Rudi Gering

Rudi Gering
Rudi Gering
Country	Germany
Born	29 May 1917; Gehlberg, German Empire
Died	3 February 1998 (aged 80); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Personal best	118 m (387 ft); Planica, King. of Yugoslavia; (2 March 1941)

Rudi Gering (1917–1998) was a German ski jumper. He was born in Thüringen in Germany and died somewhere in Bavaria.

Career

On 2 March 1941 he set two world records on Ski Flying Study week competition in Planica. On legendary hill called Bloudkova velikanka he jumped 108 and 118 meters.^[1]^[2]^{[nb 1]}

He was the first German world record holder and first person in history who jumped two times over 100 meters line ever. He helped at the construction of Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze in Oberstdorf together with Heini Klopfer, Sepp Weiler and Toni Brutscher.

Ski jumping world records

Date	Hill	Location	Metres	Feet
2 March 1941	Bloudkova velikanka K120	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	108	354
2 March 1941	Bloudkova velikanka K120	Planica, Kingdom of Yugoslavia	118	387

Notes

^ Jumps in this order: Lahr (111 m), Krauß (112 m) and Mair (109 m with touch) all jumped after Gering set the world record at 118 metres.

References

^ "Novi rekordi / Najzanimivejši poleti (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski narod. 3 March 1941.
^ "Paragraphs: Znamki 101 za nas in 108 za Nemce & Serija senzacij (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 3 March 1941.

External links

"Rudi Gering aus Gehlberg: Ein kaum bekannter Weltrekordler Thüringer Allgemeine (German language)
Homepage zur Chronik des Ortes Gehlberg

[3] Jumps in this order: Lahr (111 m), Krauß (112 m) and Mair (109 m with touch) all jumped after Gering set the world record at 118 metres.

[1] "Novi rekordi / Najzanimivejši poleti (page 4)" (in Slovenian). Slovenski narod. 3 March 1941.

[2] "Paragraphs: Znamki 101 za nas in 108 za Nemce & Serija senzacij (page 1)" (in Slovenian). Jutro. 3 March 1941.

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