Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont

	Location	Chamonix, France
	Venue Type	Outdoor

Trivia

The record jump at the Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont was made by Jason Lamy-Chappuis and Emmanuel Chedal, both from France. They made a record jump of 110 meters on 9th of February 2009 at the French Championship.

Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont is a Ski Jumping venue, located in Chamonix, France. It had hosted the 1924 Winter Olympics. The hill has long been used as the venue for cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and Nordic skiing (a combination of cross-country and ski jumping) events of several competitions. It has been a regular tourist spot frequented by many who love skiing. The Springboard, built in 1905 was renovated in 1998 to enhance the adventure of skiing.

Significance

On 4th February 1924, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined events were conducted on the Springboard.
This stadium was the venue for the 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in which Norwegian ski jumper Birger Ruud won a gold medal. This was the first official FIS Nordic Ski Championship. A total of five events were held at the venue.
Jumping events of the World Cup have been conducted here several times in the years 1981, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1995, and 1998.
The events of Universiade competition were held at Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont in the year 1960.
The Chamonix International competition had been held at this venue during the years 1967, 1969 and 1979. These events usually span over a week’s time, and hence the competition was called the Chamonix International Week.
The United Nations Grand Prix events were held here in the years 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1976 and 1979.

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