Miro Oman (11 January 1936 – 15 July 2012) was a

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

Career

Oman competed in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. He participated at the 1962 Ski Jumping World Championships and

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 ...

, albeit without notable results at either event. Between 1959 and 1966 he also competed at the

Four Hills Tournament The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With few exceptions, it has consisted of the ski ju ...

, where his best result was fifteenth place in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; ) is an Northern Limestone Alps, Alpine mountain resort, ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district), district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ...

in 1963.

1969: Premiere jump in Planica

On 6 March 1969, he was given the honour of being the very first to jump from the new

ski flying Ski flying is a winter sport discipline derived from ski jumping, in which much greater distances can be achieved. It is a form of competitive individual sport, individual Nordic skiing where athletes descend at high speed along a specially de ...

hill in Planica, Velikanka bratov Gorišek, setting a distance of .

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* 1936 births 2012 deaths People from Tržič Slovenian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Yugoslavia Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub