FIS Junior Ski Jumping World Championships 2009
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The FIS Junior Ski Jumping World Championships 2009 (JWSC) is a ski jumping
World Championship for juniors (age 15-20). It took place in Strbske Pleso
, Slovakia
, from February 2 until February 8, 2009. The competition took place on Strbske Pleso's MS 1970 B-hill which has a hill size of 100 meters, and the k-point at 90 meters. The hill record as of February 7, 2009, was 101.5 meters and held by Russian Roman Trofimov in 2008.
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...
World Championship for juniors (age 15-20). It took place in Strbske Pleso
Štrbské pleso
Štrbské pleso is a picturesque mountain lake of glacial origin and a top tourist destination in the High Tatras, Slovakia. It is the second largest glacial lake on the Slovak side of the High Tatras, after Hincovo pleso...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, from February 2 until February 8, 2009. The competition took place on Strbske Pleso's MS 1970 B-hill which has a hill size of 100 meters, and the k-point at 90 meters. The hill record as of February 7, 2009, was 101.5 meters and held by Russian Roman Trofimov in 2008.
Ladies individual competition
- Winner - Magdalena SchnurrMagdalena SchnurrMagdalena Schnurr is a German ski jumper. She won the FIS Junior Ski Jumping World Championships 2009 in Štrbské Pleso. She finished in seventh place in the World Championship 2009 in Liberec. She has 4 wins from the Ladies Continental Cup in ski jumping .-References:...
- 2nd place - Anna HaefeleAnna HaefeleAnna Häfele is a German ski jumper. She came at the second place in the FIS Junior Ski Jumping World Championships 2009 in Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. She received an eight place in the World Championship in Liberec 2009 and has three wins from the Ladies Continental Cup .-References:...
- 3rd place - Coline MattelColine Mattel-Career:Coline Mattel made her debut in Ladies Continental Cup in Schonach at the age of 11. In her first Junior World Championships in Tarvisio in 2007 she was placed 18th. In the Junior World Championships 2009 in Strbske Pleso Mattel won the bronze medal in the individual competition.In World...
- 4th place - Naata de Leeuw
- 5th place - Jacqueline SeifriedsbergerJacqueline SeifriedsbergerJacqueline Seifriedsberger is an Austrian ski jumper, who represents SC Waldzell.She made her debut in the Continental Cup, the highest level in women's ski jumping, on 23 July 2004 with a 8th place in Park City...
Mens individual competition
- Winner - Lukas Mueller
- 2nd place - Maciej Kot
- 3rd place - Ville LarintoVille LarintoVille Larinto is a Finnish ski jumper. Larinto made his World Cup debut in 2007-08, and picked up his first World Cup points in the Four Hills opener at Oberstdorf, Germany on 30 December 2007, when he finished 29th....
- 4th place - Pascal BodmerPascal BodmerPascal Bodmer is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2004. He finished 31st in the individual normal hill event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....
- 5th place - Čestmír KožíšekCestmir KozisékČestmír Kožíšek is a Czech ski jumper from club LSK Lomnice nad Popelkou.-Career:Kožíšek came up for the first time in Ski jumping Fis Cup in 2006, he came at the 29th place in his first competition. Almost two years after that, Kožíšek took his first podium in Fis-Cup, a third place Harrachov...
Mens team competition
- Winner - AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- 2nd place - GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- 3rd place - PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...