Schlierenzauer, Morgenstern, Ahonen hunting Schmitt and Thoma. [Presentation Oberstdorf]

With the exception of the first edition (1953) and for the twentieth (1971-1972), Oberstdorf has always been the opening stage of the Vierschanzentournee which then kicks off the "Schattenbergschanze" for the sixtieth time of sixty-two editions.

Friday 27 December 2013 7 minutes reading time

The large hill in Oberstdorf was built in 1946, but has been completely renovated to'' beginning of the twenty-first century in the World Championships of 2005, however, the stadium, called Erdinger Arena, has been expanded from 17,000 to 27,000 seats. On 24 occasions (39.3%) who has prevailed in Upper Allgau was then awarded to the successful TournÃ¨e, while in 51 (83.6%) cases, the final victory went to an athlete stood on the podium. So far, 49 different jumpers representing 11 different countries (including Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany and the Soviet Union) have obtained at least one success at Oberstdorf. The Germans Dieter Thoma (1988, 1989, 1996) and Martin Schmitt (1998, 1999, 2000) are the only athletes to have won 3 achievements. It goes without saying that Schmitt is the only one to boast a-row of three consecutive statements. Are in 9 men were able to repeat a success. These are the Finnish Aulis Kallakorpi, Enjo Kirjonen and Janne Ahonen, the Austrians Toni Innauer, Thomas Morgenstern and Gregor Schlierenzauer, the Germans Dieter Neuendorf, Jens WeiÃŸflog and Sven Hannawald. Finland, despite the ongoing crisis period, remains the country with the most wins, followed by Austria, Germany and Norway. In fact, adding the claims of East Germany, West Germany and Germany's post-reunification is known as jumpers Germans are imposed on 20 occasions. The following are the details of the victories of every nation. 13 - FINLAND (2 Ahonen, Kallakorpi, Kirjonen; 1 KÃ¤rkinen J., Kankkonen, Laitinen, Nieminen, NykÃ¤nen, Suorsa, Uotinen) 11 - AUSTRIA (2 Innauer, Morgenstern, Schlierenzauer; 1 Kofler, Neuper, PU RSTL, Schwarzenberger, Vettori) 10 - NORWAY (1 BjÃ¸rnstad, BrandtzÃ¦g DÃ¸lplads, Engan, Jacobsen, Mork, Opaas, Pettersen, Wirkola, Yggeseth) 9 - GERMANY (3 Schmitt; 2 Hannawald, WeiÃŸflog , 1 Duffner, D. Thoma *) 8 - EAST GERMANY (2 Neuendorf, 1 Aschenbach, Buse, Danneberg, Ostwald, Recknagel, R. Schmidt) 3 - WEST GERMANY (2 * D. Thoma; Bolkart 1) 3 - SOVIET UNION (Ivanov, Kamensky, Napalkov) 2 - JAPAN (Funaki, Kasaya) 1 - CANADA (Bulau) 1 - CZECHOSLOVAKIA (Ploc) 1 - SWITZERLAND (Ammann) Although the races are dispustate 62, 63 are accredited successes. This is because the competition held in December 1956 was won by Finnish ex-aequo Kallakorpi Kirjonen.In 13 occasions and the same nation has managed to achieve two goals by placing two athletes in the top two positions. In 3 cases it was monopolized the entire podium: In December 1954 from Finland. Aulis Kallakorpi preceded Silvenoinen and Kirjonen, second ex-aequo. In December 1972 by East Germany with Rainer Schmidt in front of Hans-Georg Aschenbach and Henry GlaÃŸ. In December 2011,'' from Austria. Gregor Schlierenzauer prevailed Andreas Kofler and Thomas Morgenstern. Germany holds the record for consecutive wins, carried out between December 1998 and December 2002 by the combination of Schmitt-Hannawald, able to establish itself in 5 consecutive races. So far, 115 different jumpers, representing 17 different countries (including Czechoslovakia, East Germany, West Germany, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia), have risen at least once on the podium. Austria is the country that has gotten more placings in the top three, winning 43 podiums with 24 different jumpers. The place of honor, is Finland (35 podiums), which precedes East Germany (24), Norway (23), Germany (12), West Germany (10), Japan (8) Switzerland (7), Union Soviet Union (6), Poland (5), Czechoslovakia (4), Sweden (2) Canada (1) Czech Republic (1) Yugoslavia (1) Russia (1) United States (1). Jens Andreas Goldberger WeiÃŸflog and driving at an altitude of 6, the ranking for individual podiums. However, it should be noted as the Austrian has never imposed in Oberstdorf. Among the athletes still in the race, Thomas Morgenstern has the highest number (5) of placings in the top three positions. Active athletes with at least one success on the bulletin board on the large hill in Oberstdorf are 6 (Ammann, Jacobsen, Kofler, Morgenstern, Schlierenzauer, Schmitt). 6 others were up at least once on the podium (Loitzl, Fettner, Freund, Vassiliev, Janda, Kasai). The official record of the trampoline belongs to the Norwegian Sigurd Pettersen (143.5 meters - December 29, 2003).

Francesco Paone

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