Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze
Constructor(s)	Heini Klopfer
Location	Oberstdorf, Germany
Operator	SC Oberstdorf
Opened	2 February 1950 (test) 28 February 1950 (official)
Renovated	1973, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2001, 2017
Size
K–point	200 m
Hill size	235 m
Hill record	238.5 m (782 ft) Daniel-André Tande (19 January 2018)
Spectator capacity	40,000
Top events
Ski Flying World Championships	1973, 1981, 1988, 1998, 2008, 2018
World Cup	1984, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze (en.: Heini Klopfer Flying Hill) is a ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany, opened in 1950. Hill was twenty years later renamed after a local, its constructor Heini Klopfer.^[1]

A total of 21 world records were set here. Not to confuse this hill with Schattenbergschanze, another one in Oberstdorf, about 7 kilometres away, known as the first station of 4-Hills Tournament.

History[]

1949: Plans and realisation[]

In 1949, they were originally discussing about whether they should just rather enlarge the existing Schattenbergschanze or build a complete new hill with calculation point at K120.

Three ski jumpers Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher together made a final decision to build a complete new hill and they found the perfect location. Inspired by Planica, the wanted to beat legendary Bloudkova velikanka in Slovenia, as the long time world record breaking and leading hill. Starting in July, hill construction was completed as planned in only five months, finished on 10 December.^[2][3]

1950: Opening with four world records[]

On 2 February 1950, hill test was reserved for founding trio only. Heini Klopfer jumped as first ever landing at 90 metres, Toni Brutscher at 112 metres and Sepp Weiler at 115 metres.

From 28 February to 5 March 1950, hill was officially opened with ski flying week, which was a just a copy of the competition format from Planica. Between 60,000 and 170,000 people has gathered in total.^[4][5][6]

On 28 February, Austrian ski jumper Willi Gantschnigg set the first official world record at 124 metres (408 feet) and two days later broke his leg crashing at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance.^[7]

On 2 March, Sepp Weiler improved world record at 127 metres (417 feet). And Austrian Hans Eder was disqualiefied at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance.^[8]

On 3 March, records were beat again by Andreas Däscher at 130 metres (427 feet) and Dan Netzell at 135 metres (443 feet). After both of them Sepp Weiler landed at 133 metres (436 feet).^{[9][10][nb 1]}

1951: Ski Flying Week II with world record[]

From 28 February to 4 March 1951, second Ski Flying Week visited total over 120,000 people. Finish Tauno Luiro set the official world record at 139 metres (456 feet) on the third day of competition.^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

1952: Ski Flying Week III[]

From 28 February to 2 March 1952, third Ski Flying Week with over 60,000 people. Competition was interrupted all three days due to weather. FIS committee decided to grade only distances. There was no official results published.

All jumpers that exceeded 100 metres distances, received a commemorative needle engraved with the distance achieved. Toivo Lauren from set the longest distance of the weekend at 131 metres (430 ft).^[18]

1955: Ski Flying Week IV[]

From 26 to 27 February 1955, fourth Ski Flying Week was held. Four jumps in total, two from each day, counted into official results. Hemmo Silvennoinen won the competition with 452.5 points in front of Alfredsen and Brutscher.^[19][20]

1958: Bolkart fell at WR distance[]

On 21 March 1958, first day of Ski Flying Week V was held in front of 5,000 people. Trial jumps (reserved competition day) opened by Toni Brutscher at 97 metres were held, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 ski jumpers from ten different countries were on start, jumps were scored and judged by Straumann method. Aarne Valkama made a top score with 239.8 points (136 and 126 metres).^[21]

On 22 March 1958, first competition day was held in front of 18,000 people. Only one of 35 jumpers didn't beat 100 metres mark. Andreas Däscher made a top score today with 237.8 points (125 and 128 metres).^[22]

On 23 March 1958, last competition day was held in front of 50,000 people. West German Max Bolkart fell at 139 metres (456 feet) world record distance. Helmut Recknagel (378.8 points) won in front of Däscher (369.6 points) and Vitikainen (351.6 points).^[23]

1961: Šlibar set new world record at 141 metres[]

On 23 February 1961, first day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 8,000 people, with first trial jumps in three rounds. Among 36 jumpers, Otto Leodolter, Maatela and Wolfgang Happle set the distance of the day at 136 metres (446 ft).^[24]

On 24 February 1961, second day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 20,000 people, second trial jumps in two rounds (reserved day), which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. In the second round at 13:41 local time, Yugoslavian (Slovenian) Jože Šlibar set the new WR at 141 metres (463 feet), with 103 km/h at take-off. Heini Klopfer himself was measuring the distance for half an hour, then published it.^[25][26][27]

On 25 February 1961, first competition day with two rounds counting into final results, first round was canceled. Wolfgang Happle from West Germany fell at 145 metres (476 feet) world record distance.^[28]

On 26 February 1961, second and final competition day in front of 50,000 people was held. Three rounds, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Helmut Recknagel from East Germany won the two day competition.^[29]

1964: Sjöberg, Motejlek and Zandanel set world records[]

On 14 February 1964, first day of Ski Flying Week VII was held in front of 3,000 people, an official training (reserved competition day) in two round, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 jumpers from 12 countries performed today. Kjell Sjöberg from Sweden tied Šlibar's world record at 141 metres (463 feet). Points sistem scoring was classic, as Straumann's device didn't work properly.^[30][31]

On 15 February 1964, first competition day in front of 20,000 people was held, with three rounds, two best into final results. Dalibor Motejlek from Czechoslovakia set the new world record at 142 metres (466 feet).^[32]

On 16 February 1964, second and final competition day was held. Three rounds today, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Nilo Zandanel from Italy set the new world record at 144 metres (472 feet).^[33]

Events[]

Hill profile with construction timeline.

Year	Date	Event	Hillsize	Winner	Second	Third
1950	28 February   —   5 March	ISFW	K120	Sepp Weiler	Andreas Däscher	Dan Netzell
1951	28 February   —   4 March	ISFW	K122	Tauno Luiro	Fritz Schneider	Sepp Bradl
1952	28 February   —   2 March	ISFW	K120	International Ski Federation did not allow organizers to publish official results; jury was allowed to score and publish only distances, not style
1955	26–27 February	ISFW		Hemmo Silvennoinen	Jack Alfredsen	Toni Brutscher
1958	22–23 March	ISFW		Helmut Recknagel	Andreas Däscher	Raimo Vitikainen
1961	25–26 February	ISFW		Helmut Recknagel	Otto Leodolter	Wolfgang Happle
1964	15–16 February	KOP		Kjell Sjöberg	Paavo Lukkariniemi	Nilo Zandanel
1967	11–12 February	KOP		Lars Grini	Peter Lesser	Kjell Sjöberg
1970	8–9 March	KOP		Josef Matouš	Rudolf Höhnl	Reinhold Bachler
1973	10–11 March	SFWC	K175	Hans-Georg Aschenbach	Walter Steiner	Karel Kodejška
1976	5–7 March	KOP	K175	Toni Innauer	Heinz Wosipiwo	Hans Wallner
1979	2–4 March	KOP	K175	Andreas Hille	Josef Samek	Leoš Škoda
1981	28 February   —   1 March	SFWC	K175	Jari Puikkonen	Armin Kogler	Tom Levorstad
1984	17 March	WC	K180	Matti Nykänen	Pavel Ploc	Jens Weißflog
	18 March	WC	K180	Matti Nykänen	Jens Weißflog	Pavel Ploc
1988	13 March	SFWC	K182	Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl	Primož Ulaga	Matti Nykänen
1992	25 January	WC	K182	Werner Rathmayr	Andreas Felder	Mikael Martinsson
	26 January	WC	K182	Werner Rathmayr	Andreas Felder	Andreas Goldberger
1995	25 February	WC	K182	Andreas Goldberger	Roberto Cecon	Jens Weißflog
	26 February	WC	K182	heavy snowfall
1998	24 January	SFWC(1); WC	K185	Sven Hannawald	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Kristian Brenden
	25 January	SFWC(2); WC	K185	Kazuyoshi Funaki	Dieter Thoma	Sven Hannawald
	World Championships (24–25 January)			Kazuyoshi Funaki	Sven Hannawald	Dieter Thoma
2001	3 March	WC	K185	Risto Jussilainen	Veli-Matti Lindström	Matti Hautamäki
	4 March	WC	K185	Martin Schmitt	Adam Małysz	Risto Jussilainen
2004	7 February	WC	K185	Roar Ljokelsoy	Janne Ahonen	Noriaki Kasai
	8 February	WC	K185	strong wind
2007	27 January	WC	HS213	lack of snow, moved to Schattenbergschanze HS137
	28 January	WC	HS213
2008	22–23 February	SFWC	HS213	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Martin Koch	Janne Ahonen
	24 February	SFWC Team event	HS213	Austria Martin Koch Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer	Finland Janne Happonen Harri Olli Matti Hautamäki Janne Ahonen	Norway Bjørn Einar Romøren Anders Bardal Tom Hilde Anders Jacobsen
2009	14 February	WC	HS213	Harri Olli	Anders Jacobsen	Johan Remen Evensen
	15 February	WC Team event	HS213	Finland Kalle Keituri Juha-Matti Ruuskanen Matti Hautamäki Harri Olli	Russia Denis Kornilov Pavel Karelin Ilya Rosliakov Dimitry Vassiliev	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Markus Eggenhofer Andreas Kofler Martin Koch
2010	30 January	WC Team event	HS213	Austria Wolfgang Loitzl Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer Martin Koch	Norway Johan Remen Evensen Tom Hilde Anders Jacobsen Bjørn Einar Romøren	Finland Matti Hautamäki Kalle Keituri Harri Olli Janne Ahonen
	31 January	WC	HS213	Anders Jacobsen	Robert Kranjec	Johan Remen Evensen
2011	5 February	WC	HS213	Martin Koch	Tom Hilde	Gregor Schlierenzauer
	6 February	WC Team event	HS213	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer Martin Koch	Norway Johan Remen Evensen Anders Jacobsen Bjørn Einar Romøren Tom Hilde	Germany Michael Neumayer Richard Freitag Michael Uhrmann Severin Freund
2012	18 February	WC	HS213	Martin Koch	Daiki Ito	Simon Ammann
	19 February	WC Team event	HS213	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Jure Šinkovec Peter Prevc Robert Kranjec	Austria Thomas Morgenstern Martin Koch Andreas Kofler Gregor Schlierenzauer	Norway Anders Fannemel Rune Velta Tom Hilde Anders Bardal
2013	16 February	WC	HS213	Richard Freitag	Andreas Stjernen	Gregor Schlierenzauer
	17 February	WC Team event	HS213	Norway Anders Jacobsen Tom Hilde Anders Bardal Andreas Stjernen	Austria Stefan Kraft Wolfgang Loitzl Martin Koch Gregor Schlierenzauer	Slovenia Jurij Tepeš Robert Kranjec Jaka Hvala Peter Prevc
2017	4 February	WC	HS225	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Kamil Stoch
	5 February	WC	HS225	Stefan Kraft	Andreas Wellinger	Jurij Tepes
2018	19–20 February	SFWC	HS235	Daniel-André Tande	Kamil Stoch	Richard Freitag
	21 January	SFWC Team event	HS235	Norway Robert Johansson Andreas Stjernen Johann André Forfang Daniel-André Tande	Slovenia Jernej Damjan Anže Semenič Domen Prevc Peter Prevc	Poland Piotr Żyła Stefan Hula Dawid Kubacki Kamil Stoch
2019	1 February	WC	HS235	Timi Zajc	Dawid Kubacki	Markus Eisenbichler
	2 February	WC	HS235	Ryōyū Kobayashi	Markus Eisenbichler	Stefan Kraft
	3 February	WC	HS235	Kamil Stoch	Evgeniy Klimov	Dawid Kubacki
2022	19 March	WC	HS235
	20 March	WC Team event	HS235

 World Championships, also counted for World Cup. 
 Night competition under floodlights. 

Hill record[]

No. Date Length HT 2 February 1950   Heini Klopfer 90.0 m (295 ft)   HT 2 February 1950   Sepp Weiler 110.0 m (361 ft)   HT 2 February 1950   Sepp Weiler 115.0 m (377 ft)   #47 28 February 1950   Willi Gantschnigg 124.0 m (408 ft)   DQ 2 March 1950   Hans Eder 130.0 m (427 ft)   F 2 March 1950   Willi Gantschnigg 130.0 m (427 ft)   #48 2 March 1950   Sepp Weiler 127.0 m (417 ft)   #49 3 March 1950   Andreas Däscher 130.0 m (427 ft)   #50 3 March 1950   Dan Netzell 135.0 m (443 ft)   #51 2 March 1951   Tauno Luiro 139.0 m (456 ft)   F 23 March 1958   Max Bolkart 139.0 m (456 ft)   #52 24 February 1961   Jože Šlibar 141.0 m (463 ft)   F 25 February 1961   Wolfgang Happle 145.0 m (476 ft)   #54 15 February 1964   Kjell Sjöberg 141.0 m (463 ft)   #55 15 February 1964   Dalibor Motejlek 142.0 m (466 ft)   #56 16 February 1964   Nilo Zandanel 144.0 m (472 ft)   #60 10 February 1967   Lars Grini 147.0 m (482 ft)   #61 10 February 1967   Kjell Sjöberg 148.0 m (486 ft)   #62 11 February 1967   Lars Grini 150.0 m (492 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Walter Schwabl 151.0 m (495 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Rudi Wanner 158.0 m (518 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Heinz Wosipiwo 161.0 m (528 ft)   HR 8 March 1973   Walter Schwabl 162.0 m (531 ft)   F 8 March 1973   Jochen Danneberg 166.0 m (545 ft)   F 8 March 1973   Takao Itō 176.0 m (577 ft)   F 9 March 1973   Walter Steiner 175.0 m (574 ft)   #69 9 March 1973   Heinz Wosipiwo 169.0 m (554 ft)   F 11 March 1973   Walter Steiner 179.0 m (587 ft)   #71 4 March 1976   Geir Ove Berg 173.0 m (568 ft)   #72 5 March 1976   Anton Innauer 174.0 m (571 ft)   No. Date Length #73 5 March 1976   Falko Weißpflog 174.0 m (571 ft)   #74 7 March 1976   Anton Innauer 176.0 m (577 ft)   #77 26 February 1981   Armin Kogler 180.0 m (591 ft)   #79 16 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 182.0 m (597 ft)   #80 16 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 182.0 m (597 ft)   #81 17 March 1984   Matti Nykänen 185.0 m (607 ft)   HR 24 January 1992   Andreas Felder 188.0 m (617 ft)   HR 23 February 1995   Nicolas Jean-Prost 193.0 m (633 ft)   FH 25 February 1995   Andreas Goldberger 196.0 m (643 ft)   FH 26 February 1995   Andreas Goldberger 196.0 m (643 ft)   HR 22 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 197.0 m (646 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Lasse Ottesen 200.0 m (656 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Stefan Horngacher 200.5 m (658 ft)   HR 23 January 1998   Sven Hannawald 202.0 m (663 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Lasse Ottesen 202.0 m (663 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Sven Hannawald 205.0 m (673 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 207.0 m (679 ft)   HR 25 January 1998   Dieter Thoma 209.0 m (686 ft)   HR 1 March 2001   Andreas Widhölzl 211.0 m (692 ft)   HR 1 March 2001   Andreas Widhölzl 216.0 m (709 ft)   FH 2 March 2001   Veli-Matti Lindström 218.0 m (715 ft)   HR 7 February 2004   Roar Ljøkelsøy 223.0 m (732 ft)   HR 14 February 2009   Harri Olli 225.5 m (740 ft)   FH 30 January 2010   Robert Kranjec 226.0 m (741 ft)   FH 19 February 2012   Peter Prevc 225.5 m (740 ft)   HR 3 February 2017   Stefan Kraft 229.0 m (751 ft)   HR 4 February 2017   Andreas Wellinger 234.5 m (769 ft)   HR 5 February 2017   Andreas Wellinger 238.0 m (781 ft)   HR 19 January 2018   Daniel-André Tande 238.5 m (782 ft)    Invalid. Fall at hill record distance.   Invalid. Fall at world record distance.   Disqualified. At world record distance.

Note[]

References[]

External links[]

• Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze official
• Oberstdorf.de (in German)
• Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze skisprungschanzen.com

Coordinates: 47°22′31″N 10°16′09″E / 47.37528°N 10.26917°E / 47.37528; 10.26917