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Olympiaschanze was a
ski jumping 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 final ...
venue in
St. Moritz St. Moritz ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in the administrative region of Maloja in the Swiss ...
,
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
, it was built in 1926 and closed in 2006. The
ski jumping 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 final ...
and the ski jumping part of the
Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...
event for the
1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1928 (; ), were an international winter multi-sport event that was celebrated from 11 to 19 February 1928 in St. Moritz, Swit ...
. Its K-point was 66 m.


References

*Henauer, Kurt (FIS PR and Media Coordinator Ski Jumping). "hill lengths." E-Mail to Chris Miller. 5 Jun 2006.
1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 1.
p. 47.
1928 Winter Olympics official report, part 2.
pp. 10–1.
1948 Winter Olympics official report.
pp. 6, 21. Venues of the 1928 Winter Olympics Venues of the 1948 Winter Olympics Defunct sports venues in Switzerland Ski jumping venues in Switzerland Olympic Nordic combined venues Olympic ski jumping venues Sport in St. Moritz Buildings and structures in Graubünden {{Winter-Olympic-venue-stub