# Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze

Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze (Heini Klopfer Ski Flying Hill) is a ski flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany. It was opened in 1950, and was later renamed after its architect, Heini Klopfer. A total of 21 world records have been set on the hill. The venue should not be confused with the Schattenberg ski jumping hill, also in Oberstdorf, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north.

## History
### 1949: Plans and realisation

In 1949, they were originally discussing about whether they should just rather enlarge the existing Schattenbergschanze or build a complete new hill with calculation point at K120.
Three ski jumpers Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher together made a final decision to build a complete new hill and they found the perfect location. Inspired by Planica, they wanted to beat legendary Bloudkova velikanka in Slovenia, as the long time world record breaking and leading hill. Starting in July, hill construction was completed as planned in only five months, finished on 10 December.

### 1950: Opening with four world records

On 2 February 1950, hill test was reserved for founding trio only. Heini Klopfer jumped as first ever landing at 90 metres, Toni Brutscher at 112 metres and Sepp Weiler at 115 metres.
From 28 February to 5 March 1950, hill was officially opened with ski flying week, which was a just a copy of the competition format from Planica. Between 60,000 and 170,000 people have gathered in total.
On 28 February, Austrian ski jumper Willi Gantschnigg set the first official world record at 124 metres (408 feet) and two days later broke his leg crashing at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance.
On 2 March, Sepp Weiler improved world record at 127 metres (417 feet). And Austrian Hans Eder was disqualiefied at 130 metres (427 ft) world record distance.
On 3 March, records were beat again by Andreas Däscher at 130 metres (427 feet) and Dan Netzell at 135 metres (443 feet). After both of them Sepp Weiler landed at 133 metres (436 feet).

### 1951: Ski Flying Week II with world record

From 28 February to 4 March 1951, the second Ski Flying Week was held, with over 120,000 spectators attending. Tauno Luiro from Finland set the official world record at 139 metres (456 feet) on the third day of competition.

### 1952: Ski Flying Week III

From 28 February to 2 March 1952, third Ski Flying Week took place, with over 60,000 attendees. Competition was interrupted on all three days due to weather conditions. FIS committee decided to grade distances only. No official results was published.
All jumpers that exceeded 100 metres distances, received a commemorative needle engraved with the distance achieved. Toivo Lauren from set the longest distance of the weekend at 131 metres (430 ft).

### 1955: Ski Flying Week IV

From 26 to 27 February 1955, fourth Ski Flying Week was held. Four jumps in total, two from each day, counted into official results. Hemmo Silvennoinen won the competition with 452.5 points in front of Alfredsen and Brutscher.

### 1958: Bolkart fell at WR distance

On 21 March 1958, first day of Ski Flying Week V was held in front of 5,000 people. Trial jumps (reserved competition day) opened by Toni Brutscher at 97 metres were held, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 ski jumpers from ten different countries were on start, jumps were scored and judged by Straumann method. Aarne Valkama made a top score with 239.8 points (136 and 126 metres).
On 22 March 1958, first competition day was held in front of 18,000 people. Only one of 35 jumpers didn't beat 100 metres mark. Andreas Däscher made a top score today with 237.8 points (125 and 128 metres).
On 23 March 1958, last competition day was held in front of 50,000 people. West German Max Bolkart fell at 139 metres (456 feet) world record distance. Helmut Recknagel (378.8 points) won in front of Däscher (369.6 points) and Vitikainen (351.6 points).

### 1961: Šlibar set new world record at 141 metres

On 23 February 1961, first day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 8,000 people, with first trial jumps in three rounds. Among 36 jumpers, Otto Leodolter, Maatela and Wolfgang Happle set the distance of the day at 136 metres (446 ft).
On 24 February 1961, second day of Ski Flying Week VI was held in front of 20,000 people, second trial jumps in two rounds (reserved day), which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. In the second round at 13:41 local time, Yugoslavian (Slovenian) Jože Šlibar set the new WR at 141 metres (463 feet), with 103 km/h at take-off. Heini Klopfer himself was measuring the distance for half an hour, then published it.
On 25 February 1961, first competition day with two rounds counting into final results, first round was canceled. Wolfgang Happle from West Germany fell at 145 metres (476 feet) world record distance.
On 26 February 1961, second and final competition day in front of 50,000 people was held. Three rounds, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Helmut Recknagel from East Germany won the two-day competition.

### 1964: Sjöberg, Motejlek and Zandanel set world records

On 14 February 1964, first day of Ski Flying Week VII was held in front of 3,000 people, an official training (reserved competition day) in two round, which would conditionally count into official results, if one of next two competition days would be canceled due to weather conditions. 36 jumpers from 12 countries performed today. Kjell Sjöberg from Sweden tied Šlibar's world record at 141 metres (463 feet). Points sistem scoring was classic, as Straumann's device didn't work properly.
On 15 February 1964, first competition day in front of 20,000 people was held, with three rounds, two best into final results. Dalibor Motejlek from Czechoslovakia set the new world record at 142 metres (466 feet).
On 16 February 1964, second and final competition day was held. Three rounds today, two best (and total four) rounds counted into final results. Nilo Zandanel from Italy set the new world record at 144 metres (472 feet).

## Events

| Date | Year | Hillsize | Winner | Second | Third |
| ↓ FIS International Ski Flying Week ↓ ||||||
| 28 February — 5 March | 1950 | K120 | Sepp Weiler | Andreas Däscher | Dan Netzell |
| 28 February — 4 March | 1951 | K122 | Tauno Luiro | Fritz Schneider | Sepp Bradl |
| 28 February — 2 March | 1952 | K120 | International Ski Federation did not allow organizers to publish official results; jury was allowed to score and publish only distances, not style | International Ski Federation did not allow organizers to publish official results; jury was allowed to score and publish only distances, not style | International Ski Federation did not allow organizers to publish official results; jury was allowed to score and publish only distances, not style |
| 26–27 February | 1955 | | Hemmo Silvennoinen | Jack Alfredsen | Toni Brutscher |
| 22–23 March | 1958 | | Helmut Recknagel | Andreas Däscher | Raimo Vitikainen |
| 25–26 February | 1961 | | Helmut Recknagel | Otto Leodolter | Wolfgang Happle |
| ↓ K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week ↓ ||||||
| 15–16 February | 1964 | | Kjell Sjöberg | Paavo Lukkariniemi | Nilo Zandanel |
| 11–12 February | 1967 | | Lars Grini | Peter Lesser | Kjell Sjöberg |
| 8–9 March | 1970 | | Josef Matouš | Rudolf Höhnl | Reinhold Bachler |
| ↓ 2nd FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓ ||||||
| 10–11 March | 1973 | K175 | Hans-Georg Aschenbach | Walter Steiner | Karel Kodejška |
| ↓ K.O.P. International Ski Flying Week ↓ ||||||
| 5–7 March | 1976 | K175 | Toni Innauer | Heinz Wosipiwo | Hans Wallner |
| 2–4 March | 1979 | K175 | Andreas Hille | Josef Samek | Leoš Škoda |
| ↓ 6th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓ ||||||
| 28 February — 1 March | 1981 | K175 | Jari Puikkonen | Armin Kogler | Tom Levorstad |
| ↓ FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 17 March | 1984 | K180 | Matti Nykänen | Pavel Ploc | Jens Weißflog |
| 18 March | 1984 | K180 | Matti Nykänen | Jens Weißflog | Pavel Ploc |
| ↓ 10th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓ ||||||
| 13 March | 1988 | K182 | Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl | Primož Ulaga | Matti Nykänen |
| ↓ FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 25 January | 1992 | K182 | Werner Rathmayr | Andreas Felder | Mikael Martinsson |
| 26 January | 1992 | K182 | Werner Rathmayr | Andreas Felder | Andreas Goldberger |
| 25 February | 1995 | K182 | Andreas Goldberger | Roberto Cecon | Jens Weißflog |
| 26 February | 1995 | K182 | cancelled due to heavy snowfall | cancelled due to heavy snowfall | cancelled due to heavy snowfall |
| ↓ 15th FIS Ski Flying World Championships = FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 24 January | 1998 | K185 | Sven Hannawald | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Kristian Brenden |
| 25 January | 1998 | K185 | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Dieter Thoma | Sven Hannawald |
| Championships (24–25 January) | Championships (24–25 January) | Championships (24–25 January) | Kazuyoshi Funaki | Sven Hannawald | Dieter Thoma |
| ↓ FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 3 March | 2001 | K185 | Risto Jussilainen | Veli-Matti Lindström | Matti Hautamäki |
| 4 March | 2001 | K185 | Martin Schmitt | Adam Małysz | Risto Jussilainen |
| 7 February | 2004 | K185 | Roar Ljokelsoy | Janne Ahonen | Noriaki Kasai |
| 8 February | 2004 | K185 | cancelled due to strong wind | cancelled due to strong wind | cancelled due to strong wind |
| 27 January | 2007 | HS213 | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill |
| 28 January | 2007 | HS213 | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill | lack of snow; rescheduled to nearby Schattenbergschanze HS137 large hill |
| ↓ 20th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓ ||||||
| 22–23 February | 2008 | HS213 | Gregor Schlierenzauer | Martin Koch | Janne Ahonen |
| 24 February | 2008 | HS213 | Austria | Finland | Norway |
| ↓ FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 14 February | 2009 | HS213 | Harri Olli | Anders Jacobsen | Johan Remen Evensen |
| 15 February | 2009 | HS213 | Finland | Russia | Austria |
| 30 January | 2010 | HS213 | Austria | Norway | Finland |
| 31 January | 2010 | HS213 | Anders Jacobsen | Robert Kranjec | Johan Remen Evensen |
| 5 February | 2011 | HS213 | Martin Koch | Tom Hilde | Gregor Schlierenzauer |
| 6 February | 2011 | HS213 | Austria | Norway | Germany |
| 18 February | 2012 | HS213 | Martin Koch | Daiki Ito | Simon Ammann |
| 19 February | 2012 | HS213 | Slovenia | Austria | Norway |
| 16 February | 2013 | HS213 | Richard Freitag | Andreas Stjernen | Gregor Schlierenzauer |
| 17 February | 2013 | HS213 | Norway | Austria | Slovenia |
| 4 February | 2017 | HS225 | Stefan Kraft | Andreas Wellinger | Kamil Stoch |
| 5 February | 2017 | HS225 | Stefan Kraft | Andreas Wellinger | Jurij Tepes |
| ↓ 25th FIS Ski Flying World Championships ↓ ||||||
| 19–20 February | 2018 | HS235 | Daniel-André Tande | Kamil Stoch | Richard Freitag |
| 21 January | 2018 | HS235 | Norway | Slovenia | Poland |
| ↓ FIS World Cup ↓ ||||||
| 1 February | 2019 | HS235 | Timi Zajc | Dawid Kubacki | Markus Eisenbichler |
| 2 February | 2019 | HS235 | Ryōyū Kobayashi | Markus Eisenbichler | Stefan Kraft |
| 3 February | 2019 | HS235 | Kamil Stoch | Evgeniy Klimov | Dawid Kubacki |
| 19 March | 2022 | HS235 | Stefan Kraft | Žiga Jelar | Timi Zajc |
| 20 March | 2022 | HS235 | Timi Zajc | Piotr Żyła | Stefan Kraft |

## Hill record

List of all hill and world records set on this hill (both official and invalid record distances with fall or touch).
| No. | Date | | Length |
| HT | 2 February 1950 | Heini Klopfer | 90.0 m (295 ft) |
| HT | 2 February 1950 | Sepp Weiler | 110.0 m (361 ft) |
| HT | 2 February 1950 | Sepp Weiler | 115.0 m (377 ft) |
| #47 | 28 February 1950 | Willi Gantschnigg | 124.0 m (408 ft) |
| DQ | 2 March 1950 | Hans Eder | 130.0 m (427 ft) |
| F | 2 March 1950 | Willi Gantschnigg | 130.0 m (427 ft) |
| #48 | 2 March 1950 | Sepp Weiler | 127.0 m (417 ft) |
| #49 | 3 March 1950 | Andreas Däscher | 130.0 m (427 ft) |
| #50 | 3 March 1950 | Dan Netzell | 135.0 m (443 ft) |
| #51 | 2 March 1951 | Tauno Luiro | 139.0 m (456 ft) |
| F | 23 March 1958 | Max Bolkart | 139.0 m (456 ft) |
| #52 | 24 February 1961 | Jože Šlibar | 141.0 m (463 ft) |
| F | 25 February 1961 | Wolfgang Happle | 145.0 m (476 ft) |
| #54 | 15 February 1964 | Kjell Sjöberg | 141.0 m (463 ft) |
| #55 | 15 February 1964 | Dalibor Motejlek | 142.0 m (466 ft) |
| #56 | 16 February 1964 | Nilo Zandanel | 144.0 m (472 ft) |
| #60 | 10 February 1967 | Lars Grini | 147.0 m (482 ft) |
| #61 | 10 February 1967 | Kjell Sjöberg | 148.0 m (486 ft) |
| #62 | 11 February 1967 | Lars Grini | 150.0 m (492 ft) |
| HR | 8 March 1973 | Walter Schwabl | 151.0 m (495 ft) |
| HR | 8 March 1973 | Rudi Wanner | 158.0 m (518 ft) |
| HR | 8 March 1973 | Heinz Wosipiwo | 161.0 m (528 ft) |
| HR | 8 March 1973 | Walter Schwabl | 162.0 m (531 ft) |
| F | 8 March 1973 | Jochen Danneberg | 166.0 m (545 ft) |
| F | 8 March 1973 | Takao Itō | 176.0 m (577 ft) |
| F | 9 March 1973 | Walter Steiner | 175.0 m (574 ft) |
| #69 | 9 March 1973 | Heinz Wosipiwo | 169.0 m (554 ft) |
| F | 11 March 1973 | Walter Steiner | 179.0 m (587 ft) |
| #71 | 4 March 1976 | Geir Ove Berg | 173.0 m (568 ft) |
| #72 | 5 March 1976 | Anton Innauer | 174.0 m (571 ft) |
| No. | Date | | Length |
| #73 | 5 March 1976 | Falko Weißpflog | 174.0 m (571 ft) |
| #74 | 7 March 1976 | Anton Innauer | 176.0 m (577 ft) |
| #77 | 26 February 1981 | Armin Kogler | 180.0 m (591 ft) |
| #79 | 16 March 1984 | Matti Nykänen | 182.0 m (597 ft) |
| #80 | 16 March 1984 | Matti Nykänen | 182.0 m (597 ft) |
| #81 | 17 March 1984 | Matti Nykänen | 185.0 m (607 ft) |
| HR | 24 January 1992 | Andreas Felder | 188.0 m (617 ft) |
| HR | 23 February 1995 | Nicolas Jean-Prost | 193.0 m (633 ft) |
| FH | 25 February 1995 | Andreas Goldberger | 196.0 m (643 ft) |
| FH | 26 February 1995 | Andreas Goldberger | 196.0 m (643 ft) |
| HR | 22 January 1998 | Dieter Thoma | 197.0 m (646 ft) |
| HR | 23 January 1998 | Lasse Ottesen | 200.0 m (656 ft) |
| HR | 23 January 1998 | Stefan Horngacher | 200.5 m (658 ft) |
| HR | 23 January 1998 | Sven Hannawald | 202.0 m (663 ft) |
| HR | 25 January 1998 | Lasse Ottesen | 202.0 m (663 ft) |
| HR | 25 January 1998 | Sven Hannawald | 205.0 m (673 ft) |
| HR | 25 January 1998 | Dieter Thoma | 207.0 m (679 ft) |
| HR | 25 January 1998 | Dieter Thoma | 209.0 m (686 ft) |
| HR | 1 March 2001 | Andreas Widhölzl | 211.0 m (692 ft) |
| HR | 1 March 2001 | Andreas Widhölzl | 216.0 m (709 ft) |
| FH | 2 March 2001 | Veli-Matti Lindström | 218.0 m (715 ft) |
| HR | 7 February 2004 | Roar Ljøkelsøy | 223.0 m (732 ft) |
| HR | 14 February 2009 | Harri Olli | 225.5 m (740 ft) |
| FH | 30 January 2010 | Robert Kranjec | 226.0 m (741 ft) |
| FH | 19 February 2012 | Peter Prevc | 225.5 m (740 ft) |
| HR | 3 February 2017 | Stefan Kraft | 229.0 m (751 ft) |
| HR | 4 February 2017 | Andreas Wellinger | 234.5 m (769 ft) |
| HR | 5 February 2017 | Andreas Wellinger | 238.0 m (781 ft) |
| HR | 19 January 2018 | Daniel-André Tande | 238.5 m (782 ft) |
| HR | 20 March 2022 | Domen Prevc | 242.5 m (796 ft) |
Invalid. Fall at hill record distance.   Invalid. Fall at world record distance.   Disqualified. At world record distance.

## Note

* ↑ 3 March 1950: According to official German radio report cited in Ljudska pravica (slovenian newspaper), jumps were following in that order: first Andreas Däscher (130 m), then Dan Netzell (135 m) and after both of them Sepp Weiler (133 m).