ski Jumper Length 4 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 141.0 m (472 ft) 5 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 161.0 m (528 ft) 6 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 163.0 m (535 ft) 7 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 164.5 m (540 ft) 9 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 165.0 m (541 ft) 9 Feb 1997 Eva Ganster 167.0 m (548 ft) 29 Jan 2003 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 188.0 m (618 ft) 29 Jan 2003 Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 200.0 m (656 ft)

Technical data

References

Coordinates: 47°32′31.67″N 13°59′59.51″E / 47.5421306°N 13.9998639°E / 47.5421306; 13.9998639