01 | Tschofenig, D. | 274.8 | ||
02 | Hoerl, J. | 269.7 | ||
03 | Kraft, S. | 268.0 | ||
04 | Forfang, J. | 264.9 | ||
05 | Deschwanden, G. | 264.4 | ||
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Czech ski jumping legend Jiri Raska died at age 70 after a long and serious illness.
The sport in the Czech Republic loses one of its most important personalities. He will be remembered not only as a great athlete, but also as a great person.
At the Olympic Winter Games 1968 in Grenoble Raska won the Gold medal on the normal hill and silver on the large hill. In winter 1970/71 he won the 4-Hills-Tournament
Jiri Raska in the Hall of Fame »
1976 he ended his career and started working as a coach.
Last fall he was awarded a medal of merit by Czech president Vaclav Klaus to honor is great achievements. "This is a huge honor for me, I'm very happy about it. I will never forget this experience", Raska said back then.
His two grandsons Jan and Jiri Mazoch followed in his footsteps and also became ski jumpers.