The Bergisel Ski Jump (), whose stadium has a capacity of 26,000, is a
ski jumping hill located in
Bergisel in
Innsbruck
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,
Austria
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. It is one of the more important venues in the
FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, annually hosting the third competition of the prestigious
Four Hills Tournament.
Its first competitions were held in the 1920s using simple wood
construction
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s. The larger hill was first built in 1930 and was rebuilt before the
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...
for the
individual large hill event. Twelve years later, the venue hosted the
same event in the
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The games were awarded to Inn ...
. The hill in its current form was finished in 2003 and was designed by the
British Iraqi architect
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Zaha Hadid.
See also
*
List of ski jumping hills
References
1964 Winter Olympics official report.p. 112.
1976 Winter Olympics official report.pp. 201–2.
External links
Austria 2013 Modern Architecture - Stamps of the Worldfor a 2013 stamp
Venues of the 1964 Winter Olympics
Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics
Venues of the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
Olympic stadiums
Ski jumping venues in Austria
Four Hills Tournament
Sport in Innsbruck
Olympic ski jumping venues
Buildings and structures in Innsbruck
Zaha Hadid buildings
Tourist attractions in Innsbruck
Sports venues in Tyrol (federal state)
1930 establishments in Austria
Sports venues completed in 1930
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