Bregarca is a

ski jumping hill A ski jumping hill is a sports venue used for ski jumping. They vary in size from temporary handmade snow structures to permanent competition venues. At the top is an in-run where the jumper runs down to generate sufficient speed, before reaching ...

from 1952 or 1953 with calculation point at K25 and located in Dolenja vas,

Železniki Železniki (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 66–67.) is a small town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Železni ...

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. Hill is managed by ŠD Dolenja vas.

History

People in those places were jumping on the edge of farm fields and hill wherever they could. That's why they came up with idea to build a real ski jumping hill. At first Bloudek constructed a hill that was little bigger hill than Bregarca which stood outside of the village towards neighbour's village Selca. There were held some competitions but the didn't really establish, it was to far from village and also terrain configuration wasn't appropriate. That's why on an initiative of a local enthusiast Jože Megušar in the middle of the village at time a new Bregarca K20 hill was constructed by

Stanko Bloudek Stanko Bloudek (11 February 1890 – 26 November 1959) was a Slovenian aeroplane and automobile designer, a sportsman and a sport inventor, designer, builder and educator. Biography Stanko Bloudek was born on 11 February 1890 as son of a Czech ...

. By various sources it isn't clear if it was built some claim in 1952 or by others in September 1953. People were so enthusiastic that they built this hill in eight days without machines and no money. Bloudek didn't believe it they were so fast and thought Megušar was mocking him until he didn't come and see. In December 2001

Peter Prevc Peter Prevc (; born 20 September 1992) is a Slovenian former ski jumper. He won the 2016 Ski Jumping World Cup overall title and four Olympic medals, including gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mixed team event. He also won the 2016 Fou ...

made his first ski jumping steps on this hill. His personal best on this hill is 21 metres (69 ft). Thanks to his success it became from unknown and unimportant to very famous hill. It is standing just couple of hundred metres away from his home. The competitors in youngest categories are still competing every winter.

Name

Hill was named after a nearby standing Bregar farm on which owner's land that hill is standing. Bregarca is diminutive word for Bregar.

References

External links

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skisprungschanzen.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Bregarca Ski jumping venues in Slovenia Sports venues completed in 1953 1953 establishments in Yugoslavia Municipality of Železniki Skiing in the Alps