Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze ("Paul Ausserleitner Hill") was opened in 1947 as "Hochkönigsschanze", re-built in 2004, and is a ski jumping venue in Bischofshofen , Austria . It is one of the more important venues in the FIS Ski jumping World Cup , annually hosting the fourth and final competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament .
3-525: Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze was renamed after Paul Ausserleitner , an Austrian ski jumper who died from a fall on the hill in January 1952. The first major competition on the hill was the pre-tournament for the 1948 Winter Olympics . The hill was renovated in 1991 and again before the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1999 , during which it was the venue for the ski jumping competitions from
6-420: A large hill. 47°24′55″N 13°12′22″E / 47.41528°N 13.20611°E / 47.41528; 13.20611 This article about an Austrian sports venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a ski jumping venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paul Ausserleitner Paul Ausserleitner (3 February 1925 – 9 January 1952)
9-597: Was an Austrian ski jumper. He died in an accident in Bischofshofen 's ski jumping hill while on a training jump in 1952. To honour his memory, the hill was renamed after the accident to Paul-Ausserleitner-Schanze . Ausserleitner holds the hill record in the K-50 hill in Gaisberg , Salzburg with 55 metres (achieved in 1949). The Gaisberg hill was later destroyed. This biographical article relating to Austrian ski jumping
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