Full name Miro Oman | Name Miro Oman | |
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Born 11 January 1936
Trzic, Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( 1936-01-11 ) Personal best 135 m (443 ft)
Planica, 6 Mar 1969 Died July 15, 2012, Trzic, Slovenia | ||
Planica Ski Jumping
Miro Oman (11 January 1936 – 15 July 2012) was a Yugoslavian ski jumper.
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Career
Oman competed in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s. He participated at the 1962 Ski Jumping World Championships and 1964 Winter Olympics, albeit without notable results at either event. Between 1959 and 1966 he also competed at the Four Hills Tournament, where his best result was fifteenth place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1963. On 6 March 1969 he given the honour of being the very first to jump from the new ski flying hill in Planica, Velikanka bratov Gorišek, setting a distance of 135 metres (443 ft).
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