Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
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The Ski jumping at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 was part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 that took place in Sapporo, Japan
on February 24, February 25, and March 3, 2007.
's Rok Benkovič
was the defending champion and would finished 27th in this event at these games. Małysz won his fourth gold medal handily by having the longest jumps in both rounds of competition, the largest margin of victory in the event's history at the World Championships. The two World Cup leaders, Anders Jacobsen
(Norway
) and Gregor Schlierenzauer
(Austria
), would finish seventh and eighth respectively.
of Finland
was the defending champion and would finish sixth at these championships. The current top three leaders in the 2006-7 ski jumping World Cup
, Anders Jacobsen
(Norway
), Gregor Schlierenzauer
(Austria
), and Adam Małysz (Poland
), all performed to less than expectations, finishing 14th, tenth, and fourth respectively. Olli had the longest jump of the competition with his second round jump of 136.5 m, but lost to Ammann on style points.
n team of Wolfgang Loitzl
, Andreas Widhölzl
, Thomas Morgenstern
, and Martin Höllwarth
were the defending champions and successfully defended their title despite Schlierenzauer having the weakest jumps of the entire team. The Japanese team delighted the home crowd by winning their first major medal since their silver medal victory at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
in Val di Fiemme
which was also in team large hill. FIS Vice-President Yoshiro Ito, who is also Sapporo 2007 organizing committee vice president and president of the Japanese Ski Association, expressed his delight in the Japanense ski jumping team's bronze medal win in the team large hill competition. Ito also expressed his satisfaction that both the Sapporo residents and the competitors are pleased at the organization of the event has run smoothly so far. Switzerland
's Simon Ammann
had the longest jumps of both rounds of competition with distances of 136.0 m and 135.5 m, respectively, though his Swiss
teammates did not perform as well, causing them to finish seventh in the event.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on February 24, February 25, and March 3, 2007.
Individual normal (HS100) hill
March 3, 2007 at the Miyanomori (HS100) jumping hill. SloveniaSlovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
's Rok Benkovič
Rok Benkovic
Rok Benkovič is a former Slovenian ski jumper.Benkovič started with his sport career at the relatively advanced age of eleven, when he first participated in ski jumping in 1997. In Sollefteå, Sweden, he won the silver medal at the Junior World Championship on February 6, 2003...
was the defending champion and would finished 27th in this event at these games. Małysz won his fourth gold medal handily by having the longest jumps in both rounds of competition, the largest margin of victory in the event's history at the World Championships. The two World Cup leaders, Anders Jacobsen
Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)
Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian ski jumper, representing Ringkollen Skiklubb, and the youngest Norwegian to have won the Four Hills Tournament. He has competed since 2003.-Early career:...
(Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
) and Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup...
(Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
), would finish seventh and eighth respectively.
| Medal | Athlete | Jump 1 (m) | Jump 2 (m) | Total Points |
| Gold | 102.0 | 99.5 | 277.0 | |
| Silver | 96.5 | 96.0 | 255.5 | |
| Bronze | 95.0 | 95.0 | 254.5 | |
| 4 | 94.5 | 92.5 | 246.5 | |
| 5 | 95.5 | 92.0 | 244.0 | |
| 6 | 94.0 | 93.5 | 243.0 | |
| 7 | 91.5 | 94.0 | 241.5 | |
| 8 | 92.5 | 93.0 | 240.5 | |
| 9 | 93.5 | 93.0 | 240.0 | |
| 10 | 94.0 | 92.5 | 239.5 |
Individual large (HS134) hill
February 24, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill. Janne AhonenJanne Ahonen
Janne Petteri Ahonen is a former Finnish ski jumper who has competed in the world cup between 1992-2011. A legendary ski jumper, he is widely considered one of the best and most successful athletes in the history of the sport...
of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
was the defending champion and would finish sixth at these championships. The current top three leaders in the 2006-7 ski jumping World Cup
2006-07 Ski Jumping World Cup
The 2006–07 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup begun in Kuusamo, Finland on 24 November 2006 and finished in Planica, Slovenia on 25 March 2007. Adam Małysz, Poland won the individual World Cup...
, Anders Jacobsen
Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper)
Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian ski jumper, representing Ringkollen Skiklubb, and the youngest Norwegian to have won the Four Hills Tournament. He has competed since 2003.-Early career:...
(Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
), Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup...
(Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
), and Adam Małysz (Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
), all performed to less than expectations, finishing 14th, tenth, and fourth respectively. Olli had the longest jump of the competition with his second round jump of 136.5 m, but lost to Ammann on style points.
| Medal | Athlete | Jump 1 (m) | Jump 2 (m) | Total Points |
| Gold | 125.0 | 134.5 | 266.1 | |
| Silver | 124.0 | 136.5 | 265.9 | |
| Bronze | 123.0 | 135.0 | 262.9 | |
| 4 | 123.0 | 133.0 | 258.3 | |
| 5 | 122.0 | 131.5 | 255.3 | |
| 6 | 123.0 | 130.0 | 249.9 | |
| 7 | 121.0 | 125.5 | 235.2 | |
| 8 | 118.0 | 125.0 | 231.9 | |
| 9 | 117.5 | 123.5 | 225.3 | |
| 10 | 115.0 | 124.5 | 223.6 |
Team large (HS134) hill
February 25, 2007 at the Okurayama (HS134) jumping hill. The AustriaAustria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n team of Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang Loitzl
Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World...
, Andreas Widhölzl
Andreas Widhölzl
Height: 5' 10"Andreas Widhölzl is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1997 to 2008...
, Thomas Morgenstern
Thomas Morgenstern
Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian ski jumper. Having won the world cup twice, the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each, the Grand Prix three times, and 12 gold medals at world championships and Olympic games, he is one of the most successful contemporary jumpers.- Career...
, and Martin Höllwarth
Martin Höllwarth
Martin Höllwarth is an Austrian ski jumper who competed from the early 1990s to 2008.At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, he won three silver medals...
were the defending champions and successfully defended their title despite Schlierenzauer having the weakest jumps of the entire team. The Japanese team delighted the home crowd by winning their first major medal since their silver medal victory at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2003 took place February 18-March 1, 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Italy for a second time . The ski jumping team normal hill held in 2001 was not held at this championships while the women's 30 km returned after being cancelled in the previous championships due to...
in Val di Fiemme
Val di Fiemme
thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....
which was also in team large hill. FIS Vice-President Yoshiro Ito, who is also Sapporo 2007 organizing committee vice president and president of the Japanese Ski Association, expressed his delight in the Japanense ski jumping team's bronze medal win in the team large hill competition. Ito also expressed his satisfaction that both the Sapporo residents and the competitors are pleased at the organization of the event has run smoothly so far. Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
's Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann
Simon Ammann is a Swiss ski jumper, and double Olympic Champion at both 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics.Ammann was born in Grabs, Switzerland, to Margit and Heinrich Ammann and raised in Unterwasser, Switzerland. He has two brothers and three sisters. He married Yana Yanovskaya on 25 June 2010...
had the longest jumps of both rounds of competition with distances of 136.0 m and 135.5 m, respectively, though his Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
teammates did not perform as well, causing them to finish seventh in the event.
| Medal | Team | Jumpers | |Jump 1 (m) | Jump 2 (m) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold |  Austria |
Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang Loitzl Wolfgang "Wuff" Loitzl is an Austrian ski jumper who has competed since 1997. He won seven medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with six golds and one bronze .He earned a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying World... |
125.0 | 133.5 | 1000.2 |
| Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer - Schlieri is an Austrian ski jumper. He began his senior career in 2005–06 with one win and three additional podiums in the Ski Jumping Grand Prix, and made his World Cup debut in 2005—06 World Cup... |
123.5 | 117.5 | |||
| Andreas Kofler Andreas Kofler Andreas "Kofi" Kofler is an Austrian ski jumper, and member of the Austrian National team .The first Ski jumping World Cup competition he won was in Willingen, Germany on 4 February 2006. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy he won gold in the team competition, together with Andreas... |
130.0 | 128.5 | |||
| Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian ski jumper. Having won the world cup twice, the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each, the Grand Prix three times, and 12 gold medals at world championships and Olympic games, he is one of the most successful contemporary jumpers.- Career... |
126.0 | 125.0 | |||
| Silver |  Norway |
Tom Hilde Tom Hilde Tom Hilde is a Norwegian ski jumper who has competed since 2005. Having first competed with the Norwegian World Cup team in 2006, he won two silver medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships .Hilde also won a bronze medal in the team event at the FIS Ski-Flying... |
122.5 | 130.5 | 953.3 |
| Anders Bardal Anders Bardal Anders Bardal is a Norwegian ski jumper who has competed since 2001. He won two silver medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships... |
119.0 | 114.5 | |||
| Anders Jacobsen Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper) Anders Jacobsen is a Norwegian ski jumper, representing Ringkollen Skiklubb, and the youngest Norwegian to have won the Four Hills Tournament. He has competed since 2003.-Early career:... |
122.0 | 117.0 | |||
| Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy Roar Ljøkelsøy is a Norwegian ski jumper. Ljøkelsøy's early career was not particularly brilliant. While considered almost flawless technically, he did not win an individual World Cup event until 25 January 2003, at age 26... |
134.0 | 126.5 | |||
| Bronze |  Japan |
Shohhei Tochimoto Shohhei Tochimoto is a Japanese ski jumper who has been competing since 2004. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won two bronze medals in the team large hill .As of 2007, his best World Cup finish is 6th at Kuusamo in 2009... |
118.0 | 110.0 | 905.9 |
| Takanobu Okabe Takanobu Okabe is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed in the ski jumping World Cup since 1990.His debut World Cup performance was on December 16, 1989 in Sapporo and at the moment he is the oldest ski jumper in a world of ski jumping... |
121.0 | 120.0 | |||
| Daiki Ito Daiki Ito is a Japanese ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won two bronze medals in the team large hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships .... |
117.0 | 131.5 | |||
| Noriaki Kasai Noriaki Kasai , born June 6, 1972 in Shimokawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, is a Japanese ski jumper.Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of March 23, 2011 he performed record 435 times in World Cup... |
128.0 | 117.5 | |||
| 4 |  Finland |
Arttu Lappi Arttu Lappi Arttu Ville Eemeli Lappi is a Finnish ski jumper who has competed since 2002. He won a gold medal in the team large event at the 2003 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme and finished 6th in the individual normal hill at those same championships.Lappi's two individual victories were... |
104.5 | 112.5 | 869.8 |
| Matti Hautamäki Matti Hautamäki Matti Antero Hautamäki is a Finnish ski jumper.-Biography:Matti made his first ski-jumping attempts at the age of seven near his home town of Oulu. When his older brother Jussi and his friend Lauri Hakola moved to Kuopio, Matti followed them... |
119.0 | 112.5 | |||
| Harri Olli Harri Olli Harri Olli is a Finnish former ski jumper who has been competing on World Cup level since 2002. He is best known for his silver medal in the individual large hill at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo... |
123.0 | 135.0 | |||
| Janne Ahonen Janne Ahonen Janne Petteri Ahonen is a former Finnish ski jumper who has competed in the world cup between 1992-2011. A legendary ski jumper, he is widely considered one of the best and most successful athletes in the history of the sport... |
124.0 | 119.0 | |||
| 5 |  Poland |
Kamil Stoch Kamil Stoch Kamil Stoch is a Polish ski jumper.Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the team large hill at Turin in 2006. At the 2006 Ski-flying World Championships in Kulm, he finished ninth in the team event and 35th in the individual event. Stoch won Poland Championship... |
129.0 | 120.0 | 857.2 |
| Piotr Żyła | 115.0 | 111.5 | |||
| Robert Mateja Robert Mateja Robert Mateja is a Polish ski jumper who was competing internationally from 1993 to 2008. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the team large hill at Sapporo in 2007 and fifth in the individual large hill at Trondheim in 1997.Mateja's best finishes at the Winter... |
106.5 | 94.5 | |||
| Adam Małysz | 133.5 | 131.5 | |||
| 6 |  Russia |
Dimitry Ipatov Dimitry Ipatov Dimitry Gennadyevich Ipatov is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the team large hill event at Turin in 2006.... |
125.5 | 130.5 | 849.5 |
| Ilya Rosliakov Ilya Rosliakov Ilya Sergeyevich Rosliakov is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing since 2003. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 10th in the team large hill and 44th in the individual large hill events.... |
117.0 | 113.0 | |||
| Denis Kornilov Denis Kornilov Denis Aleksandrovich Kornilov is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing since 2003. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the team normal hill in 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and 23rd in the individual normal hill in 2007.Kornilov competed at two... |
120.5 | 107.0 | |||
| Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Vassiliev Dimitry Viktorovich Vassiliev is a Russian ski jumper who has been competing in the World Cup since 1999. His best finish at the World Championships is fifth in the team normal hill in Oberstdorf 2005 while his best individual finish was seventh in the individual large hill at the Sapporo 2007.At... |
113.5 | 110.5 |