The Felix Gottwald Ski Jump Stadium is located in the village of Uttenhofen

Saalfelden

Saalfelden is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is the administrative centre of the Pinzgauer Saalachtal...

 in the borough of Saalfelden

Saalfelden

Saalfelden is a town in the Austrian state of Salzburg and is the administrative centre of the Pinzgauer Saalachtal...

 in the Austrian state of Salzburg

Salzburg (state)

Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,156 km2, located adjacent to the German border. It is also known as Salzburgerland, to distinguish it from its capital city, also named Salzburg...

. It has four jumps of categories K 15, K 30, K 60 and K 85.

History

On the Biberg hill in Uttenhofen there are 2 jumps from the 1970s. In Saalfelden itself, between 1950 and 1980, there were the Ritzensee Ski Jump and the Drei Tannen Ski Jump, both operated by the local ski club, SK Saalfelden, and the Army Sports Club. The Biberg Ski Jump was added in 1986. In 2004 the K 45 jump was upgraded into a K 60 and the two smaller jumps were fitted with matting for summer ski jumping

Ski jumping

Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

. The new K 60 was finally opened on 10 October 2004 and the ski jumping centre was renamed as the Felix Gottwald Ski Jumping Stadium in honour of the Nordic combination skier, Felix Gottwald

Felix Gottwald

Felix Gottwald is an Austrian Nordic combined athlete who competed from 1994 to 2007 and then returned to compete in 2009...

, who was a member of the Saalfelden Ski Club. In addition the Nordic Junior World Championships were held here in 1988 and 1999.

External links

• Saalfelden - Felix-Gottwald-Schisprungstadion / Bibergschanzen at www.skisprungschanzen.com.