On 6 March 1969, he was 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).[3][4]
References
^"Nordic World Championships: Zakopane, POL, 1962/02/21, Special Jumping 60m Hill, Krokiew Schanze". skijump-db.net [web.archive.org]. Archived from the original on May 10, 2003. Retrieved 2 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"Nordic World Championships: Zakopane, POL, 1962/02/25, Special Jumping 90m Hill, Krokiew Schanze". skijump-db.net [web.archive.org]. Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"Preizkusni skok 135 metrov". Delo (in Slovenian). 7 March 1969. p. 1. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^"Planica je nared". Delo (in Slovenian). 7 March 1969. p. 17. Retrieved 18 November 2020.