Kulm (ski flying venue)

Kulm
Kulm in 2011
Location	Tauplitz, Styria Austria
Opened	18 Feb 1950 (test) 8 Mar 1950 (official)
Renovated	1953, 1986, 2015
Size
K-spot	200 m
Hill size	225 m
Official hill record	244 m (801 ft) Peter Prevc (16 January 2016)
Top events
Ski Flying World Championships	1975, 1986, 1996, 2006, 2016
World Cup	1982, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015

Kulm is a ski flying hill located in Tauplitz/Bad Mitterndorf, 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 240 metres. The current hill record of 244 m was set by Peter Prevc during the 2016 Ski Flying World Championships. The women's world record of 200 m was set by Daniela Iraschko-Stolz in 2003, who remains 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 the Ski Flying World Championships five times, in 1975, 1986, 1996, 2006, and 2016. For the World Cup event in 2015, the hill was completely renovated to a K-point of 200 m and a hill size of 225 m, making much longer jumps possible.

Events

KOP - ski flying week SFWC - ski flying world championships

d - day no. of the competition WC - world cup

T - team event I - individual event

SFW - ski flying week ISFW - international ski flying week

Date	Hillsize	Competition	Winner	Second	Third
8-12 March 1950		SFW	Rudi Dietrich
1951		SFW	Sepp Bradl
27 February - 1 March 1953		ISFW	Sepp Bradl	Andreas Däscher	Roy Sherwood
9-11 March 1956		ISFW	Werner Lesser	Veikko Heinonen	Olaf B. Bjørnstad
20-22 March 1959		ISFW	Torbjørn Yggeseth	Helmut Recknagel	Walter Habersatter
1-4 March 1962		ISFW	Helmut Recknagel	Wolfgang Happle	Max Bolkart
19-21 March 1965		KOP	Henrik Ohlmeyer	Bernd Karwofsky	Peter Lesser
1-3 March 1968		KOP	Zbyněk Hubač	Reinhold Bachler	Jiří Raška
1971		KOP	strong wind
14-16 March 1975		SFWC	Karel Kodejška	Rainer Schmidt	Karl Schnabl
3-5 March 1978		KOP	Peter Leitner	Falko Weißpflog	Alois Lipburger
12 March 1982	K165	WC	Matti Nykänen	Hubert Neuper	Andreas Felder
13 March 1982	K165	WC	Hubert Neuper	Matti Nykänen	Ole Bremseth
14 March 1982	K165	WC	Hubert Neuper	Ole Bremseth	Armin Kogler
8-9 March 1986	K185	SFWC	Andreas Felder	Franz Neuländtner	Matti Nykänen
23 February 1991	K185	WC	Stephan Zuend	Ari-Pekka Nikkola	Per-Inge Tällberg
24 February 1991	K185	WC	Stefan Horngacher	Ralph Gebstedt	Heinz Kuttin
30 January 1993	K185	WC	Jaroslav Sakala	Werner Haim	Andreas Goldberger
31 January 1993	K185	WC	Jaroslav Sakala	Didier Mollard	Andreas Goldberger
10 February 1996	K185	SFWC(d1) / WC	Janne Ahonen	Andreas Goldberger	Ari-Pekka Nikkola
11 February 1996	K185	SFWC(d2) / WC	Andreas Goldberger	Christof Duffner	Janne Ahonen
World Championships Overall (10-11 Feb)			Andreas Goldberger	Janne Ahonen	Urban Franc
8 February 1997	K185	WC	Takanobu Okabe	Andreas Goldberger	Primož Peterka
9 February 1997	K185	WC	Primož Peterka	Andreas Goldberger	Takanobu Okabe
19 February 2000	K185	WC	Sven Hannawald	Andreas Widhölzl	Tommy Ingebrigtsen
20 February 2000	K185	WC	strong wind
1 February 2003	K185	WC	Florian Liegl	Sven Hannawald	Adam Małysz
2 February 2003	K185	WC	Sven Hannawald	Florian Liegl	Matti Hautamäki
15 January 2005	HS 200	WC	Andreas Widhoelzl	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Adam Małysz
16 January 2005	HS 200	WC	Adam Małysz	Andreas Widhoelzl	Risto Jussilainen
13-14 January 2006	HS 200	SFWC-I	Roar Ljøkelsøy	Andreas Widhölzl	Thomas Morgenstern
15 January 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 January 2009	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
11 January 2009	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Harri Olli	Simon Ammann
9 January 2010	HS 200	WC	Robert Kranjec	Simon Ammann	Martin Koch
10 January 2010	HS 200	WC	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Robert Kranjec	Harri Olli
14 January 2012	HS 200	WC	strong wind; first next day
15 January 2012	HS 200	WC	Robert Kranjec	Thomas Morgenstern	Anders Bardal
15 January 2012	HS 200	WC	Anders Bardal	Daiki Ito	Kamil Stoch
11 January 2014	HS 200	WC	Noriaki Kasai	Peter Prevc	Gregor Schlierenzauer
12 January 2014	HS 200	WC	Peter Prevc	Gregor Schlierenzauer	Noriaki Kasai
10 January 2015	HS 225	WC	Severin Freund	Stefan Kraft	Jurij Tepeš
11 January 2015	HS 225	WC	strong wind
15-16 January 2016	HS 225	SFWC-I	Peter Prevc	Kenneth Gangnes	Stefan Kraft
17 January 2016	HS 225	SFWC-T	Norway Anders Fannemel Johann André Forfang Daniel-André Tande Kenneth Gangnes	Germany Andreas Wellinger Stephan Leyhe Richard Freitag Severin Freund	Austria Stefan Kraft Manuel Poppinger Manuel Fettner Michael Hayböck

Hill record

Official

Date Length 18 February 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 75.0 m (246 ft) 18 February 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 93.0 m (305 ft) 18 February 1950 Hubert Neuper Sr. 96.0 m (315 ft) 8 March 1950 Alois Leodolter 100.0 m (328 ft) March 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 March 1956 Werner Lesser 125.0 m (410 ft) 20 March 1959 Torbjørn Yggeseth 127.0 m (467 ft) 1 March 1962 Peter Lesser 141.0 m (463 ft) 21 March 1965 Peter Lesser 145.0 m (476 ft) 15 March 1975 Karl Schnabl 151.0 m (495 ft) 5 March 1978 Edi Federer 164.0 m (538 ft)

Date Length 13 March 1982 Hubert Neuper 167.0 m (548 ft) 9 March 1986 Andreas Felder 191.0 m (627 ft) 8 February 1996 Janne Ahonen 200.0 m (656 ft) 11 February 1996 Jens Weißflog 201.0 m (659 ft) 8 February 1997 Takanobu Okabe 205.0 m (673 ft) 31 January 2003 Sven Hannawald 214.5 m (704 ft) 10 January 2009 Gregor Schlierenzauer 215.5 m (707 ft) 9 January 2015 Jurij Tepeš 220.0 m (722 ft) 9 January 2015 Robert Kranjec 221.0 m (725 ft) 9 January 2015 Severin Freund 237.5 m (779 ft) 15 January 2016 Noriaki Kasai 240.5 m (789 ft) 15 January 2016 Peter Prevc 243.0 m (797 ft) 16 January 2016 Peter Prevc 244.0 m (801 ft)

Invalid

Date		Length
19 February 2000	Andreas Goldberger	209.5 m (687 ft)
31 January 2003	Christian Nagiller	220.0 m (722 ft)

*hill records with fall.

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

Technical data

Specifications
Inrun length	117.4 m
Inrun angle	35.3°
Top to bottom height difference	197 m
Take-off table to bottom height difference	135 m
Take-off table height	4.75 m
Landing zone angle	30.5° - 37.5°
Hillsize	225 m
K-point	200 m